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How to pick a real estate agent. My1st article published on HotPads
Hello fellow Rainers,
Through the use of wonderful social media and a bit of serendipity I was asked to write a guest post for HotPads. HotPads is a subsidiary of Zillow and focuses on the rentals aspects. My post was about how consumers could pick an agent
 
"...hire the most effective agent possible. Effectiveness is like a batting average---it’s the number of homes the agent sold in a given period divided by the number they actually put on the market. It’s a simple idea, but it is not obvious.  You, as the home seller, will most likely need to ask the agent to supply the numbers. Also ask them to supply the effective sales percentage of the local market. "
You can read the rest of the article here 
As a new agent you can use objective data like the effective rate to your advantage and the advantage of the consumer. You can say something like, Mr. and Mrs. Seller, although I have listed only 5 homes so far, all 5 of them have sold. So my batting average is pretty darn good. My broker, my team leader, my office, my mentor has shown me the best most effective methods to market ... more

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