How do we work with
buyers?
What you need to know about purchasing a home:
Our goal is to find the right home for you at the best possible price and within your designated time frame.
We can help you purchase any home...
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Properties listed by other Realtors or Real Estate Companies
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Properties found through any Website
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Properties advertised in any newspaper or real estate magazine
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Properties identified by a "For Sale" sign in the yard
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Properties advertised as "For Sale by Owner"
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Properties found during an Open House
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Properties found at New Construction Home sites
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Bank owned properties
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Corporate owned properties
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Government owned properties
As Your Buyer's Agent, we are your advocate and work on your behalf,
not the sellers'
We have experience negotiating:
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Equity (Traditional) Sales
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Estate Sales
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Short Sales
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Pre-foreclosure Sales
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Bankruptcy Sales
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Bank Owned / REO Sales
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Builder Liquidation Sales
Each of these different types of sales take an understanding of the process and a particular strategy in the approach of making an offer.
Steps in the Home Buying Process
The Sound Properties Team will meet with you and provide you a Home Buyer's Binder. In it, we will go over each of the following steps in detail based on your needs, goals and timeline. Overall, the basic steps are as such:
Step 1
Pre-qualification
Step 2
Home Criteria Questionnaire
Step 3
Exclusive Buyer's Agency Agreement
Step 4
Search set up in the MLS - easy way to communicate home by home
Step 5
Home viewing
Step 6
Making the offer
Step 7
Earnest Money Deposit
Step 8
Home inspection
Step 9
Negotiation
Step 10
Homeowners Insurance
Step 11
Transaction Management
Step 12
Transfer of Utilities
Step 13
Signing of closing documents
Step 14
Key presentation