Tell him what you're looking for.

Buying in Putnam is not like buying in a Westchester subdivision. Most properties are on well and septic, lot lines are older than the surveys that describe them, and the inspection that matters most is often the one your lender never asks for. Coming north from the city or from lower Westchester, the surprises are rarely about price — they are about what you are actually responsible for once you own it.

Forty years of transactions here means he has usually sold on the street already, sometimes twice. That is worth more than a saved search: he knows which houses have had water in the basement, which additions were done without a permit, and which sellers will actually move on price.