http://raincityguide.com/2005/03/20/10-questions-a-seller-should-ask-of-an-agent/ Seattle's Leading Resource for Real Estate Information Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:19:13 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://raincityguide.com/2005/03/20/10-questions-a-seller-should-ask-of-an-agent/#comment-2650 Seattle’s Rain City Real Estate Guide » Some tips on selecting a listing agent Thu, 09 Mar 2006 01:20:05 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/?p=5#comment-2650 [...] So, now that we’ve all agreed that it is worthwhile to interview more than one agent (everyone’s on board right?), what types of questions should you ask? In a previous post, I listed 10 good questions for sellers to ask a real estate agent along with some background on why the questions were important. The questions are summarized here: 1. How long have you worked full time in real estate? 2. Do you have a personal assistant, team, or staff to handle different parts of the sales transaction? 3. Do you and/or your company each have a website that will provide me with useful information for research, services, and how you work with buyers? 4. How will you keep in contact with me during the buying process, and how often? 5. Can you explain one thing that you do that other agents don’t do that ensures I’m getting top dollar for my property? 6. Will you give me names of past clients who will give references for you? 7. Do you have a performance guarantee? 8. How are your fees structured? May I have that in writing? 9. How would you develop pricing and marketing strategies for our home? Will you commit to the marketing strategy in writing? 10. What will you do to sell my home? [...] [...] So, now that we’ve all agreed that it is worthwhile to interview more than one agent (everyone’s on board right?), what types of questions should you ask? In a previous post, I listed 10 good questions for sellers to ask a real estate agent along with some background on why the questions were important. The questions are summarized here: 1. How long have you worked full time in real estate? 2. Do you have a personal assistant, team, or staff to handle different parts of the sales transaction? 3. Do you and/or your company each have a website that will provide me with useful information for research, services, and how you work with buyers? 4. How will you keep in contact with me during the buying process, and how often? 5. Can you explain one thing that you do that other agents don’t do that ensures I’m getting top dollar for my property? 6. Will you give me names of past clients who will give references for you? 7. Do you have a performance guarantee? 8. How are your fees structured? May I have that in writing? 9. How would you develop pricing and marketing strategies for our home? Will you commit to the marketing strategy in writing? 10. What will you do to sell my home? [...]

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