6 Sure Ways To Choose A REALTORŪ

Here are some suggestions on finding the best REALTORŪ in your community to market and sell your home:

• Choose your REALTORŪ with as much as care as you would a lawyer or doctor. You have a family lawyer, a family doctor, why not a family REALTORŪ? Friends, neighbors and co-workers are often good sources for referrals. Try to find out as much as possible about their home buying or selling experience. What kind of service did they receive? Would they choose this REALTORŪ or real estate company again?

• Surf the Internet. You'll find information about REALTORSŪ and their companies on your local website at https://tarmls.com or the national website at http://www.realtor.com . Click on the REALTORŪ and Real Estate Companies section.

• Attend open houses to observe sales associates in action. How familiar were they with the property, the area, the real estate transaction? Did they show the home in a professional manner? Did they seem enthusiastic and were they easy to communicate with? Did you like them?

• Look for sold signs in your neighborhood. A REALTORŪ with a successful track record deserves consideration.

• Talk to real estate agents who have experience selling homes in the same price range as yours. You can get leads by reading the real estate ads in your local newspaper or the local real estate homes for sale magazines.

• Target local real estate companies. REALTORSŪ who work your area are best equipped to answer questions about schools, businesses, places of worship and other services of interest to prospective buyers.

 Once you've narrowed your choice to two or three REALTORSŪ, ask the REALTORŪ the following questions:

• How long have you been licensed?

• How long have you actively worked in the area?

• How many home sales have you closed in the last three months?

• Do you work full time as a REALTORŪ?

• How will you market my home to prospective buyers?

• Are you a member of the National Association of REALTORSŪ?

• Have you earned any specialty professional real estate designations?

In the end it comes down to trust and who you like. Sellers have to make a lot of important decisions and, naturally, will be relying on their REALTORŪ to assist them in making the best decision. A seller should choose a REALTORŪ and real estate company that they feel have the skills and expertise to give them good advice.

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