Don’t Invest Without Proper Representation!

I have heard of people trying to save money by looking at my investment opportunities then trying to go directly to the developer, thinking ‘Well, if she can collect a fee for referring me, then I should be able to save that amount of money just going directly to the source!’ Well, unfortunately it just doesn’t work that way. You still pay the exact same amount AND you wouldn’t have anyone acting on behalf of you, the buyer.

The developer is only looking out for one person – Himself! Anyone signing papers to go directly to the developer & his agent actually gives up their right to have professional representation of their own. This, to me, makes no sense because they don’t ever pay any money out of their pocket for that representation and usually don’t know the first thing about real estate law, etc.

But realistically, usually these opportunities are not available retail – Joe-Average can’t just access them by just searching online, etc. And if your investment is in MN, where I’m a licensed agent, I actually represent you. I have full fiduciary responsibilities to act and negotiate on your behalf! If you went directly to the developer and his agent – they’d LOVE to help you out. Then they take ALL of the commission AND they’re only representing themselves in the negotiation, so they can really work and negotiate to their own advantage because you’re not protected! Like a snail without a shell!