For Relocating Buyers - Helping your Realtor Help YOU

If you are going to be relocating, you may want to check out a new post on my other blog about relocation. Here I write about suggestions, based on personal and professional experiences, for relocating buyers on how they can help their Realtor in their new city work more effectively with them during the house hunting process ("Relocation: Help Your Realtor Help You"). There are a number of things you should do in order to get the most out of your Realtor's assistance, and ensure as smooth a transition as possible. Keep in mind that you are working with a number of other people as well (e.g., mortgage lender, your company representatives, possibly a relocation company, the Realtor helping you sell your current home, the moving company) and it is a team effort, with YOU as the LEADER. And since you have the most vested interest in making the relocation happen successfully, you have the most responsibility. Good luck and let me know if and how I can help you!

PS: Did you know that RE/MAX has a terrific service called The Moving Coach that can assist you in your move (if you are not working with a relocation company) if you work with a RE/MAX agent (like myself, if you are coming here to sunny Southern California).