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Jerry working with home buyersWhy use a Buyers Agent when working with an agent to purchase a home on the North Fork?

In real estate transactions, buyer-clients are entitled to a higher level of service than buyer-customers.  How do you know if you are a buyer client? Becoming a buyer-client typically involves signing a Buyers Representation Agreement with a buyers representative, who then owes you fiduciary duties.  This means your buyer's representative is expected to exercise discretion when acting on your behalf, including adhering to very specific responsibilities, obligations, and high standards of good faith an loyalty.

For example, if you're a client with Jerry Cibulski, as your buyer's agent, Jerry will seek to negotiate the most favorable terms for you- and will not disclose any material facts about your situation that could hurt your negotiating position. 

If however, you do not sign a Buyer Representation Agreement, as a buyer Jerry is woking with you as a buyer customer.  As buyers rep may not be in a position to answer even basic questions, such as, "Why are they selling?' or "Is this home priced competitively?'.  This is because Jerry is acting instead as a agent or sub-agent of the seller because the seller is the client and you are the customer.

My services vary, depending on your status

 If you are a CUSTOMER

(no fiduciary relationship), an agent will: 

If you are a CLIENT

(fiduciary relationship), your agent will:

 Maintain loyaly to the seller's needs Pay full attention to your needs 
 Tell the seller all they know about you  Tell you all that I know about the seller
 Keep information about the seller confidential  Keep information about you confidential
 Focus on the seller-clients property  Focus on choices that satisfy your needs
 Provide just the material facts  Provide material facts as well as professional advice
 Protect the seller  Protect and guide you
 Negotiate on behalf of the seller  Negotiate on your behalf
 Attempt to solve problems to the seller's advantage and satisfaction  Attempt to solve problems to your advantage and satisfaction