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Originally Posted by mreid
Use Zillow, then find an agent to show you the homes you like.
Anyway, you can do 90% of the work online, but you need a realtor to get the total picture and in most states access to the available homes.
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Best advice here in the quote above, along with the info about how most are horrible.
During my military career we moved countless times, 8 or 10 in the final 12 years. Bought a few houses sight unseen.
Told one RE agent that we wanted to lease while the deal was pending, same house up until closing. She said you can't do that. Fired here that day.
Without exception, every time we moved we did all of the leg work. Thanks to Al Gore for the internet. Narrowed down the search area by talking to folks and reading stuff online.
Even had friends/family go look at houses. By the time we engaged an agent the work was done. We only needed the agent to show us the properties.
My .02 is that if you are depending on the agent they will show you the crap they need to sell and stuff that fits their comfort zone. That even rings true when using them for rentals.
Good luck