How to Find a Good Real Estate Agent
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Steps to take when looking for a real estate agent. A highly-experienced agent is not necessarily the right agent for you.
Steps
- Meet agents out in their working environment, not in their offices. Good agents spend very little time at their desks.
- A good place to meet agents is at open houses. Don't worry that you are not interested in that particular property. The agent knows that open houses rarely produce a buyer for that home.
- Another good method is to contact the agent with whom a friend or relative worked. If this agent produced positive results for a friend of yours, there's a good chance s/he will do the same for you.
- Interview a couple agents. Whether you are looking for a buyer agent or seller agent
- Look for signs that the agent is busy. A hard-working, go-getter of an agent is what you want. But if you feel slighted, like if your agent spends most of his time with you on his cellphone with another customer, find a different agent.Or if he / she passes you on to an "assistant" it means the agent you hired is not the one who is going to be working with you along the line.
- It is important that your agent is knowledgeable. Ask questions about things you have learned through your new-found interest in real estate. If she doesn't know substantially more than you - after all, this is her livelihood! - go on to another prospective agent. Local knowledge is particularly critical.
- A good agent is important to you when buying a home for the first time. She should be able to guide you through the mire of paperwork and lenders that you will have to wade through.
- View the agent site and see how he/she is using content to market themselves.
- Check her references that she should provide in your first interview.
- Ask your agent where they live. An agent that lives and works locally will have their finger on the pulse of the market and be able to answer important questions about the community.
- Ask how long s/he has been a realtor. It is not that newer agents aren't capable. It just is a fact you should know to factor in to make an informed decision. Many "experienced" agents are not always the best choice either.
- Ask Who the agent is working for in the transaction, the buyer or the seller.
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