Stephen Carpenter-Israel Named One of Washington DC's 100 Best Real Estate Agents
/Stephen Carpenter-Israel of Buyer’s Edge Recently Named Top 100 Realtors and One of the Top Real Estate Agencies in Washington DC Market
In a recent press release, Stephen Carpenter-Israel, President and Broker of Buyer's Edge | BuyersAgent.com, DC's leading Exclusive Buyer Brokerage Company, was named one of Washington's 2022 100 Best Real Estate Agents by Washingtonian Magazine. Earlier this year, Carpenter-Israel's company also was included in the Washington Business Journal’s 2022 List of Top Residential Real Estate Companies.
Why is this real estate news so exciting?
In 1991 when Stephen and his wife, Wendy, founded Buyer’s Edge Real Estate, challenging the DMV’s real estate industry status quo, who would have ever believed that the single-focused business model of real estate buyer brokerage would have survived, let alone taken off? Back in the day, there was no such thing as a “buyer’s agent” or an “exclusive buyer agent. (EBA)” Homebuyers only were starting to understand that the friendly Realtors that drove them around in their Cadillacs or greeted them at Open Houses were all working on behalf of the Seller’s best interest. At the same Wendy, Steve, and their friends were buying their first homes, they knew there had to be a better way for consumers when buying a home in Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia.
After a deep dive into Exclusive Buyer Agency and flying cross country to consult with Tom Hathaway and Barry Miller, some of the first EBAs in the USA, Stephen and Wendy decided to open their own real estate company. By working as exclusive buyer's agents, they would practice real estate differently and in the best interest of the home buying consumers. They believed that consumers had a right to unconditional protection and loyalty throughout the entire home buying process. By representing Buyers 100% of the time, Buyer’s Edge became the first Exclusive Buyer Broker in the DMV to offer homebuyers the opportunity to buy a home with a real estate company that would never represent both sides of the real estate transaction.
It took some time for consumers to catch on and for the real estate industry to acknowledge this most basic conflict of interest. If lawyers, accountants, and other licensed professionals weren’t permitted to engage in this type of conflict of interest, then neither should traditional Realtors. The real estate industry has come a long way since 1991, but there is still room for more clarity for the home buying consumer during real estate transactions.
Luckily for homebuyers in the DMV, there are now numerous exclusive buyers brokers in the area to work with, most of whom were trained and gained their buyer-focused experience working with Stephen Carpenter-Israel at Buyer’s Edge | BuyersAgent.com before they went out on their own in recent years. In addition, as real estate disclosure laws change, homebuyers also are being offered more real estate services and options from the new “real estate disruptors.”
“All this exciting growth and change, I view as a big win for homebuyers and the real estate industry as a whole,” says Stephen Carpenter-Israel.
Exclusive Buyer Agency helped change the way real estate is practiced today.
It is this dedication and pursuit of the “very best outcome” for their homebuyer clients that keeps Steve, Wendy, and all the Exclusive Buyer’s Agents at Buyer’s Edge | BuyersAgent.com motivated every day. It doesn’t matter if the client is a first-time homebuyer, buying their third home, downsizing to a smaller home, in the market for luxury real estate, or a business mogul with vast experience in highly complex negotiation strategies. Our company was formed on the basic principle that every homebuyer has the right to work with an expert buyer’s agent that is in their corner and protects their best interests throughout a real estate purchase.
So go out and find an experienced real estate exclusive buyers agent and a real estate buyer brokerage company that will guide and support you, the homebuyer, through the complex, nuanced, and ever-changing home buying process.
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