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How To Get Pre-Approved For A Home (Your Pre-Approval Might Be Outdated!)

How To Get Pre-Approved For A Home (Your Pre-Approval Might Be Outdated!)

Learn how to get pre-approved for a home and why your outdated pre-approval might hold you back. Understand the process, benefits, and key differences between pre-approval, pre-qualification, and pre-underwriting to gain an edge in today’s competitive housing market.

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How Exclusive Buyer Agents Get Paid (And Why It's a Better Deal For You)

How Exclusive Buyer Agents Get Paid (And Why It's a Better Deal For You)

Learn how exclusive buyer agents work at no cost to home buyers. Discover how their commission structure ensures objectivity, eliminates conflicts of interest, and protects your interests throughout the home-buying process.

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Buyer-Focused Training

Buyer-Focused Training

To best serve home buyers, exclusive buyer agents are trained to take an investment approach to home buying.

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House-Hunting Tips: Expert Insights and Common Pitfalls to Avoid

House-Hunting Tips: Expert Insights and Common Pitfalls to Avoid

Navigate the home-buying process like a pro with expert house-hunting tips. Learn how to avoid dual agency, prioritize your needs, and make informed decisions with advice from trusted resources like The Home Buying Institute, NAR, and HGTV.

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The Rise of Mortgage Scams Threatens Buyers and Realtors

The Rise of Mortgage Scams Threatens Buyers and Realtors

Mortgage fraud is making a comeback. There are ways, however, for both home buyers and Realtors to® avoid their respective risks.

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Recent Report Helps Home Buyers Choose the Right Agent

Recent Report Helps Home Buyers Choose the Right Agent

The current state of real estate practices, says the report, makes it hard for consumers to choose the right agent.

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Choosing a Realtor

Choosing a Realtor

After you’ve asked the first and biggest question—whether the REALTOR® is a seller-only, dual, or exclusive buyer agent—there are three categories of follow-up questions.

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The Search - Title and Insurance

The Search - Title and Insurance

Title search, title insurance, homeowners insurance, flood insurance, warranties—the Home Buyers, Inc. will walk you through it all.

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The Search - Existing or New?

The Search - Existing or New?

The Home Buyers, Inc. offer a valuable and complete range of services for home buyers of new construction.

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Financing Your Home

Financing Your Home

As a home buyer, you start with the size of the mortgage for which you qualify. But there are other questions to ask yourself.

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Fair Transaction?

Fair Transaction?

Beware Dual Agency: Who Represents Who?

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Always True

Always True

If you’re searching for a home, keeping one simple fact in mind could save you thousands of dollars. That fact: Almost every Realtor® really represents the seller.

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Don’t Go Solo

Don’t Go Solo

With the Internet making it so easy to search for homes, some home buyers may wonder whether they need the services of a real estate agent.

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100% Representation

100% Representation

The biggest benefit is that only an exclusive buyer agent is dedicated solely to the interest of the home buyer. That’s what makes them exclusive.

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The Best Choice

The Best Choice

Working with an EBA is the only way to make sure your realty agent is representing you and not the seller.

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Designated Dual Agency Bill Threatens to Erode Consumer Protections

Designated Dual Agency Bill Threatens to Erode Consumer Protections

States that allow designated agency, says CAARE, “have legalized the intentional misrepresentation of dual agency.”

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 Tim Walters Advocates for Home Buyers at Minnesota Capitol

Tim Walters Advocates for Home Buyers at Minnesota Capitol

The bill’s clearance of its first legislative hurdle means that it is increasingly urgent for Minnesotans to voice their opposition to these bills.

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Paying Attention to Twin Cities Housing Market Trends can Benefit Homebuyers

Paying Attention to Twin Cities Housing Market Trends can Benefit Homebuyers

Even if you’re not poised to move from your starter home to your 20-year home, home owning remains a viable option, especially in the face of ever-more competitive rents.

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Hidden Fees Can Boost Costs for Both Home Buyers and Sellers

Hidden Fees Can Boost Costs for Both Home Buyers and Sellers

Now more than ever, it pays to remember one oft-overlooked fact: fees and commissions are negotiable.

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