Search, compare, and select current listings of cabins, lake homes, condos, and land for sale in Northeast Georgia. Save your searches and favorite properties for later review, and get email updates on new Rabun County listings and price reductions. These searches are extensively detailed and absolutely the best you will find!
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Use the search links above to browse Rabun County homes and land listed with all the local brokers. Just about everything you find through these searches will be from Lake Burton, Lake Rabun, and the surrounding Rabun County area. Cabins, lake homes, new homes, building sites, and large tracts of land are all listed here. If you are having trouble locating a particular type of property, please send a note through any of the “more information” options and you will receive a quick response.
Negotiating today’s real estate market is a complicated process that takes knowledge and experience. Jon Barnwell has a history of helping people buy mountain homes, and he is one of the few Accredited Buyers Representatives in Rabun County.
Please use this website to learn more about Lake Burton, Lake Rabun, and the mountain and lake homes offered for sale in northeast Georgia. If you are serious about buying property in Rabun County, pick up the phone and call one of the best realtors in Northeast Georgia. Jon Barnwell is the leader in Rabun County, and he is fully committed to making your buying experience the best possible anywhere.
Rabun County is the perfect getaway for people who enjoy high mountains, beautiful valleys, and the backroads and trails that connect them. Rabun is unique because it is mostly made up of U.S. National Forest, offering thousands of acres of wilderness trails, trout streams, and waterfalls to be explored… all completely open to the public. With over 100 miles of shoreline, Lake Burton, Seed Lake, Lake Rabun, Tallulah Falls Lake, and Tugalo Lake have supplied many generations with summer lakehome memories. This peaceful corner of Northeast Georgia is guaranteed to find a place in your heart with its sense of community and rich history.
Buying Your Home – Working With a Real Estate Agent
How do you find a good agent?
A good agent typically works full-time and has several years of experience at minimum. If you are a buyer, you don’t usually pay for your agent’s services (in the form of a commission, or percentage of the sales price of the home). All agents in a transaction usually are paid by the seller from the sales proceeds. In many states, this means that your agent legally is acting as a subagent of the seller. But in Georgia, it’s legal for an agent to represent the buyers exclusively in the transaction and be paid a commission by the sellers. In Rabun County, it is common to hire your own agent, known as buyer’s brokers, whose legal obligation is exclusively to you. If you are a seller, you should interview at least three agents, all of whom should make a sales presentation including a comparative market analysis of local home prices in your area. The best choice isn’t always the agent with the highest asking price for your home. Be sure to evaluate all aspects of the agent’s marketing plan and how well you think you can work with the individual.
What about a buyer’s agent?
In Rabun County, Georgia, it’s now common for an agent to represent the buyers exclusively in the transaction and be paid a commission by the sellers. More and more buyers are going a step further, hiring their own agent, referred to as buyers brokers. A buyer’s agent is a must for those interested in the complicated markets at Lake Burton and Lake Rabun.
How much does my real estate agent need to know?
Real estate agents would say that the more you tell them, the better they can negotiate on your behalf. However, the degree of trust you have with an agent may depend upon their legal obligation. Agents working for buyers have three possible choices: They can represent the buyer exclusively, called single agency, or represent the seller exclusively, called sub- agency, or represent both the buyer and seller in a dual-agency situation. Georgia requires agents to disclose all possible agency relationships before they enter into a residential real estate transaction. Here is a summary of the three basic types:
* In a traditional relationship, real estate agents and brokers have a fiduciary relationship to the seller. Be aware that the seller pays the commission of both brokers, not just the one who lists and shows the property, but also to the sub- broker, who brings the ready, willing and able buyer to the table.
* Dual agency exists if two agents working for the same broker represent the buyer and seller in a transaction. A potential conflict of interest is created if the listing agent has advance knowledge of another buyer’s offer. Therefore, the law states that a dual agent shall not disclose to the buyer that the seller will accept less than the list price, or disclose to the seller that the buyer will pay more than the offer price, without express written permission.
* A buyer also can hire his or her own agent who will represent the buyer’s interests exclusively. A buyer’s agent is usually paid from real estate commissions shared by the listing broker, but the buyer can trust them with financial information, knowing it will not be transmitted to the other broker and ultimately to the seller.
Did You Know? . . .
In the vast majority of real estate transactions, all parties involved, with the exception of the buyer, will unwittingly assist the seller in obtaining the highest possible price.
Unless you specifically request that an agent represent you as a Buyer’s Agent, all the agents who assist you, will in all likelihood be working for the seller.
“A real estate broker doesn’t work for you, but for the seller. If you want someone on your side, get a Buyer’s Agent” –Readers Digest
“Retain your own Buyer’s Broker when buying a home” –Consumer Digest
“Buyer advocacy seems to be taking off. I’ll never buy a house any other way”–Wall Street Journal
“Buyers average a 5% savings when represented by a Buyer’s Agent, rather than a Sales Agent” –Money Magazine
Questions and Answers about a Buyer’s Agent
Q: What is a Buyer’s Agent?
A: A Realtor who represents you and your interests EXCLUSIVELY when you are purchasing real estate.
