You open up the mailbox and you see a beautiful full color mail out with Realtor X showing what a wonderful job they do with the marketing of properties. You're thinking of selling your property, do you a)rush to the phone and call him? or b)check out the agents that you know are steady and dependable in your market and advertises well?
Hopefully your answer is "b". What you may not realize when you hire an agent is that you are also hiring their reputation. As a listing agent I only sell your home about 10% of the time. My job is to get the information out to the buyers and other agents alike. I want not only my clients, but all the qualified buyers in your price range to get exposed to your property. This ensures that you get the best price possible and have the least amount of inconveniance.
How does your Realtors reputation come into play? Agents build relationships with other agents, whether good or bad. Those relationships can come in mighty handy when your home is on the line. The flash and the glitz is nice, but you don't know what their follow up will be like. Consider to that many new agents haven't seen enough transactions to successfully navigate the waters (sometimes trecherous) of a glitch in the closing.
Does just being in the business for 10 years make someone automatically well qualified? Not truly, you need a barometer of how many transactions that person does as well. Realtor A may only have 10 transactions a year and been in the business for 20 years. Realtor B has 6 years and does 50 transactions a year. Who is stronger? Hopefully your answer will be Realtor B. The more recent experience helps!
Personally I have been in for a complete 6 years now, going on 7 and have done between 50 and 60 transactions a year since the beginning.
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