What method do most people use to find a realtor ?
Besides asking their friends and coworkers.
I don’t know about most ppl, but i try to find someone who knows the area I am looking (or selling) in really well and someone who has reasonable commissions and fair terms.
i am just now getting ready to sell my house and I will be comparing two LOCAL and ESTABLISHED real estate brokers. They are not the big brokers with high overhead like Long and Foster or Remax. They charge less to the customer, but their agents still get competitve commissions, so they are still motivated to help me sell my house. The broker (the main company the agent works for) just takes less of the total comission, so that’s where the savings come in…
Sometimes it can be really hard to find a broker you really want to work with on-line. It seems even brokers with no real estate in your area of interest come up on internet searches, and you don’t find that out until you’ve searched their specific site for property…. and then you can’t find the local guys, because they are not pouring their money into paying google or whoever to have their site come up #1.
If you can get your hands on a local paper and/or homeselling guide (local to the area you are buying or selling in) then you can start calling ppl and finding out more about there seller programs or buying comissions… or an exact URL may be listed in their listings and you can find them on the internet from there.
Good luck… I hope this helps. I know home buying/selling can seem like such a monstrous task…
-Meg
March 6th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
I don’t know about most ppl, but i try to find someone who knows the area I am looking (or selling) in really well and someone who has reasonable commissions and fair terms.
i am just now getting ready to sell my house and I will be comparing two LOCAL and ESTABLISHED real estate brokers. They are not the big brokers with high overhead like Long and Foster or Remax. They charge less to the customer, but their agents still get competitve commissions, so they are still motivated to help me sell my house. The broker (the main company the agent works for) just takes less of the total comission, so that’s where the savings come in…
Sometimes it can be really hard to find a broker you really want to work with on-line. It seems even brokers with no real estate in your area of interest come up on internet searches, and you don’t find that out until you’ve searched their specific site for property…. and then you can’t find the local guys, because they are not pouring their money into paying google or whoever to have their site come up #1.
If you can get your hands on a local paper and/or homeselling guide (local to the area you are buying or selling in) then you can start calling ppl and finding out more about there seller programs or buying comissions… or an exact URL may be listed in their listings and you can find them on the internet from there.
Good luck… I hope this helps. I know home buying/selling can seem like such a monstrous task…
-Meg
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March 6th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
go to yellow pages.com and interview several til you find one you feel comfortable with. tell me what state you are in, i will see if i can refer an agent to you. email me droemer05@yahoo.com
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i am a realtor in the north texas area
March 6th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
Asking a friend or co-worker is the best way to start! Why would a friend recommend someone who was not good?
Then interview the realtor. See what and how they are going to do for you to either get your home sold, or help you find your new dream home.
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March 6th, 2010 at 7:18 pm
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IM A LOAN OFFICER IN TEXAS.
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