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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
As a potential buyer, who didn't live in The Villages,
With a buyer's agent, they do all the leg work on my behalf.
Once my agent has done all this legwork, THEN I come down for a visit, and check on those three homes.
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For an out-of-town buyer, certainly using a buyer's agent makes sense for the reasons you described. I moved in 2015 from one state to another and there was no way not to use a buyer's agent to help me get a property purchased when I was still in the prior state.
Contrast that with a few years later when I sold that property and bought another in the same city but,
I was local now so, I didn't use a buyers agent. Didn't need one and found exactly what I wanted myself. It saved me
thousands because there's only one agent to pay...the listing agent. I did the same thing several years prior, acting as my own buyer's agent essentially, and was local then also. That transaction also saved me a few thousand.
There are variety of scenarios for people when transacting property so, there is no 'one size fits all' approach. It's just what people are most comfortable with and whether they currently live in the location they are buying or selling in. If they aren't, they'll need help.