It's important that you choose an experienced agent who is there for you. Your agent should be actively finding you potential homes, keeping you informed of the entire process, negotiating furiously on your behalf, and answering all of your questions with competence and speed.

First, find an agent who represents you and not the seller. This is beneficial during the negotiation process. If you are working with a buyer's agent, he or she is required not to tell the seller of your top choice. In addition, he or she is also focused on getting you the lowest asking price.

Also, when you use a buyer's agent, you will see more properties. Not only are they plugged into their Multiple Listing Service, but also they are actively finding homes that are listed as FSBO, or homes that sellers are thinking about listing.

Last, but not least, most of the time you do not have to pay the commision when you use a buyer's agent. Most commisions come from the seller's listing agreement.

I represent all those qualities and attributes listed above. I have saved my clients HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS in MANY TRANSACTIONS and have the references of HIGHLY SATISFIED CLIENTS to PROVE IT!