Question for Houston realtors

[missytoe]

Hi all, I am not looking in Sugarland only because our top budget is about $185K (final price) and I think we are just priced out of the area by a tad. Not much comes up for that area when I check out the listings. I would consider Richmond and Katy, however.

Philboyj, I appreciate your input and I totally agree. Because we have such a large area we are looking in, I would look to them to weed out the ones they know have a power station next to them, have some other poor resale value, etc. I am on realtor.com and HAR.com daily, have the new homes within our parameters emailed to me, and have poured over the school districts.

[HoustonBornNRaised]

Originally Posted by philboyj

Here is what I found - using an agent from Cypress to see houses in Katy is a bad idea - even though the agent maybe somewhat familiar with the "away" market.
With houses going quickly in today's market, you may want to see a house within a few days of its listing - which might mean asking your agent to drive 20 plus miles each way to see a different house each day. Over a period of time, this gets taxing for the agent and also creates a sense of obligation to the agent.

That's par for the course for a Realtor.

Driving excessively and not knowing the market are two different things. If an agent doesn't want to make that drive, he/she should say so and not commit. I don't love driving, but it's part of the job. I would never want anyone to think they were obligated, just because I was doing my job.