Monday 29 October 2012

The excitement of house hunting – Part 4

Beware!
  Always be very aware of unscrupulous estate agents in today’s market. In today’s day and age where ‘sealing the deal’ is tantamount to almost all estate agents, some will resort to unethical tactics to get the house sold. They will lie straight to your face; they will inflate prices simply to make more on the commission. The bottom line is; estate agents are developing reputations as sharks, almost as despised as lawyers.   To avoid such tactics always DO YOUR HOMEWORK on a reputable agency to sell your home.

DO YOUR HOMEWORK on reputable agencies to source you a suitable home. Tantamount to this is one has to do extra homework on the area that you’re interested in, visit the nearest police station to get a low down on the crime stats. Visit it on a rainy morning to assess access points to and from the area, congestion in and out of the area (foot as well as vehicular). These are factors that one has to be mindful of and take personal responsibility for and should not rely on an estate agent to bear witness. Moral of the story is to always do your homework, conduct reconnaissance missions into the area and of the estate agents; it’s best to do so before, rather than have regrets later.

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