- Hi I'm Jason Binab, a real estate advisor
here in Oak Bay, British Columbia.
I'm also the host of Black Press Media's
real estate television channel.
We're gonna be talking about all things real estate
so make sure you stay tuned.
This is gonna be an amazing season.
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Hi I'm Jason Binab and thank you for joining me.
I'm from The Agency here in Victoria, British Columbia.
So today we're gonna be talking about buyers.
So if you're thinking about buying a property
and you're engaging with a realtor,
one of the first things that you must do,
the most important thing is talk to a mortgage broker.
Get in, see that mortgage broker or your banker,
find out what you can afford, what the current rates are,
are you gonna be porting a mortgage from another property,
are there any penalties with that?
Secondly, you wanna be talking to a realtor.
Engage the realtor, get you set up on one of our systems,
the Matrix or Interface which are systems that allow us
to match properties that match your criteria
and they'll send you those properties the minute
they come on the market.
Now, the next thing you wanna do is when you look
for properties and you're finding those listings
that you wanna see, drive by the neighborhoods.
Make sure that the neighborhood works for you,
fits for you, is the right school district
if you got kids that are gonna be going to the schools.
We value your time, nothing worse than booking 10 showings
to show you properties and the neighborhood just didn't work
or you didn't like the neighborhood,
the neighbors properties or whatever it is.
We value your time.
One of the first things I like to do
when I meet with my buyers is go over the haves
and the wants, like what's a deal breaker for you.
How many bedrooms, bathrooms, what the price is,
square footage, what about the layout of the home?
Do you want a master bedroom upstairs
or do you have two kids and you want that
three bedroom, two bathroom ideal layout?
So knowing what you're looking for,
me being able to understand what my client is looking for,
helps me do a better job for them.
With 14 hundred realtors in Victoria currently,
there's a lot of fantastic realtors out there.
If you would like to talk to myself or any of the realtors
at The Agency about our services and how we can help you
buy a home, feel free to give us a call
at 778-265-5552, thank you.
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