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To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (27083)	3/30/1998 7:00:00 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 132070

Skeets, In a seller's market like the San Francisco or San Jose, you'll probably have to work with a seller's agent--that is if you want to view houses for sale while they are still on the market. I just bought a house in the seller's market of Boston, so I speak feelingly. I highly recommend the book _Home_Buying_for_Dummies. It lays out all the paperwork and processes and gives good tips.

To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (27083)	3/30/1998 7:10:00 PM
From: Martin A. Helfand	Respond to of 132070

Skeeter- You may want to check this month's "Kiplinger's Per. Finance Mag.", they have a feature article on home buying and selling. Marty

To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (27083)	3/31/1998 1:55:00 AM
From: Kathleen capps	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

SB. Try reading a book called "the challenge" by Robert Allen concerning getting great deals with no money down from motivated buyers. Has some good idea's in it but probably harder than it looks. Also there have been some magazine articles about R/E clubs (like investment clubs) where people trade ideas and info. I've not been doing it myself. Just reading about it. Kathleen

To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (27083)	3/31/1998 2:13:00 PM
From: Bipin Prasad	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

Skeeter, As a buyer, there's not much benefit to buy a house without an agent because the seller has to pay your agent's fee. Seller's agent'd love to have somebody like you without an agent for s/he can keep the whole pie. Buyer's agent should provide you all the paperwork. However, you can save a lot of time by searching houses on the net before calling any agent. Hands on person like you end up doing most of the leg work anyway. But if something goes wrong, you'll have one more person to sue if you have a buyer's agent. 8^) After all, seller's agent is there for the seller, not for a buyer. Once you know all ins and outs about the process, you can bargain with seller a little bit from time to time. But I still don't see much benefit of not having your own agent as a buyer. regards, BPP(Bipin's partner)