{"id":14505,"date":"2024-07-23T07:00:18","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T14:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/blog\/?p=14505"},"modified":"2025-04-29T13:55:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T20:55:29","slug":"buyer-how-to-find-a-realtor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/blog\/buyer-how-to-find-a-realtor\/","title":{"rendered":"The First-Time Homebuyer\u2019s Ultimate Guide on How to Find a Realtor\u00ae"},"content":{"rendered":"

You\u2019ve saved up all your pennies, forgone some luxuries, and you think you\u2019re ready to buy your first house<\/a>. But you need someone to guide you through the process, and you\u2019re not sure how to find that person; either all the agents you know don\u2019t seem like quite the right fit, or you don\u2019t know any agents at all. If you\u2019re ready to buy a house and you need to find a Realtor\u00ae, here\u2019s how to do it.<\/p>\n

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In our technological age, there\u2019s an algorithm for everything, including how to find a Realtor. Agent-matching services \u2014 like the one offered by HomeLight<\/a> \u2014 use transaction data to find agents with the most experience in sales similar to yours. If you really don\u2019t know where to start, this is probably the best first stop.<\/p>\n

For example, let\u2019s say you\u2019re a veteran approved for a VA loan between $250,000 and $275,000 in your area, and you\u2019re looking at a specific neighborhood; HomeLight uses recent sales data to find agents who have helped the most buyers like you in that specific neighborhood. We will recommend up to three agents for you to interview. They will reach out to you, and you can decide if any of them are the perfect fit.<\/p>\n

But first, a quick primer: A Realtor and a real estate agent are similar but not identical. A real estate agent is licensed by the state to help with real estate transactions and is often a Realtor, but not always. A Realtor is a member of the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and usually is a practicing real estate agent or broker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You need someone to guide you through the process of buying your first house, and you\u2019re not sure how to find that person. Here\u2019s how to find a Realtor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163,"featured_media":46056,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[192,640,638],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-for-buyers","category-work-with-agents","category-house-hunting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHow to Find A Realtor to Help You Buy a House<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"You need someone to guide you through the process of buying your first house, and you\u2019re not sure how to find that person. 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