My fiancee and I are first time home-buyers that were originally planning on starting to look seriously with a realtor in 2 months. I've heard from family that a friend's home in an ideal location is going FSBO soon though, and the property tax valuation and online estimates are well under our budget, which makes me think the actual listing price could be as well.
Should we get a realtor to represent us if the seller does in fact go FSBO? I've read lots of advice telling first time buyers buyers to go with a realtor for dealing with the seller's realtor, but I wasn't sure if this applied to FSBO properties as well. If this doesn't pan out we'd definitely want to use a realtor when we start looking elsewhere in 2 months.
Edit: Good point that I will likely need a lawyer who deals with real estate. I had figured some legal expertise would be needed. Is there any benefit to getting a realtor involved for a direct sale like this then?
Submitted March 07, 2017 at 09:42AM by joey_sandwich277 http://ift.tt/2mAZRqf
