ATLANTA MIDTOWN
BUYER CLIENT’S QUESTIONNAIRE
Cheryl A. Gosa, ABR
YOUR CURRENT SITUATION
How long have you been thinking about buying a home?
What made you decide to move now?
Do you rent or do you own your current home?
How long have you been there?
If renting, when does the lease expire?
If you own your current home, was it new or a resale when you purchased it?
What do you like best about your current home?
What do you like least?
What is your time frame for moving?
Describe your current home.
REPRESENTATION
Have you signed a Buyer Brokerage Agreement with another agent?
If yes, when does it expire?
What has been your previous experience with realtors?
Do you understand how an agent who finds you a home gets paid?
Are you willing to commit to working with only one agent to help you find a home?
After I show you a number of homes that are close to what you are seeking, but not quite the one you are looking for, and you walk into an Open House being held by another agent and say “this is the home,” what would you do?
- Ask the agent at the open house to write up the offer
- Call and ask me to write up an offer on the home.
Do you understand how the real estate MLS service works?
RELOCATION
If you are being relocated by your company, is there a relocation company in charge of the move? I will need a name and a phone number to proceed.
What restrictions has your relocation company put on the purchase of your new home?
Where does your new boss live or plan to live?
What moving expenses has your current employer agreed to pay?
FINANCING
Have you talked to a lender about financing? If so, please provide a name and phone number.
What amount has your lender determined that you can afford?
What would work for you as a monthly payment for a house?
Do you need to sell your current home before you purchase a new one?
Do you need money from your present home to purchase the new home?
Could you pay cash for the new house?
ABOUT YOU
Tell me about your job, i.e. what do you do and how long have you been in that field?
If you found the right home the first time out, could you make a decision on it that day?
Who else needs to be involved in the decision-making process for your home?
How much of a commute is tolerable for you?
YOUR NEW HOME
What is most important to you right now – PICK TWO
1. price 2. location 3. kind of house?
How long do you plan to be in your new home?
Are there specific neighborhoods that you prefer? If so, which ones are they?
Have you seen any homes that you like? Where were they?
Describe the home you are looking for.
Is the school system a consideration?
If you are planning to buy a condominium do you prefer upstairs or down?
Do you understand the difference between owning a condominium and a detached single-family house?
Do you have pets?
Do you have special preferences such as the direction the house faces?
Do you have friends/family that you need to live near? Where do they live?
Do you have hobbies that need particular spaces in a house (a grand piano, woodworking equipment, photography dark room, large pieces of art)?
How much yard/lawn would you like to have?
What age house are you interested in?
What stage of renovation?
What features would immediately turn you off in a home?
What style home do you prefer?
Do you want brick, frame, stone, siding?
How long do you think it will take to find a house?
Please list the must-have features you want:
Number of bedrooms ______
Number of bathrooms ______
Master on main level ______
Other rooms ______
Garage, carport, street parking ______
Fireplace ______
Laundry room ______
Up hill, down hill, level lot ______
Porch, deck, patio ______
One level, two floors, three floors ______
House, condo, loft, townhouse ______
Other ______
Please list anything that you definitely DO NOT want in a house:
THE PROCESS
1. Sign a buyer’s representation agreement with me.
2. Talk to a lender and determine the amount of house you can afford.
3. Decide your top price based on the monthly payment you want to pay.
4. Look at houses.
5. Choose a house and make an offer
6. Apply for a loan, inspect and survey.
7. Close.
What weekday(s) are you free to look at houses?
We will need to go out from 3-5 times
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