Setting Roots

Wow… so one lesson that I definately learned the hardway is that it is very difficult to work a full-time job, find a house, close on the house and try to keep a blog about it, all at the sam time. Especially when your job involves a good deal of traveling, as mine does. So I decided that I do still want to maintain this blog, but now I will simply back-fill on my experience with buying the house, and what I learned along the way.

I also intend to document my adventures as a first time home-owner, and the projects I undertake along the way. I also would like for people to leave lots of feedback in regards to their own experiences. Advice is also always welcome. So with that in mind, I hope you’ll join me as I continue writing about my experiences, Setting Roots.

As I have stated before, I have decided to retain the services of a Real Estate Agent. I believe the benefits of their expertise are worth the loss of any potential benefits of my going it alone, especially since I am new to this whole process.

So far I have been working with one Agent and she has been very helpful, she is very pleasant and seems responsive. The thing is, I didn’t really choose her in a very scientific way… I simply saw her office on my way to Target one day and decided to stop by, next thing I knew we were looking at houses the next day. She asked what I was looking for, listened attentively, and sent me a list of houses in the area that met my minimum requirements. The list was right there in my inbox when I got home. I looked through the list and sent her my favorites, and we’ve started looking. So far things are great.

We were supposed to go looking at houses today, but it seems that she had an unexpected meeting pop-up, and had to cancel on me. This was a little frustrating, but acceptable (for now). She was polite and apologized and sent me another list to review. She also wrote down some of the questions I had about the houses we have already looked at so she could get the answers from the owners.

I was also contacted today by another agent with whom I had made an inquiry over the web several days ago (before my trip to Target)… The second agent listened to my description of what I want on the phone, and also e-mailed me a list. The second agent’s list is substantially shorter, and includes houses that exceed my desired price limit by as much as $10,000.

So, my question is this…

Is it bad form to work with multiple agents? How should I decide which one is best for me?