"The Nest" - Provides a Nice Page of Home Buying Tips...

The Nest Article -- Home Buying Tips -- They give good advice - stating that you should interview three agents if you can -- and remember there are real estate companies that work for just sellers, some that work for sellers or buyers, some that try to work for both at the same time, and others that just work for buyers.

"The latter companies are called Exclusive Buyer Agent Companies (EBA), and it is worth making sure one of your interviews is with an EBA. Visit NAEBA.org for more info."

We couldn't have stated it any better....

We Warn Our Buyer Clients About "Staged Homes"

We warn our buyer clients about staged homes. It is easy to tell when a home is staged....and when I see one - I point it out to my client - and try to have them picture the home stripped bare of the decorations.

Here is an article talking about the member survey taken by NAEBA - The National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents - the association that Relocation Advisors Group Inc. - the Exclusive Buyer Brokerage for Chicago - and Chicago's Northwest Suburbs belongs to.

Before I became an Exclusive Buyer Broker - I was personally trained by Barb Schwarz in California - in her most advanced home staging course, after her the initial designation. So I know what home staging is - and what Barb teaches - and what the drawbacks are to a buyer. We know how to warn our buyer clients what to look for.

In reference to her comment in that article - it is not true that homes are never staged to cover things up. I've seen it happen any number of times - from rugs put over discolored floors to things covering up holes in walls.

Barb was even noted on a national TV show during the past year - talking about spray painting dead grass in the yard with green paint. Now - if that isn't a cover up - what is?

We insure that our buyer client pay the "unstaged price" - not the "staged price." Typically staged homes can be overpriced. The seller is trying to get more than the home is really worth. That is their whole rational behind staging it in the first place...

The National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents (NAEBA)

There is an association for Exclusive Buyer Agents - called The National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents (NAEBA)

Not all Exclusive Buyer Agents are members however. NAEBA has certain ethical guidelines that it enforces within it's ranks - so that the public can be assured that they are dealing with a true Exclusive Buyer Agent (versus the "fake" variety....someone naming themselves that - when they really aren't....for example - having had a few listings..)

You can read more about the benefits of Exclusive Buyer Agency representation on that web site.

Press About Exclusive Buyer Agents ./ National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents

Once again some very reputable publications (in the past, Consumer Reports, the Wall Street Journal, Money, Smart Money, CNN Money etc.) are recommending that consumers use an Exclusive Buyer Agent when they purchase property.

Here is a new article from Kiplingers

Past NAEBA President Leo Berard was interviewed in an article just published in the Novato Advance.

The Nest

Canada.com