Choosing a buyer's agent is a little different from choosing someone to help you find a house.
Homes are easy to find these days. You can look at listings from your couch, save the ones you like and probably learn quite a bit about a neighborhood before you ever set foot in it, even if you're buying in Bend from out of the area.
But finding a house isn't the same thing as being well represented while you buy one.
I'm writing this for people choosing a buyer's agent in Bend, Oregon, but most of what follows should be true anywhere. Good buyer representation is good buyer representation.
How do you know whether you've found...