10 Great Interview Questions for Agents

The Dumb Little Man (who is anything but…) just listed 10 questions he asked real estate agents along with the answers he got and the answers he wanted to hear.

How are you going to advertise my home?
Why are you saying my home is worth $400K when I think its worth $325K?
Is your realty company placing pictures on your website and other listing services?
Will you be at the closing or will you send a lackey?
Show me your municipal reporting on the area?
What are your stats?
How accessible are you?
What is your commission?
How can I prepare to show my home?
Can I have the names and phone numbers of the last 3 people that listed with you?

Note that this blog post got picked up by lifehacker and there are some interesting conversations going on over there as well…

Update: Just noticed I was a little behind on this story as it was already covered by both Jonathan and Erik. 🙂