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How do I find a realtor as a first-time home buyer?
Find a local buyer’s agent who works with first-time buyers regularly and will teach as they go — the process has a dozen steps nobody is born knowing. The Realtor Referral Hub matches you free to a local partner in your metro: say "first-time buyer" in your request, and the desk routes it to a partner who covers your city. The match costs you nothing, the realtor paid nothing to be matched with you, and the only fee in the system is the standard 25% referral fee between brokerages if your purchase closes.
What a good first-time-buyer agent does differently
- Walks the whole road first: pre-approval, tours, offer, inspection, appraisal, closing — in that order, in plain words.
- Knows the local help: down-payment assistance and first-time programs in your state and city.
- Protects you from the classic traps: waiving inspections you need, stretching past the payment you can carry.
Your first step is small
You do not need to be pre-approved or ready to tour to ask for a match. Name your city and your rough timeline — even "just starting, maybe six months" — and talk with your partner about what ready looks like. The conversation is free and commits you to nothing.
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