How To Find, Hire & Interview the Best Real Estate Agent for You
Selling and buying a home is one of the most important decisions you’ll ever make in your lifetime and a real estate agent can make or break the outcome of your deal.
Let me ask you…
- Do you know which type of real estate agency is best for you?
- Have you ever wondered how real estate agents are paid and who pays them?
These are some of the questions you should ask before you start buying or selling a home. Smart buyers and sellers ALWAYS interview potential real estate agents before deciding on who they intend to hire or deal with.
Is your agent asking the right questions?
In deciding what potential agent suits you, rest assured that the real estate agent will more than likely be interviewing you, as well. In fact, you need to be wary of agents who don’t ask you appropriate questions and only try to probe and push you into dealing with them. You wouldn’t work with just any agent off the street, and good agents are just as selective about their clients, too.
Are you comparing agents on the right criteria?
A standard joke in the real estate industry is there’s nothing wrong with a new agent that a little experience won’t fix. But that’s not to say that freshly licensed agents aren’t valuable. Newer agents tend to have more time to concentrate on you. Some agents with 20 years of experience repeat their first year over and over. Other 20-year agents learn something new every year.
10 Tips For Choosing A Real Estate Agent When Buying Or Selling Your Home!
1. Once you specify what you want, ask the agent how he or she will search for your new home.
2. Save yourself some time. Find out how many homes you will view before you find a home you want to buy!
3. Ask if you will be competing against other buyers for the property you’re interested in?
4. Don’t be afraid to ask the agent how he or she handles multiple offers. AS A SELLER YOU’LL NEED TO KNOW…
5. Find out the specific procedures employed by the agent to sell your home.
6. See if the agent uses a direct mail campaign and what it entails.
7. Find out how frequently the agent advertises and where.
8. Ask if you can see a sample flyer and any other sales and marketing materials.
9. In this day and age, every real estate agent should be using the Internet to market their listings – make sure they do – and find out where they market online!
10. Every agent has references or testimonials as a way of proving their excellence. Ask if you can see what past clients have said about him or her!
Grant Penrose has been working in the real estate industry for over twenty-seven years and has developed a portfolio that shows it. As a property investor, landlord, real estate agent and auctioneer, he’s a true expert with a passion for acquiring the best possible price for his clients.
Even if you’re not ready to sell yet, give Grant a call and mention this article.