Crescent City Living

New Orleans Real Estate Brokerage

  • Home
  • Home Search
  • Communities
  • Services
    • Home Value Request
    • Buying
    • Selling
    • Renting
    • Landlords
    • Louisiana Real Estate Contract
  • The Blog
  • About Us
    • Client Reviews
    • Our Beliefs
    • Agent Pros
    • Crescent City Living Policies
    • Careers at Crescent City Living
  • Account | Login

Home Buying Myth – Working with Multiple Agents

Home Buying Myth – Working with Multiple Agents

March 18, 2016 By Lisa Heindel

Home Buying Myth Busting

Today’s home buying myth buster is based on a true story. The names have been changed to protect the uninformed.

Betty Buyer is in the market for a new home. She’s used to online shopping (hello, Amazon), so she visited a bunch of different New Orleans real estate websites and registered on each and every one of them so she could save properties and share her favorites with friends and family.

When her search brought her to our website, she did the same thing. Only this time, one of our great agents actually got in touch with her to talk about what she needs in her next home and find out if there were other properties she wanted to add to her list to see.

Betty’s response?

“I’m talking to several agents, and whoever finds me a house will get the deal.”

Myth Busting Time

We hate to break it to the Betty Buyers out there, but there are a couple of things wrong with this reasoning.

  1. Agents work WITH customers and FOR clients. Betty is setting herself up to be nothing more than a customer, while the people who commit to one agent get all of the benefits of being a true client. That includes our fiduciary duty to protect their interests above our own.
  2. We’re all working from the same database of properties – the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) – which means Betty will have several agents all sending her the same properties.
  3. When agents know that buyers are working with multiple agents, they are less likely to make time in their day for that buyer, which means Betty may actually see fewer properties and have less opportunity to make a timely offer when she finds “the one”.
  4. Working with lots of agents is also a big red flag that Betty might not be serious about purchasing a home, so many agents may not be willing to work with her.

What should Betty do instead?

Interview agents, just like home sellers do.

Check out their websites. Google them. Read their reviews. Ask them lots of questions about the home buying process, because when you commit to working with an agent, it should always be someone you like and trust.

Once you’ve found an agent you’re comfortable with, be loyal to them and they’ll be loyal and hard working for you.

Need more home buying advice? We’d be happy to help you succeed. Call us anytime at 504-327-5303. 

START YOUR NEW ORLEANS HOME SEARCH

Filed Under: Buyers Tagged With: agents, buyer agency, home buying

Related Posts

Please Don’t Cheat On Your New Orleans Real Estate Agent
Heads up Home Sellers! Mortgage Lenders are About to Make It Even Harder to Sell Your House
Getting to Know Leslie Heindel

Listings, Market Reports & Open Houses by Area

  • Algiers (West Bank)
  • Algiers Point (West Bank)
  • Audubon
  • Avondale (West Bank)
  • Bayou St John
  • Belle Chasse (West Bank)
  • Black Pearl
  • Bridge City (West Bank)
  • Broadmoor
  • Bywater
  • CBD & Warehouse District
  • Central City
  • City Park
  • Desire
  • East Carollton
  • East Riverside
  • Fairgrounds
  • Fillmore
  • French Quarter
  • Freret
  • Garden District
  • Gentilly Terrace
  • Gentilly Woods
  • Gert Town
  • Gretna (West Bank)
  • Harvey (West Bank)
  • Holly Grove
  • Holy Cross
  • Irish Channel
  • Jefferson
  • Kenner
  • Lake Shore & Lake Vista
  • Lake Terrace & Lake Oaks
  • Lakeview
  • Lakewood
  • Leonidas
  • Lower 9th Ward
  • Lower Coast & English Turn
  • Lower Garden District
  • Marigny
  • Marlyville & Fontainebleau
  • Marrero
  • Metairie
  • Mid City
  • Milan
  • Milneburg
  • Navarre
  • New Orleans East
  • Pontchartrain Park
  • River Ridge
  • Seventh Ward
  • St Anthony
  • St Bernard Area
  • St Claude
  • St Roch
  • Terrytown (West Bank)
  • Touro
  • Treme
  • Tulane / Gravier
  • Uptown
  • Uptown / Carrollton
  • Venetian Isles
  • Waggaman
  • West End
  • West Riverside
  • Westwego (West Bank)

Crescent City Living Logo

3205 Orleans Ave New Orleans, LA 70119

Telephone: +1 504.327.5303

Disclaimer: Multiple Listing Data provided at CrescentCityLiving.com is deemed reliable but not guaranteed. It is good practice to verify all information with a Real Estate Licensee before taking any action based upon this data. Listing data is made available for the use of consumers interested in the acquisition of real property only. Use of this data for any other purpose is strictly forbidden without the written consent of the Gulf South Real Estate Information Network.

Licensed by the Louisiana Real Estate Commission.

Copyright © 2023 Crescent City Living · All Rights Reserved. | Real Estate Websites by Ha Media


  • Home

  • Home Search

  • Communities

  • Services

    • Home Value Request

    • Buying

    • Selling

    • Renting

    • Landlords

    • Louisiana Real Estate Contract

  • The Blog

  • About Us

    • Client Reviews

    • Our Beliefs

    • Agent Pros

    • Crescent City Living Policies

    • Careers at Crescent City Living
  • Log into or manage your account…
    Account | Login
    • Call us…
    • Send us a message…
    • Find our office…

  • Contact Me (Dark)

    We take your time and privacy seriously. Fill out this encrypted contact form with the knowledge that we're not signing you up for endless emails.

    Contact Us

    Contact Us

    We would like to hear from you. Please send us a message by filling out the form below and we will get back with you shortly.

    Schedule a Showing

    Schedule a Showing

    Submit this secure form to request a showing. If you'd like a showing within the next 36 hours, it's best to call us after filling out this form.

    :
    Select a time for your showing

    Start the Selling Process

    Start the Selling Process

    If you're ready to sell your home, fill out this secure form to get started. One of our Specialists will contact you directly and there's no obligation.

    Sorry You Missed It!

    Sorry You Missed It!

    Looks like this property has already been claimed, but worry, not! We can help you find another. Fill out this secure form and we will get right back to you.

    Interested?

    Interested?

    Interested in this property? Fill out this secure form and I will contact you with details and availability.

    Interested?

    Interested?

    Interested in this property? Fill out this secure form and I will contact you with details and availability.

    Rent Your Home!

    Rent Your Home!

    If you've got a property you'd like to rent, we can help.
    Call us or fill out this secure form and we'll call you whenever you like.