What to know when searching for a home - Tips from Deborah Benn with Real Estate Hub Spot | Berkshire Hathaway Starck

Looking for a new home is tough, but we can find your perfect match with the right resources!

Hello, my name is Deborah Benn, one of the partners at RealEstateHubSpot.com, and I'll be your tour guide on the steps when buying a new home.

Yay, it's time to start hunting for your home and go shopping to find it. Our team's website, RealEstateHubSpot.com, is an up-to-date website to search for Chicagoland homes online; you can't get more up-to-date than ours with the timeliness of new listings hitting the market. Based on your needs, we will create searches, where you will receive new listings in your email… And you will have access to search the properties for sale yourself.  

Knowing you will only see the properties available for sale is important. Did you know that other websites include property listings under contract with another buyer that is unavailable for you to buy?

You're probably thinking, yeah, what's the big deal?

These websites are trying to get your contact information to solicit their services. The more homes on their website, whether available or not, provides the higher probability that a consumer will register with their contact information. This causes much confusion to consumers, which is why we avoid it on our website. One of the common frustrations is when buyers use these third-party websites, get excited about a home, ask their Realtor about it, and find out it's under contract with another buyer. It's frustrating and a waste of time.

It is also good to know that when using other popular third-party websites, you never know the type of agent you'll be communicating with. Just like in every industry, there's a spectrum with the quality of agents; some "faking it till they make it," some that sell a lot of real estate where they treat their clients like a "number," you know put their needs before the clients, and the list goes on. On RealEstateHubSpot.com, with our exceptionally high standards for our clients and team, you'll be comfortable knowing precisely who you are communicating with.  

Let me share one story, one that you'll appreciate. Recently, we worked with buyers who had minimal availability for showings. At that time in the market, buyers needed to view the home rather quickly, as the houses were flying off the shelves. To service these clients' unique needs, we had to tap into the variety of real estate brokers with RealEstateHubSpot.com to show them homes they were interested in. These buyers greatly appreciated that each partner, individuals they had never met before, truly cared about finding the right house; all willing to crawl through "crawl spaces" to help them dissect the property and speak about the pros & cons of it. They expressed they never felt rushed and appreciated that they never thought we were leading them in a direction just to get them under contract. It's incredible to work with colleagues that love each other clients like it's their family. We have story after story on how our clients feel comfortable with our high standards when it comes to our clients. 

Once you find homes that pique your curiosity, our team will schedule showings to view them.  

We have some tips for showings that are good to know. For showings, it's important to know that sellers permit us to view their property during a window of time. Entering their home outside that window of time is trespassing. Because of this, it's important to be timely for the showings so that we can take your time to view every aspect of the property. If we're going on a tour where we're scheduled to see multiple homes, it's even more important to be on time.

Also, wear shoes that can be easily removed, remember to wear socks, or use the shoe covers provided during showings.

We’re honored and excited to be working with you!  Now, let’s find you a new home.