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How Do you Choose Your REALTOR® ?

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 DRE# ER40011786

Everyone knows a REALTOR® or a dozen, but how do you choose the RIGHT one to work for you?    Ask lots of questions!   Have they been in business for more than a year?    If you need a listing agent, what do they do to ensure a steady stream of buyers through your home?    Do they have professional photos done?    (the eye buys, and the better the photos, the more buyers)  How are they pricing your home?   How do they handle multiple offers?    

 

If you are a Buyer, do they know the area you want to buy?   If buying acreage, do they know well and septic systems and what to do for inspections?  Do they require being pre-approved prior to looking at homes?   Do they know some tricks to "win the bid"?   This is a big one in today's slim inventory.

 

Buyers or Sellers - how is their communication?   You don't want to choose a REALTOR, then have them disappear, or have assistants take over the transaction.

 

Do your homework before you sign on the dotted line!   

 

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Joan Cox
Broker/Owner, REALTOR®
House to Home, Inc.

Serving the Denver Metro area including all suburbs


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Comments(14)

Eric Bouler
Gardner Realtors, Licensed in La. - New Orleans, LA
Listening to your Needs

Great Blog this morning. Visit my blog today. Have a great time in 2022.

Feb 05, 2022 08:44 AM
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

This is excellent advice to share. 

Have a great day and a very special weekend.

Feb 05, 2022 09:35 AM
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Hello Joan - an examination of real estate representation and even client selection could bring some surprising results.  Surprising and maybe even a bit scary too.  

Feb 05, 2022 09:43 AM
Jeffrey DiMuria 321.223.6253 Waves Realty
Waves Realty - Melbourne, FL
Florida Space Coast Homes

It is pretty crazy...right? I run into a lot of...my friend just became a Realtor and I am going to giver her a shot, OR my hairdresser has a real estate license and said he could give me a deal...lol

Feb 05, 2022 09:44 AM
Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

Eric, I usually do!  

Feb 05, 2022 09:56 AM
Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

Roy Kelley thank you, this IS important.

Feb 05, 2022 09:56 AM
Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

Michael Jacobs just this morning had a call from a buyer looking to change REALTORS, as she was given advice to "bend the rules", and she was very uncomfortable.

Feb 05, 2022 09:58 AM
Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

Jeffrey DiMuria 321.223.6253 Waves Realty this new buyer this morning was given a guy for a lender (friend of the family), but this company cannot close a loan on time.   Gave her more suggestions!  

Feb 05, 2022 09:59 AM
Sheri Sperry - MCNE®
Coldwell Banker Realty - Sedona, AZ
(928) 274-7355 ~ YOUR Solutions REALTOR®

Hi Joan Cox - After a quick thought.  I do agree with you that there are many who do pick a restaurant with more care. I don't think many have enough experience to understand the difference of who they should hire and what to look for.

I even had a client who was a financial advisor,  and didn't think of me because he thought I didn't handle his area (which I did)!  The pics were god-awful. He called me and asked me a question. That is how I found out he was selling.

I got the listing after a year on market with 1 showing.  The main MLS image was the front gate of the property! YIKES! 

Feb 05, 2022 10:42 AM
Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

Sheri Sperry - MCNE® I have a couple higher end buyers right now, and looking at the photos, I would be horrified.  Why aren't they looking at the MLS to see what their home looks like online?    Having only the front gate in MLS is so wrong!  

Feb 05, 2022 11:32 AM
Mike Frazier
Carousel Realty of Dyer County - Dyersburg, TN
Northwest Tennessee Realtor

Joan, I am sure you are like me and because of our professionalism and knowledge a large majority of our business is repeat.

Feb 05, 2022 12:27 PM
Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

Mike Frazier after 25 years, it is mostly referral and repeat business.  BUT, over the last couple of years, very few of my clients have moved, slowing my business down.

Feb 05, 2022 01:04 PM
Carol Williams
Although I'm retired, I love sharing my knowledge and learning from other real estate industry professionals. - Wenatchee, WA
Retired Agent / Broker / Prop. Mgr, Wenatchee, WA

Hi Joan,
When I was an active agent I was always shocked at the number of people who hired an agent based on who happened to answer the phone when they called the office.

Feb 05, 2022 02:03 PM
Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

Carol Williams when I did floor time years ago, that was happening, and many newbies were doing the floor time.   AMAZING.

Feb 05, 2022 02:30 PM