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The key word here is
"right." While there's certainly no shortage of qualified sales
professionals to choose from, it's important that you find one who can
fully understand your wants, needs and individual tastes, and whose
personal and professional judgment you respect.
Today's buyers also have more choices
when it comes to choosing the sales professional
who can best represent them in a
real estate
transaction. Until recent years, virtually all real estate professionals
involved in a given transaction worked for the seller. However, a
growing number of today's home buyers are choosing to be represented by
a "buyer's agent," who
represents the buyer in contrast to the traditional seller/sales
professional relationship.
Many real estate companies throughout
the United States have both buyer and seller agencies. A sales
professional should present you with a disclosure statement before any
working relationship is created. That statement should explain what a
buyer's agent is and does, what a seller's agent
is and does, and what
dual agency means. It is very
important to remember that real estate firms are governed by laws that
can vary by state. Disclosure laws also vary by state. | 
