If you don’t read this report you will almost certainly lose thousands of dollars when you sell your house…
Home sellers don’t know how exactly to spot a good agent
This is understandable considering that you will only buy and sell one or two properties in your lifetime. Your home is probably your biggest asset. So, be cautious whom you choose to sell it; one slip-up from an agent will wipe thousands off your selling price.
Ask the right questions
Many home sellers ask the WRONG questions when they interview an agent. They ask questions such as for example “How much can you charge?” or “What’s the house worth?”. While these questions are essential, they ought to only be asked following the agent has told you what they’ll do for you personally and how they’ll get you the best price.
This report can be your guide to hiring a real estate agent. I’m going to demonstrate how to spot and select the best agent to sell your home. After all, I really believe there’s no one better to sell your home when compared to a highly skilled agent. The thing is that very skilled agents are hard to find.
WARNING! plumbing settle for second best. Too many sellers make the error of picking the ‘best of a negative bunch’. You could be better off lacking any agent
Check out your agent
It’s a sad fact, but lots of people don’t check-out their agent until after they have signed with them – by then it’s too late. After you sign you’re stuck; you could be locked right into a ‘minimum 90 day’ contract.
The questions and information in this report will provide you with the knowledge it is advisable to keep the power if you are selling a house. Once you sign you lose your power.
Agents love to say they are all different but preliminary research will prove most are the same. It is the ‘cookie cutter’ approach in terms of selling your house – every property is sold the same way.
What to look for when choosing an agent
In 2006 Neil Jenman (my father) was asked to supply a list of questions, comments, and hints to greatly help home sellers choose a realtor for a Television show he was hosting. He called his list of questions and comments, GUIDE TO GRILLING AGENTS. Over the last few years I have given the guide to numerous home sellers. This report contains a lot of the questions and comments in his original guide.
What does an excellent agent look like?
Most agents will be well dressed, on time, and prepared. However the best real estate agents will be the ones who put your interests first. They’ll offer solutions that suit you first, not them.
Agents who require money to advertise your home should rarely be hired. After all, if advertising was the only real reason your home sold why do you need a real estate agent?
Questions are the answer
Sometimes the answer to 1 good question will provide you with the confidence you need to hire the best agent to sell your house. Good questions do the effort for you. Before you jump in and begin grilling real estate agents, take a step back.
Put your house buyer shoes on. And begin with a mystery shop…
MYSTERY SHOP
Department stores do it, so why shouldn’t you? Use the ‘process of elimination’ to weed out the indegent agents. Why bother interviewing an agent who doesn’t bother to come back buyer’s calls? Start with a contact. Approximately half of all buyer enquiry arrives via email.
If you send out 10 emails to 10 local real estate agents, I can almost guarantee that you will not receive 10 replies. Only if 5 reply, you then have just saved yourself having to interview 5 agents. Include your contact number in your email. Do they call you back? Or do they just email a standard response? A realtor who follows up with a call includes a much better chance of ‘closing a sale’ than a realtor who sends a typical reply.