Special offer

7 Relevant Tips on hiring a Real Estate Agent

By
Real Estate Agent with RE/MAX Results

When making large buying or selling decisions it is vitally important that you choose an Agent, especially one that is a Realtor, that not only has experience, but also puts you at ease. Here are a few thoughts to help that process?

  • Does this Realtor/Agent have good feedback from his most recent clients? (You should contact them)
  • Is this agent active in the community (Church, Parent Boards, or even Community Action)
  • Does this agent have a strong grasp of the current marketplace, in regards to mortgage products and financing techniques?
  • How do you feel when they are talking with you? Heard? Dismissed?
  • Do you feel heard or do you feel like they are talking down to you, or not paying attention to your needs?
  • Do you feel as if they are just telling you what you want to hear, and not their honest opinion?
  • Are you hiring this agent because they are "convenient" or you are "confident"?  

Here is the point, ladies and gentlemen - If you are uncomfortable at the beginning of the process with who you are working with, you will most likely be much more uncomfortable by the end of the process.

So choose your Realtor carefully, whether you live in a small condo in Eden Prairie, a split level in Chaska, or even a million dollar home on the lake! - You deserve the best, as YOU are the boss!

Blessed to Serve,

Stieg Strand

Take the RIGHT turn!

 

www.stiegstrand.com

 

Comments(3)

William J. Archambault, Jr.
The Real Estate Investment Institute - Houston, TX

Stieg,

Real estate is a people business. While legally the consumers employ the "broker/brokerage" it really comes down to one salesman or Small team per consumer. 

In real estate always select your agent by their service and intergity!

Bill

Aug 10, 2010 05:20 AM
Lisa Orme
The Master's Key Realty LLC -Windsor, CT - HARTFORD COUNTY - Windsor, CT
Broker/Realtor, ABR, CRS,GRI, PSCS, SFR, Notary Pu

Stieg,  great point about making sure you are confident in your real estate agent before you sign on that bottom line.  You said it all in this one statement:

If you are uncomfortable at the beginning of the process with who you are working with, you will most likely be much more uncomfortable by the end of the process

 

 

Aug 10, 2010 05:22 AM
Christine Donovan
Donovan Blatt Realty - Costa Mesa, CA
Broker/Attorney 714-319-9751 DRE01267479 - Costa M

These are a lot of good things to consider when looking for the right agent.

Aug 10, 2010 05:57 PM