How do you determine if an agent is the right fit for the job of selling your home?
Selling your property is an important decision. Choosing a real estate agent is just as important. Whether you are an experienced home seller or new to the home selling process, the vital first step is choosing a real estate professional and company that you feel comfortable working with.
To help assure your confidence, the following are some questions you should ask…
1. Is the agent friendly, but not over friendly where time is consumed by too much small talk?
2. Can I trust the agent? How long have you been in the real estate profession? What is your reputation in the community and the real estate industry?
3. Are you a full time real estate professional? Is your real estate practice run like a business providing professional service with understanding of my needs as a seller? Do you know the current market conditions?
4. What kind of experience do you “bring to the table“? Are you a part of a team of real estate agents that collectively together bring expertise and strength in many areas to do a better job for their seller?
5. How are your negotiating skills? Are you negotiating in my best interest?
6. How do you communicate with your seller? Are you doing more talking than listening? Do you really understand what is most important to me in the sale of my property? Will you be communicating with me in a timely and efficient manner?
7. Are you available when needed? Do you think a team of Realtors would be more available than just one?
8. Are you reliable in doing what you say you will do? What have you done already to show me you are serious about selling my home? Is your marketing program for my home ready to go - today?
9. Are you organized? How promptly do you respond to possible buyers for my home? Do you have a marketing program tailored to my needs and my property? How do you network with other realtors?
10. Are you keeping up with technology? Many buyers search the Internet, how will you be using the Internet to market my home? Do you have an interactive website? What type of email address do you have? Do you use digital photos for quality looking brochures? Do you use electronic lock boxes to keep track of who and when people enter the home?
11. Is your company nationally recognized for relocation buyers?
12. Why should I list my home with you and not another agent?
To help assure your confidence, the following are some questions you should ask…
1. Is the agent friendly, but not over friendly where time is consumed by too much small talk?
2. Can I trust the agent? How long have you been in the real estate profession? What is your reputation in the community and the real estate industry?
3. Are you a full time real estate professional? Is your real estate practice run like a business providing professional service with understanding of my needs as a seller? Do you know the current market conditions?
4. What kind of experience do you “bring to the table“? Are you a part of a team of real estate agents that collectively together bring expertise and strength in many areas to do a better job for their seller?
5. How are your negotiating skills? Are you negotiating in my best interest?
6. How do you communicate with your seller? Are you doing more talking than listening? Do you really understand what is most important to me in the sale of my property? Will you be communicating with me in a timely and efficient manner?
7. Are you available when needed? Do you think a team of Realtors would be more available than just one?
8. Are you reliable in doing what you say you will do? What have you done already to show me you are serious about selling my home? Is your marketing program for my home ready to go - today?
9. Are you organized? How promptly do you respond to possible buyers for my home? Do you have a marketing program tailored to my needs and my property? How do you network with other realtors?
10. Are you keeping up with technology? Many buyers search the Internet, how will you be using the Internet to market my home? Do you have an interactive website? What type of email address do you have? Do you use digital photos for quality looking brochures? Do you use electronic lock boxes to keep track of who and when people enter the home?
11. Is your company nationally recognized for relocation buyers?
12. Why should I list my home with you and not another agent?