Q: Is it necessary to have a Buyer’s Agent?
A: Not unless you prefer having everyone working in the Seller’s interests
Q: Can’t the Seller’s Agent represent me as well?
A: Yes, that’s called Dual Agency, (prohibited in some states, for good reason). Caution! The Sellers and their agent have had a longer contractual relationship, so can you be sure that the Seller’s Agent is going to negotiate a good deal for you?
Q: What does it cost me to have a Buyer’s Agent represent me?
A: Absolutely nothing! Zero! But he/she could save you a small fortune!
Q: How does a Buyer’s Agent get compensated?
A: When a seller “lists” his house (puts it on the market), he agrees to pay the listing broker a certain commission. The listing broker, will in turn, list the house in the MLS system and disclose what he/she will pay to any other broker who brings the buyer. Otherwise the listing broker keeps all of the commission if he/she finds a buyer.
Q: Do Buyer’s Agents and Seller’s Agents have the same qualifications and licenses?
A: Yes! They have to sit for the same examinations and continuing education classes and generally belong to the same associations.
Q: Are there any other differences?
A: Not really. Seller’s Agents are typically very good at, and prefer, the marketing challenge of selling a house. Buyer’s Agents are very comfortable with investigative analysis of real estate, and counseling Buyers. Many agents can do both very well.
Q: If a house catches my eye and I want to investigate further, what steps do I need to take?
A: Contact a Buyer’s Agent FIRST, before contacting the Seller’s Agent. This will ensure a smooth transaction for you should you decide to purchase the house.
Q: If I walk into a sales office for a new community being built, can I negotiate a discount because I don’t have a Buyers’ Agent?
A: No. Each builder has contracted to pay a set fee to the marketing company (sales office) on each house sold, irrespective of the number of agents involved (even if you should negotiate directly with the builder, he still has to pay the same fee to the marketing company).
Jon Barnwell is a Georgia licensed REALTOR®. He works with buyers, sellers, and relocation clients looking for lake homes, cabins, vacation homes, second homes, retirement properties, land, acreage, mountain homes, view properties, lake view, river & stream properties, cottages, bed and breakfast, get-aways, and big view homes for all of Rabun County, Georgia.
Use LakeBurtonRabun.com to find homes and land for sale in the Rabun County communities of Clayton Ga, Dillard Georgia, Tiger, Lakemont, Wiley, Mountain City, Sky Valley, Tallulah Falls, Lake Burton real estate, and Lake Rabun homes.
Buyers – Lake Homes, Cabins, & Land For Sale
Search, compare, and select current listings of cabins, lake homes, condos, and land for sale in Northeast Georgia. Save your searches and favorite properties for later review, and get email updates on new Rabun County listings and price reductions. These searches are extensively detailed and absolutely the best you will find!
Use the search links above to browse Rabun County homes and land listed with all the local brokers. Just about everything you find through these searches will be from Lake Burton, Lake Rabun, and the surrounding Rabun County area. Cabins, lake homes, new homes, building sites, and large tracts of land are all listed here. If you are having trouble locating a particular type of property, please send a note through any of the “more information” options and you will receive a quick response.
Negotiating today’s real estate market is a complicated process that takes knowledge and experience. Jon Barnwell has a history of helping people buy mountain homes, and he is one of the few Accredited Buyers Representatives in Rabun County.
Please use this website to learn more about Lake Burton, Lake Rabun, and the mountain and lake homes offered for sale in northeast Georgia. If you are serious about buying property in Rabun County, pick up the phone and call one of the best realtors in Northeast Georgia. Jon Barnwell is the leader in Rabun County, and he is fully committed to making your buying experience the best possible anywhere.
Rabun County is the perfect getaway for people who enjoy high mountains, beautiful valleys, and the backroads and trails that connect them. Rabun is unique because it is mostly made up of U.S. National Forest, offering thousands of acres of wilderness trails, trout streams, and waterfalls to be explored… all completely open to the public. With over 100 miles of shoreline, Lake Burton, Seed Lake, Lake Rabun, Tallulah Falls Lake, and Tugalo Lake have supplied many generations with summer lakehome memories. This peaceful corner of Northeast Georgia is guaranteed to find a place in your heart with its sense of community and rich history.
Buying Your Home – Working With a Real Estate Agent
How do you find a good agent?
A good agent typically works full-time and has several years of experience at minimum. If you are a buyer, you don’t usually pay for your agent’s services (in the form of a commission, or percentage of the sales price of the home). All agents in a transaction usually are paid by the seller from the sales proceeds. In many states, this means that your agent legally is acting as a subagent of the seller. But in Georgia, it’s legal for an agent to represent the buyers exclusively in the transaction and be paid a commission by the sellers. In Rabun County, it is common to hire your own agent, known as buyer’s brokers, whose legal obligation is exclusively to you. If you are a seller, you should interview at least three agents, all of whom should make a sales presentation including a comparative market analysis of local home prices in your area. The best choice isn’t always the agent with the highest asking price for your home. Be sure to evaluate all aspects of the agent’s marketing plan and how well you think you can work with the individual.
