So I have a realtor. I ask him to see if the mortgage company has any incentives for first time home buyers, and he told me to call the lender and ask myself. What is the purpose of a realtor? Also, if I switch jobs while we are under contract is that bad? It will be within the same industry. I will just be a manager instead.

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The lender’s job is to worry about your finances. Once you talk to a lender, then you can tell your realtor what your range is for shopping.
The realtor deals with the listing agents, negotiates for you, reads listings and disclosures for you, and works with your lender to write up the offer and paperwork for closing.

Our realtor told us what to look for at open houses this past weekend. He also looked up previous sales and recent sales nearby in the neighborhood. All things I never would have thought about so it immediately became clear why we are working with a realtor.

The lender can look at a listing and run calcs for you to help you decide if the monthly payments are right for your finances.

I didn’t know any of this at first. I’ve learned it in the last 3 weeks.

As for the latter part of your questions, I don’t know. I’m wondering myself.

-First Time Home Buyer

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Ok thank you so much for your detailed response. We are currently under contract now. New construction. We paid our earnest money yesterday.

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Just check with your Lender about the job change. It's probably not too big a deal if you're just getting started. But if you're close to the closing table then call your Lender first.

I'm a Realtor and I focus on educating my clients, finding awesome deals, getting through roadblocks like inspection findings, appraisal issues, etc. There's about 100-150 documents in a transaction and I know them all, I walk my clients through them so they know what's going on. That's the start.

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Usually realtors partner with lenders they trust; but not the case for all unfortunately. It would make the process a little smoother.

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