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Hi Marcia- I'd be happy to try to help you start this. I am a licensed mortgage officer in Mass (and Maine). Do you have towns that you're interested in? What is your price range? Single family or condo? All the other details?
You don't "need" your own realtor- but it doesn't hurt and it almost never cost you anything. It comes out of the listing agent's commission on the sale.
I have a few I could recommend.
But first, you would need to get preapproved by a lender- in any case. Thanks, and good luck,
Ken L.
Tue Oct 13 2009, 11:53