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Our dedicated team possesses the requisite tools, expertise, and years of hands-on experience essential for ensuring that every step of your homebuying process is guided with precision.

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Our team of skilled agents simplifies the home buying process, freeing you to prioritize what truly counts – discovering your ideal home. Collaborating closely with you, we will gain a thorough understanding of your requirements and preferences, streamlining the selection process to uncover the perfect match. Additionally, we will guide you in crafting an offer that sets you apart in this rapid market. Throughout every stage, from navigating open houses to exploring financing choices, we have the experience and commitment to support you at every turn.

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We understand that buying a home is one of the most significant investments you will make in your lifetime, and as a result can feel quite overwhelming. But we believe that with the right agent by your side, buying a home can be a satisfying and successful experience. That’s why our team is dedicated to providing exceptional service to our buyer clients. We provide comprehensive buyer representation that goes above and beyond - by tapping our wealth of local knowledge, contacts, and resources, our buyers are better positioned to find and secure the home of their choice on the best possible terms and price - and have fun in the process!

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Here's How We Give our Buyer Clients the Best Advantage in a Competitive and Fast-Changing Market

Comprehensive Buying Consultation

An agent showing you homes without conducting a buyer consultation is like a doctor prescribing medicine without checking your vitals. As real estate practitioners, we need to get to know you, your wants and needs, your long-term goals and your challenges in order to guide you to your dream home with a clear path forward so you can make confident decisions.

Pre-Approval and Financing Help

No matter if you're a first-time buyer needing closing cost assistance or a seasoned homeowner with significant equity to bridge, we can help connect you with a dependable, trustworthy lender who has the right products to match your unique buying needs.

Tech-Driven
Collaborative Search

We curate your search through Compass.com and the Compass app and create a custom collection for you to view listings in your criteria and share your favorites and comments with us, your dedicated agents! Our platform offers a wide range of features to pinpoint the perfect home in a collaborative interface that streamlines the process.

Dedicated Transaction Coordination

Once we are under contract for your new home, our team transaction coordinator Barbara Morgan will help manage your paperwork, closing timeline, and communication with all parties involved to ensure no deadlines get missed or important paperwork goes unsigned - leaving us, your agents, free to work with you directly on important negotiations and managing your move.

Robust Professional Network

Buying a home and getting it to closing is a team effort, and we think your real estate agent should be your star quarterback! We've made it our mission to build a network of reliable professionals and service providers not only facilitate a smooth closing and do your due diligence in your sale, but also assist in all of your real estate and homeownership needs long after closing.

Relocation Concierge

Moving to the Pittsburgh area from out of town? No problem! Our team has you covered! We've got you covered with our local expertise to help you find your perfect neighborhood, conducting virtual showings, connecting you with transportation and accommodations for in-person showings, and facilitating your big move

The Home Buying Process at a Glance

Here are the "broad strokes" you can expect of the buying process from start to finish.

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Initial Consultation

We start by getting to know you and discussing the where, what, why, when and how of your new home, and review the current state of the market to set expectations. We will also help you set up your account on the COMPASS platform and download our mobile app to sync your online search with us, your trusted guides!

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Buyer Agency Agreement Review + Signing

Prior to touring homes, the PA Association of REALTORS and the West Penn MLS now require we enter into a written agreement. We will review all of the terms of our agency agreement with you and answer whatever questions you may have so you know what you are agreeing to before you sign.

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Line Up Financing

This means getting pre-approved by a qualified lender if you plan on getting a mortgage (which we can help with), or if you plan to buy with cash we need to see proof of funds and can discuss the options for securely providing this.

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Tour Homes

Now the fun begins! Now that we have a financing roadmap and your online search tools are in place, we will tour properties in person together to find the one!

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Offer Submission, Negotiation + Acceptance

Once we've identified a home you love, we'll help guide you to making a strong but fair offer with the assurance that you're not overpaying or undercutting yourself on terms unnecessarily. This is where having an agent experienced in pricing and negotiation is absolutely key.

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Home Inspections + Due Diligence

Once our offer is accepted, if you selected home inspections or other due diligence contingencies (survey, zoning, etc) we will gladly connect you with one of our trustworthy home inspectors and other professionals needed to answer any outstanding questions you might have about your new home.

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Mortgage Application, Appraisal + Title Search

While conducting inspections you'll also need to start the process of applying for your mortgage with your lender and order the home appraisal (if required or desired). At the same time we also order the title search and begin deed preparation with one of our preferred closing companies.

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Closing Day

This is the day you sign off on the deed, the mortgage and get handed the keys! Congratulations, you're now a homeowner!

In the Words of our Clients

Success Stories

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"We highly recommend Melanie. She is extremely thorough and made the whole process of selling our home easier. We couldn’t have asked for more. We have bought and sold many homes. She is truly the best agent we have ever worked with."
"I highly recommend Melanie as a real estate agent! Her expertise and knowledge of the PA real estate market is second to none. The information she provided allowed me to make quick decisions in a very compressed timeframe.She anticipated my needs as
"Melanie has a great amount of knowledge about the market. She helped us identify what would be a small or big effort into update the houses we saw. She's very passionate about her work, and assisted us even at late hours."
"Melanie is the consummate professional - very knowledgeable, detailed, organized, and so very helpful and caring. Her team is also first rate. The execution on the sale of our home was flawless. From the outset she orchestrated the decluttering, the

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