What about a buyer’s agent?
In Rabun County, Georgia, it’s now common for an agent to represent the buyers exclusively in the transaction and be paid a commission by the sellers. More and more buyers are going a step further, hiring their own agent, referred to as buyers brokers. A buyer’s agent is a must for those interested in the complicated markets at Lake Burton and Lake Rabun.
How much does my real estate agent need to know?
Real estate agents would say that the more you tell them, the better they can negotiate on your behalf. However, the degree of trust you have with an agent may depend upon their legal obligation. Agents working for buyers have three possible choices: They can represent the buyer exclusively, called single agency, or represent the seller exclusively, called sub- agency, or represent both the buyer and seller in a dual-agency situation. Georgia requires agents to disclose all possible agency relationships before they enter into a residential real estate transaction. Here is a summary of the three basic types:
* In a traditional relationship, real estate agents and brokers have a fiduciary relationship to the seller. Be aware that the seller pays the commission of both brokers, not just the one who lists and shows the property, but also to the sub- broker, who brings the ready, willing and able buyer to the table.
* Dual agency exists if two agents working for the same broker represent the buyer and seller in a transaction. A potential conflict of interest is created if the listing agent has advance knowledge of another buyer’s offer. Therefore, the law states that a dual agent shall not disclose to the buyer that the seller will accept less than the list price, or disclose to the seller that the buyer will pay more than the offer price, without express written permission.
* A buyer also can hire his or her own agent who will represent the buyer’s interests exclusively. A buyer’s agent is usually paid from real estate commissions shared by the listing broker, but the buyer can trust them with financial information, knowing it will not be transmitted to the other broker and ultimately to the seller.
Did You Know? . . .
In the vast majority of real estate transactions, all parties involved, with the exception of the buyer, will unwittingly assist the seller in obtaining the highest possible price.
Unless you specifically request that an agent represent you as a Buyer’s Agent, all the agents who assist you, will in all likelihood be working for the seller.
“A real estate broker doesn’t work for you, but for the seller. If you want someone on your side, get a Buyer’s Agent” –Readers Digest
“Retain your own Buyer’s Broker when buying a home” –Consumer Digest
“Buyer advocacy seems to be taking off. I’ll never buy a house any other way”–Wall Street Journal
“Buyers average a 5% savings when represented by a Buyer’s Agent, rather than a Sales Agent” –Money Magazine
Questions and Answers about a Buyer’s Agent
Q: What is a Buyer’s Agent?
A: A Realtor who represents you and your interests EXCLUSIVELY when you are purchasing real estate.
Q: Is it necessary to have a Buyer’s Agent?
A: Not unless you prefer having everyone working in the Seller’s interests
Q: Can’t the Seller’s Agent represent me as well?
A: Yes, that’s called Dual Agency, (prohibited in some states, for good reason). Caution! The Sellers and their agent have had a longer contractual relationship, so can you be sure that the Seller’s Agent is going to negotiate a good deal for you?
Q: What does it cost me to have a Buyer’s Agent represent me?
A: Absolutely nothing! Zero! But he/she could save you a small fortune!
Q: How does a Buyer’s Agent get compensated?
A: When a seller “lists” his house (puts it on the market), he agrees to pay the listing broker a certain commission. The listing broker, will in turn, list the house in the MLS system and disclose what he/she will pay to any other broker who brings the buyer. Otherwise the listing broker keeps all of the commission if he/she finds a buyer.
Q: Do Buyer’s Agents and Seller’s Agents have the same qualifications and licenses?
A: Yes! They have to sit for the same examinations and continuing education classes and generally belong to the same associations.
Q: Are there any other differences?
A: Not really. Seller’s Agents are typically very good at, and prefer, the marketing challenge of selling a house. Buyer’s Agents are very comfortable with investigative analysis of real estate, and counseling Buyers. Many agents can do both very well.
Q: If a house catches my eye and I want to investigate further, what steps do I need to take?
A: Contact a Buyer’s Agent FIRST, before contacting the Seller’s Agent. This will ensure a smooth transaction for you should you decide to purchase the house.
Q: If I walk into a sales office for a new community being built, can I negotiate a discount because I don’t have a Buyers’ Agent?
A: No. Each builder has contracted to pay a set fee to the marketing company (sales office) on each house sold, irrespective of the number of agents involved (even if you should negotiate directly with the builder, he still has to pay the same fee to the marketing company).
Jon Barnwell is a Georgia licensed REALTOR®. He works with buyers, sellers, and relocation clients looking for lake homes, cabins, vacation homes, second homes, retirement properties, land, acreage, mountain homes, view properties, lake view, river & stream properties, cottages, bed and breakfast, get-aways, and big view homes for all of Rabun County, Georgia.
Use LakeBurtonRabun.com to find homes and land for sale in the Rabun County communities of Clayton Ga, Dillard Georgia, Tiger, Lakemont, Wiley, Mountain City, Sky Valley, Tallulah Falls, Lake Burton real estate, and Lake Rabun homes.