I wonder if consumers really understand why they should work with a specific real estate agent. I spend time on the Internet reading comments and questions which seem to indicate that one agent is the same as another.
Anything from shopping for the best commission rate to using many agents depending upon their availability on a given day. It seems they view us as competing for their business and that we need to jump through hoops...or lose.
I don't think it should work like that!
A solid real estate agent is worth their weight in gold!!! Think about it! The consumer is making one of the largest financial decisions of their lives....and they are doing it based on who is free at the last minute on a Saturday afternoon?
Do you wonder why this agent is available last minute on a Saturday afternoon? Does that worry you?
Ok, that wasn't fair. But neither is using one agent on Tuesday and another one on Friday. If that is the game plan, the good agents who do not need to beg for business are going to leave, and then you will get the bottom of the barrel ones. Remember grandma telling you "if you don't value yourself....no one else will"? Well....real estate is a serious business and a good agent takes it seriously.
Choose an agent the way you would any other professional; Interview, research, consider carefully. Now if you'll excuse me I need to prepare for the swimsuit competition. (sigh)
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