Exclusive Client Agency

This helped us and *him* to narrow down our search. After a couple weeks of looking through the properties and visiting areas (without him, because we wanted to check traffic/drive time, nearness of parks etc. for various areas of town) we narrowed down the originally 100+ list (and growing every day as new items came to the market). We were most interested in resale at that point. He made a driving map, cleared access with owners and we went to see 13 houses the first day (a Saturday, and it took about 5 hours). Some visits were very short, for example we found out a noise problem or some aspect that ruled out the property right away (which was not possible to see from pictures and descriptions). At some places we spent up to half an hour. Jeffrey was very proactive pointing out problems and comparing features between houses. As luck had it we found a very strong candidate (good match to our criteria) when we visited the last house that very first day. It just came on the market and there was a lot of interest in it. Jeffrey prepared a detailed written analysis of the property overnight(!) so that the next day we can make an informed offer on this highly sought after property if desired. Next day we covered another ten or so houses and then came back to the best candidate mentioned above. We saw another prospective buyer handing in a bid (it was an open house that Sunday). After some negotiations taking a week or so (there were 5 other bids) we entered into an option period. We felt no pressure from Jeffrey to buy the house even after entering the option period. We knew he would stand by us to continue the search if we decided to withdraw. In fact, Jeffrey took as out to more than twenty additional properties during the option period(!) to allow us to see what else is on the market since the one we got under contract was found on the very first day! Jeffrey helped us with the price/terms negotiation during the option period as well. We got concessions from the seller that we felt quite satisfactory. Finally I need to mention that before we hired Jeffrey he insisted that we check his references. And contrary to others who provided references for us he showed us the list of his clients from the last 3 years (50+ long list), but without contact information. Just a short description of the property search/services provided. *We* picked 4 out of this list and then he cleared it with those clients, so that we could call them. (Compare this to others who give you their 3-4 most satisfied clients and may stay silent about the unhappy ones.) Jeffrey is an EXCLUSIVE BUYER'S AGENT. If you do not know why you need such an agent when you are buying; do yourself a favour and search on the internet!! We were glad we did (we heard about it in a book on how to build/remodel houses.) Good luck!