Choose Someone You Can Trust

Your Agent is responsible for framing how your property is viewed by the marketplace and is in charge of negotiating with buyers on your behalf. Finding the person who you can trust to do this is crucial to the sale of your home. Here are a few things to consider when picking your Agent.

Honesty

When choosing an agent, you must consider if you can trust them. Your agent will be responsible for acting on your behalf, so you have to trust that they can do this at all times. The benefit of having an honest agent is that you can rely on them to do the right thing when you aren’t around. You need to know that the advice you are given is the right advice for you. Consider asking your agent whether they will accept conjunctional requests – if your agent is truly acting in your best interests they will consider all offers, conjunctional or otherwise.

Reliability

Your agent will be your homes’ representative while it’s on the market, and so their reliability should be a high priority. You want someone punctual and eager that you know will be there when required. When you speak to a potential agent, try to get a feel for if this agent can really be relied upon to get the job done.

Professionalism

This goes further that just wearing a suit and tie. You want to hire and agent who conducts themselves in a professional manner, operating with a clear set of values in place. A great thing to do is to go to an agent’s home open and see how they interact with the buyers coming through. This will give you a realistic view of how they will act on not only that seller’s behalf but how they would conduct themselves on your behalf.

Informative

You are paying for the agent to provide you with the service of selling your home, and communication is key to this process being completed effectively. Being kept up to date with all information about the sale of your home not only gives you the knowledge of how the sale of your home is progressing, but also keeps the agent accountable.

Q: Do you want the agent who calls your weekly or daily?
A: You want whoever tells you every detail, whenever that may be