I’m guessing you’ve watched some movies – perhaps the older ones – where the Realtor® walks into a home chatting up his clients and telling them everything about the house before they arrive there. The truth is your experience is likely to be very different. Chances are good that your Realtor® has not seen the home before you enter it and may be surprised himself at what he sees there.

If you did choose the neighborhood expert, you might hear a lot about the neighborhood before you get to the property. Also, if the Realtor® has shown the house before to someone else, he might know more about it. But otherwise, you shouldn’t expect that the Realtor® has previewed every house he is showing you. (Also, we have been expressly told not to walk from room to room saying “here’s the kitchen, here’s the bedroom, etc” by most trainings.)

However, this by no means implies that you cannot get the answers you want. Make sure to ask questions regarding matters that are important to you. The Realtor® should have an MLS printout of the house with all the details. And if the information you need is not contained in the printout, he will have the necessary phone numbers to get the details.

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