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xKimmothy t1_jbc498i wrote

Go local. We used HUECU credit union and their service was great! We ended up getting an offer accepted on Easter night because we could get in contact with our loan officer to talk to the seller's realtor.

Also, side note, get your own realtor on your side. A good one will know their shit and be immensely helpful along the way and be the one negotiating with the sellers.

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ladbom OP t1_jbef2ga wrote

I was thinking to use Redfin, it feels more flexible with being able to tour whenever

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xKimmothy t1_jbek4le wrote

We would just send our realtors listings we wanted to see and they would screen through them for whether they're overpriced, if they had any red flags for location, and then set up all the visits for us. They scheduled them outside of the open house times so we had the visits all to ourselves. They would also add in ones they knew about once they got the sense of what we were looking for. The one we ended up buying was one they picked because we thought it would be too expensive (ended up getting it for close-ish to asking).

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