20 Questions First Time Home Buyers MUST ASK Finding a Realtor in 2026 - 436
How to Buy a Home: The #1 First Time Home Buyer Podcast
David Sidoni
4.8 • 891 Ratings
🗓️ 10 January 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
This episode gives you 20 must-ask questions to confidently hire the right realtor and avoid costly mistakes.
Most first-time buyers don’t know the real estate industry is built to push them toward the wrong agents. In this episode, David reveals why so many buyers end up with inexperienced or undertrained realtors — and how to avoid becoming one of them. You’ll learn the exact 20 questions to ask in your interviews to ensure you’re hiring a true first-time buyer specialist, not someone just “trying out the job.” This is the tactical guide every first-time buyer needs before taking a single step toward home shopping.
“An inexperienced agent can quietly give away your money — and you won’t even know it happened.” - David Sidoni
Highlights
- What critical red flags should you look for when interviewing a realtor?
- Why do most buyers end up with someone who isn’t qualified to help them?
- How can asking the right questions protect you from losing money during your purchase?
- When should you start looking for a realtor — and how early is too early?
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David Sidoni, the "How to Buy a Home Guy," is a seasoned real estate professional and consumer advocate with two decades of experience helping first-time homebuyers navigate the real estate market. His podcast, "How to Buy a Home," is a trusted resource for anyone looking to buy their first home. It offers expert advice, actionable tips, and inspiring stories from real first-time homebuyers. With a focus on making the home-buying process accessible and understandable, David breaks down complex topics into easy-to-follow steps, covering everything from budgeting and financing to finding the right home and making an offer.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | And this episode, I'm going to give you the step by step on what questions to ask and how to find the elite minority of realtors that are going to do the best job for you. |
| 0:11.3 | One thing I know is first time home buyers need the most assistance. |
| 0:15.3 | But unfortunately, for decades, real estate companies have been passing you off to inexperienced, unqualified, |
| 0:21.2 | and straight up incompetent realtors. |
| 0:23.8 | And this accepted practice in the industry is spreading false hopelessness and destroying |
| 0:29.0 | the very fabric of the American dream. |
| 0:31.2 | The good news is there are solutions out there and there's hope for you, but it really |
| 0:35.1 | takes the use of the right realtor, the right real estate support |
| 0:38.4 | team. So now you're thinking, all right, well, how do I find that person, David? Who do I trust? |
| 0:42.6 | That's the reason why this podcast is so necessary. 71% of all active realtors didn't sell one home |
| 0:48.5 | in 2024, zero. And I'll be very scared to see the stats for 2025. And for decades now, 87% of all realtors |
| 0:57.3 | quit the profession before they even hit five years. And a big real estate knows these numbers |
| 1:01.6 | and they're not doing a damn thing to change it. So I know, how the hell are you supposed to |
| 1:05.7 | protect yourself when you're trying to hire your strategic advisor for the biggest financial |
| 1:10.2 | transaction of your life. |
| 1:11.6 | Well, that's what I've been teaching here since 2019. |
| 1:14.0 | It's the reason why I started this whole thing. |
| 1:15.9 | I'm trying to pull back the curtain on a rig game and get you the insider secrets on how to |
| 1:19.9 | properly build your winning team of first-time homebuyer, specialized professional |
| 1:24.5 | advocates, not trainees and people just trying out the job. |
| 1:28.6 | Play that music. |
| 1:30.2 | How to Buy a Home Educates, Protects, and connects first-time home buyers to qualify |
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