Whether this is your first home purchase or your fifteenth, I do my very best to make it less frustrating and time-consuming. I have listed just a few of the things I do for my buyers below:

1. Explain "Buyer's Agency" representation

2. Determine buyer's specific needs

3. Help buyer pre-qualify with a lender

4. Locate and show favorable properties to my buyers

5. Once a property is selected, do research to comp the property

to prepare data to write an offer

6. Write offer on selected property with appropriate addendums

7. Negotiate offer and counter-offers with listing agent

8. Forward accepted offer to Lender and Title Company

9. Order Building/Radon/Termite inspections as necessary

10. Order Title/Survey/Appraisal

11. Negotiate inspection resolution

12. Contact listing agent to make sure their seller ordered the

Code Compliance and Laclede Gas inspections

13. Advise buyer to procure insurance on property

14. Request copies of receipts or lienwaivers for all repairs

done on the property

15. Contact buyer's lender for loan commitment

16. Communicate with Title Company and Lender

17. Set up closing time based on buyer's schedule

18. Contact listing agent regarding stopbox location

19. Schedule walk-through for buyer's final inspection of property

20. Accompany buyer to walk-through to see that the property is

in the same condition as date of contract and that all repairs

have been done.

21. Advise buyer to change utilities into their name as of closing date

22. Attend closing with buyer

No worries for you...I take care of all the details. I'm just a phone call away. IT'S YOUR MOVE!

Buyer's Checklist:

At its best is an unsettling experience for the entire family. At Prudential Advantage Realtors, we smooth the way and make things easier by providing, relocation information, special data regarding school districts, and one of our sales associates will work with you, who specialize in your neighborhood.

You'll want to start preparing for your move a month or two in advance. Feel free to print the following checklist.

Before a move checklist

^{— Collect cardboard boxes and other containers for moving.}— Discard items that you will not be moving.
— Find a moving company, get an estimate. Ask for referrals. Call your local and state Better Business Bureau to check them out.
— Have draperies and/or carpets cleaned before you move and then pack them for protection.
— Inform your company of the address change for their mailings - ESPECIALLY your W-2 Form.
— Notify the following companies, agencies, and/or people of your move. establish contacts in new area...
— Request a transcript of your children's school records. Contact the new school.
Address Change
— Charge accounts, credit cards
— Give forwarding address to Post Office four to six weeks in advance.
— Friends, relatives, and business contacts
— Subscriptions- book clubs, magazine, newspaper, record clubs
— Workplace
Auto
— Drivers License
— Insurance
Banking
— Accountant
— Stock Broker
— Transfer funds
— Obtain credit references
Government Agencies
— Federal and State taxes
— Social Security (if receiving benefits)
— Veterans administration
Medical, Dental
— Ask for referrals
— Birth records
— Insurance- life, health
— Medical records
— Pet records
— Prescription histories
— Transfer optical, prescriptions, X-ray
Utilities
— Cable
— Electric
— Gas
— Telephone - Keep your phone service on through moving day...You may need it!!
— Water
When you get to your new home checklist
— Call a locksmith to change EVERY "access lock"!! (alarms, sheds, mailboxes too.)
— Check the pilot lights in your stove, furnace, hot water heater.
— Check the telephone, gas, electricity, water.
— Go through your check list above - make sure each item has been completed.
— Purchase a new city or village sticker for your car.
— Register to vote.
— Register your car with a new state & get a new driver's license within 14 days.
Final notes
NOTE: Keep track of your moving expenses, some may be tax deductible!!
The BUSIEST moving season is the summer.
Most people move on the first and last days of the month.