Comments on: Lagomar Virginia Beach Real Estate Homes New, Active,Reduced,Sold, Pending Oct 2008 http://www.dennisblackmore.com/lagomar-virginia-beach-real-estate-homes-oct-2008/ "Surf to Sunsets" - Chesapeake, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Hampton Roads Homes, Foreclosures, and Condos For Sale Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:33:28 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=8139 hourly 1 By: victor loza http://www.dennisblackmore.com/lagomar-virginia-beach-real-estate-homes-oct-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-530 victor loza Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:29:38 +0000 http://dennisblackmore.com/lagomar-virginia-beach-real-estate-homes-new-activereducedsold-pending-oct-2008/#comment-530 If you knew me, the last thing you would ever think was that I was gullible. I’ve owned a very successful computer consulting and training company for 20 years, worked for a law firm, and come from a family whose philosophy is, ‘Believe half of what you see and none of what you hear.” I’m tenacious, do tons of research and have endless questions that I’m not shy about asking. So how did my husband and I get ourselves into trouble when we built a home in Mexico? Simple, we did not make sure that we had the right agent. Fortunately, it’s not to find the right agent as hard as it was 4 years ago when we moved to Mexico. Rule #1: Find an agent that is a member of a reputable real estate organization. In our area of Rosarito and Ensenada that would be AMPI or APIR. It’s a small community and everyone knows who to work with. If you are already working with an agent, ask them about their membership in one of these organizations. If they tell you they don’t belong because membership doesn’t mean anything, run, and run very fast. There is a reason why they are not members of any of the local Associations and you don’t want to be the person who finds out why. If you knew me, the last thing you would ever think was that I was gullible. I’ve owned a very successful computer consulting and training company for 20 years, worked for a law firm, and come from a family whose philosophy is, ‘Believe half of what you see and none of what you hear.”

I’m tenacious, do tons of research and have endless questions that I’m not shy about asking. So how did my husband and I get ourselves into trouble when we built a home in Mexico? Simple, we did not make sure that we had the right agent. Fortunately, it’s not to find the right agent as hard as it was 4 years ago when we moved to Mexico.

Rule #1: Find an agent that is a member of a reputable real estate organization. In our area of Rosarito and Ensenada that would be AMPI or APIR. It’s a small community and everyone knows who to work with.

If you are already working with an agent, ask them about their membership in one of these organizations. If they tell you they don’t belong because membership doesn’t mean anything, run, and run very fast. There is a reason why they are not members of any of the local Associations and you don’t want to be the person who finds out why.

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