WOW ~ I COULDA' HAD A V8! Two Types of Real Estate Agents.
There are two types of real estate agents. Which one had you rather hire to sell your home? One type is the V8 type. The other type is the sugary sweet carbonated type.
Just like the vegetable drink delivers to you those vitamins and minerals that are needed by your body, are good for you and help your body do it's job...
The V8 type real estate agent delivers those things that are needed to sell your home !
· Does a CMA and is honest with you about the expected sale price of your home.
· Tells you to clean it, declutter it, and prepare it for showing.
· Takes good photos and puts them online.
· Communicates well with you about what's going on with your home sale.
· Asks you to leave the home when a showing is happening.
· Takes care of you all the way to closing.
·Etc.. Etc.. Etc..
AND Just like the sugary carbonated drinks that you can consume..
The sugary carbonated type of real estate agent sugar-coats:
· Sometimes gives sellers an artificial "feel good" sugar coated high by listing at a high price that they know is WAY above market.. Every seller wants to hear that their home is worth more money, ASK them to show where they got their numbers.
·Give you a fizzy sugar-coated line about what you need to do to our home to prepare it to sell.. Sometimes they'll tell you really don't need to worry about having it... that buyers can see past the clutter. Some buyers can but you want to make the effort to get the most for your home and in a timely fashion... don't by pass the clean and de-clutter!
·Grabs just a few photos sometimes poorly taken..
·Are difficult to reach when you need them. They really do not want to tell that there's nothing going on with your home.. no interest in it.
· If you do happen to get a contract.. you're pretty much on your own and may never see them again.. they probably won't even show for closing, just ask the closer to send them a check.
· etc.. etc.. etc..
It's the little decisions in our day that comprise how that day turns out and the repercussions of it..... minute by minute. Then there are the bigger decisions that take us down a different road altogether. Sometimes when we make a BIG decision, we do not know it.. we think we are making a small decision, but it turns out to have major consequences in our lives.
Such is the decision of choosing the right real estate agent. It may seem like a small decision but selling your home is a major decision AND choosing the right agent to help you sell is a part of that major decision that you are making.
You want to choose one that delivers what's needed to get the job done and done well, not one that gives your flowery promises and a sugar high but then cannot deliver.
Ask around to people that have sold their homes, ask them who their agent was and if they were happy with them... ask them if they would use them again. Then mark them as either a V8 agent or a Sugary Cabonated agent. You want to choose that V8 agent up front and not have someone slap you up beside the head and tell you that you coulda' had a V8!
The "I Shoulda' Had a V8" commercials are some of my favorite commercials.. Choosing that healthy V8 being much better for you than sugary carbonated drinks.
So if you're a real estate agent that is reading this, which type of agent are you.. Are you a V8 AGENT? I am. I'M A V8 AGENT!
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