Choosing The Right Real Estate Agent

Selling your home can be a stressful experience. You worry about how much it will sell for, marketing your home, looking for people to sell it to, negotiating with potential buyers, and processing heaps of paperwork. When you choose the right real estate agent to sell your home, you can reduce the stress and hassle that comes with selling your home,

As Real Estate Agents, we have one goal – getting the best price possible for our sellers. How each Real Estate agent goes through this will differ, but ideally you want to find someone that you can trust, who can get the results they say they will.

Real Estate Agents To Sell Your Home: What To Look For

1. Education and Licenses.

Real estate agents must hold a licence for their state or territory. They have to attain a certain level of education and training to obtain a license. Most states require at least a Certificate IV in Property Services.

2. Professional Experience/Sales History

Before signing up with an agent, make sure you've done some research on their professional experience. Look into where they have practiced, the types of properties they have marketed and sold, and their sales history. This will give you an idea if they are right for the job of selling your house. 

In your initial contact with them, ask questions and pay attention to their answers and how they answer. Remember that at this point, you are the boss, and they are there trying to land you as a client.

3.  A Clear Interest in Meeting your Needs

From the get-go, an excellent real estate agent is keen to ask you about your specific requirements concerning the sale of your home. They need to make sure that they can address your needs and that you will be satisfied with their work.

4. Commitment to Honesty and Transparency

Choose someone who can give you a realistic market appraisal of the property – the good, the bad and the ugly to set your expectations. They should provide you with the expected price range and give you the option to set the exact price you want your home to be set in the market for.

Real Estate Agents To Sell Your Home: Red Flags Be on the Look Out

1. Hidden Fees

Ask what is included in the fees. If the agent can't answer this and goes around in circles, then you should think twice about hiring them.

2. Overpricing the Property

Some agents will promise to sell your house at the highest price to get your listing. If the numbers are too good to be true, then they probably are. Pricing your home too high may also limit the number of interested buyers. 

3. Has Too Many Listings

A real estate agent who has too many listings may not be able to give your home the attention it requires. It is worth looking at their sales records to ensure they are closing sales and listings aren’t staying too long on the market. 

4. Too Pushy or Too Complacent

You will be able to assess the negotiating skills of the real estate agent when they pitch their services to you. They should be able to address your concerns and hesitations without making you feel that you are backed into a corner.

5. Disorganisation

Selling and marketing a home requires someone to be on top of the details. It is all about knowing the ins and outs of the house so potential buyers have the information that they need to put in an offer.  

Hiring the right real estate agent to sell your home is crucial. You should only entrust the sale of your home to someone who has the knowledge, experience and capability to make your home more marketable.

If you're looking for real estate agents in the industry who are committed to providing you with the best client service, please feel free to ring us at 07 5525 1000.

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