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Hello everyone,
I apologize in advance if this has been covered ad nauseum and I just have not found the thread.
I just landed a job in Raleigh. I will be starting up there on the 14th while my family stays behind. I will have two weeks of temporary housing provided by my company. In that time, I will have to find a house to rent (since we are new to the area, we think it might be a good idea to rent for a year) and get my family moved in. Having not been in this situation before, I need some direction.
Is there a renter's agent that will take me on a tour of rental homes on a Saturday? Will this agent only take me to homes that are listed by them, or all rentals in the area?
The question is more about the process, but I will certainly accept recomendations for a specific agent.
Hey there, I feel your pain, as I relocated here myself a few months ago. I found a great agent who spent the time researching AND touring rentals with me. She's one of the best I know in the business, and for the record I have been a Realtor myself (in VA & GA) for the past 15 years so I can be critical and a bit hard to please, lol.
I will PM you here contact info. Let me know how it goes and good luck with the move!!!
Hello everyone,
I apologize in advance if this has been covered ad nauseum and I just have not found the thread.
I just landed a job in Raleigh. I will be starting up there on the 14th while my family stays behind. I will have two weeks of temporary housing provided by my company. In that time, I will have to find a house to rent (since we are new to the area, we think it might be a good idea to rent for a year) and get my family moved in. Having not been in this situation before, I need some direction.
Is there a renter's agent that will take me on a tour of rental homes on a Saturday? Will this agent only take me to homes that are listed by them, or all rentals in the area?
The question is more about the process, but I will certainly accept recomendations for a specific agent.
Thanks in advance.
Jason
The problems the agent has are the agency role and compensation.
North Carolina has no legal framework for an agent to represent the prospective tenant, so we are always representing the owner, while taking the tenant to see homes.
We can't even fill out the lease for them.
If we help the tenant find a home and get a lease signed the owner has promised in the MLS to compensate the agent for showing the property.
Sometimes that payment is as little as $25.00 or $50.00, which is not a lot for hours of culling through and then showing listings. Average is about $125. Not for each house. Just the one the renter leases.
And sometimes the agent has to wait weeks for payment, or fight to get paid, or work for free.
So, some agents will work rentals when they have time.
It really seems that there should be a system in place for agents to help folks find homes, but there isn't.
I am having the help of a rental tenant agent but as you said she gets paid by the owner so technically she works for the owner. She suggested that I can negotiate the price and is helping me doing that. So I was wondering if I should be giving her some money for helping me? If so what would be the appropriate amount?
thanks!
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Originally Posted by MikeJaquish
The problems the agent has are the agency role and compensation.
North Carolina has no legal framework for an agent to represent the prospective tenant, so we are always representing the owner, while taking the tenant to see homes.
We can't even fill out the lease for them.
If we help the tenant find a home and get a lease signed the owner has promised in the MLS to compensate the agent for showing the property.
Sometimes that payment is as little as $25.00 or $50.00, which is not a lot for hours of culling through and then showing listings. Average is about $125. Not for each house. Just the one the renter leases.
And sometimes the agent has to wait weeks for payment, or fight to get paid, or work for free.
So, some agents will work rentals when they have time.
It really seems that there should be a system in place for agents to help folks find homes, but there isn't.
Could someone please PM the name of the reco'd rental agent. I've recently accepted a position in Raleigh and will be making a trip shortly to look for properties...
I too am new to the area searching for apartment. Will someone please PM me with an agent name?
Good luck. However no one mentioned an agent who can help find *apartments*. Good real estate agents are too busy selling houses.
I think you are on your own finding apartments, however most new places have their own web sites. If you see something you like, you can ask city-data forum if anyone knows the specific place.
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