Tips for Choosing Your Listing Broker

I do choose to pass on certain listings. If I speak with a client and they seem to have issue listening to me...I kind of figure they will never listen to me and might connect better with another agent.

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I'm going to use this info!  Thanks for sharing and enlightening us with your wisdom!

Great pointgs.  Choose wisely..You need to choose a Broker that you feel you can trust, first of all. They have to be knowledgeable about the market..and have the means to market and sell your property.  They need to also have a good reputation..

Holly- Great points, to get the home sold you need Seller's 100% participation. If it's not there, it will be a painful relationship so it's wise to leave that listing to another agent.

With so many buyers beginning their real estate search on the internet, agents better have a proven strategy to get their listings sold. Gone are the days of putting a sign in the yard, putting it in the MLS and praying that it sells.

Hi Holly - SO important to be able to inform the buyers that we can both market and SELL the home - and in a timely manner. Sometimes we do not get those listings - perhaps it is personality as you mention or simply because the other agent dangles an unrealistic list price in front of the sellers..

Holly - Thank you for sharing detailed list of information about tips for choosing your listing broker.

Holly, great post. There is plenty of business to go around and I bet your listing% is higher than you want to admit... Best of wishes for continued success...

Well stated Holly.  We can't control everything in our business but we can control the job we do for our clients.

Holly:

It is true that we don't always win all the listings we compete for.  I know my marketing plan and plan of action are the best.  

I'd hire you: market knowledge, professionalism, and a great marketing plan. The complete package makes all the difference in getting a house sold.

I think you have outlined some very important points in this post.  Unfortunately, some sellers only want to hear what they want to hear,  If they follow your formula, they will have a successful transaction.

Those certainly are great tips. Sometimes people do now know the right questions to ask.

Holly, there is definitely a clicking that takes place between clients and brokers.  If you don't click, it's best to not do business together.  I appreciate the ones that click, and I appreciate the fact that I don't take those who don't.  We're also picking our clients.  8-)

Holly - I think it is extremely important to trust your broker/agent.  She will be advising you on what is probably your biggest purchase.  If you don't trust her, you won't take advice on such an important process.

Good morning Holly - we offer a no risk listing guarantee so that if our clients don't feel that we're doing the best possible job for them, they can get out of the contract without any hassle. We found that customers who've been stuck in a contract with a non-performing realtor really appreciate this perk, and no one has ever taken us up on it.