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From a post on RErockstar.com:
If you’ve been in contact with a real estate agent lately (or even spent some time on a real estate website), you’ve probably seen a lot of talk about “getting pre-approved” or “you need a pre-approval.” A pre-approval is vital in today’s market (and in any market in my opinion) to finding the home you want, the home you can afford, and the home you can get under contract without losing it to someone else.RErockstar.com - Your "all access pass" to San Antonio real estate. | RErockstar.com, Mar 2009
You can learn more about pre-approval in the original post.
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Hi Matt - Yup. If you plan to make an offer bring your checkbook and your pre-approval. We hjust can't make it clearer than that.
A pre-approval letter always comes first. I think very few realtors would show homes to a client who doesn't have one.
Marlene - Its one of the harder things to explain sometimes. I find people are nervous about pre-approval and don't always know what it is or why its necessary.
Shirley - I think you'd be surprised how many do. When people are hungry for business, they tend to take chances. I've made the mistake of taking chances before - showing property with no buyer rep, etc. You learn the hard way, but then some people just keep doing it.