Thanks for your input. I am referring more to buying real estate, rather than selling. I understand the need to be exclusive when selling but not really when buying. I dont necessarily need a realtor to sign me up for email alerts for on market property listings as I prefer to look in the MLS and online and get that information myself. But what I would like from a realtor is to pass on their experience and knowledge of a property in terms of whether it is a good buy for me based on my needs, criteria, return on investment, rental viability. This would help reduce the amount of work for me. More often than not I seem to be finding realtors that are only capable of sending me listings and if I ask too many questions I dont hear from them again. Alternatively, I find the properties myself and the realtor really only does the closing paperwork. This has been the case for the last 12 houses I bought. I dont have time for this anymore so I have reached out here on Bigger Pockets and have made interesting connections. I know there are knowledgeable realtors out there with investment understanding, its just a matter of finding them. To answer your question Ti, I have found that different realtors have different contacts with regards to off market deals which is really what I am looking for. Sticking to one realtor limits my access to off market deals because they dont come up that often. Loving these forums.
