How do I know if my real estate agent is not doing the best they can to help sell my home?
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Is it the agent?  Start at the curb of your home and be honest with yourself.  Does the home have great curb appeal?  Is it overgrown?  Need paint?  Obvious neglect?  Now go to your front door and act like a buyer.  Walk into the home.. what is your first impression.. is it spotless, in order, in repair, up to date, not cluttered? What can be removed, replaced etc.. is your back yard kid friendly...   It may not be the agents fault.  \n\nIs he/she advertising?  Is it in the MLS?  Open houses are generally ineffective.. If the realtor is advertising and is in the MLS and is faxing flyers to other realtors to make this house stand out, he/she is doing her job.  If not, then you need to ask the realtor what the marketing plan is and if you can go over it with them.
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Talk to your real estate agent or laywer.
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There's a long list, but here are a few:\n\nThe average sale price is higher for houses sold by agents than by Owners.\n\nOwners don't have the experience and knowledge of how to properly market, show, negotiate, and close a property.\n\nMost buyers are looking for months prior to buying a home. The professional has already been marketing to those buyers prior to you wanting to sell, and therefore has a ready pool of buyers for your home.\n\nMost buyers do not buy the home that they see advertised. Agents have more than one home to sell, and can direct those buyers to your home. You have only one to sell, therefore most buyers coming to look at your home will end up buying something else.\n\nMost buyers need to sell before they can buy. An agent can help the buyer to sell so they can buy your house. Can you do this?\n\nAn agent has a ready list of people ready to help if there are problems-- specialty mortgage lenders, contractors, inspectors, attorneys, closing agents, etc. Who do you have ready?\n\nAgents know what to say, but particularly what NOT to say to prospective buyers. One little mistake by you could end up in a lawsuit for discrimination, or misrepresentation. At best, the buyer will just walk.
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I am not an agent but I play one on TV (Joking).\n\nI have delt with many agents in selling and buying real-estate.  It is a 24 hour job, and very demanding.  Don't ever expect to have any kind of free time on your hands if you do this type of work.\n\nThe are responsible for smooth transactions in buying and selling real-estate.  They will list your property, give you an estimate of what is is worth, and advise you of what you need to do to make it more marketable.\n\nUsually there will be an open-house so that other brokers from other agencies will see it for themselves.\n\nThere are different kinds of brokers...some represent the seller, and others the buyers.\n\nWhen I purchased a home there was the seller's agent, and my agent put together the deal.  When it was time to sell the house, we used the agent that represented the house when we bought it because she did such good work.\n\nUsually your clients will be from word of mouth.  They make a commission of the value of the home being sold.  Usually there is a 6% fee, with the agents involved with the transaction.  3% each.  From that the agent gets a percentage based upon the years they have with the brokerage firm they represent.\n\nSo a home selling for $250,000 = 6% 15,000\n 3% = 7,500\n 1.5 % = $3750.
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Someone who is trying to find the best home for your budget wise, and etc. So my advice is let them do the talking and see if they're asking you all the right questions. If not then they're probably not looking out for your best intrest. Remember they make profit off of you..so make sure they're doing there job which is to find you your prefect home!
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go on the national  association of Realtors website and look at the statistics for fsbo sales.  Statistically fsbos's sell for 13% less that their asking price!!!!!!    Show your client the numbers. They are also more likely to get sued by buyers.  Look into this.  lead paint issues, sellers disclosures and so on....   You can bring them more qualified buyers  than they can.  ads in papers sell less than 2% of homes
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I checked out the site.  It looks ok, but I don't think it's the way I would go if I were selling property.  I'd rather find a real estate agent that knows the area
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I am not a real estate agent, but I would suggest contacting a local office and asking if you could have a sit down with one of the agents.  Perhaps take them to lunch; I bet they would be more than willing to talk to you.
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well being an appraiser i have done that many times over the past five years. not all markets are the same and not all homes are the same. a quick run down of what i do may help. \n\nbasically i get information about your house thru a physical  inspection of it. noting both the presence of or the absence of features. then i go to the mls service of that area and find homes that match as closely as i can to the one i looked at. making plus or minus adjustments to the sales price of the comparables. this gives me a range of value usually within a 5000 dollar spread or less. and the value given for the home is in this range. \n\n\n now there is alot that actually goes into this process and there are rules by which i have to follow but for this i am simplyfing. if homes have sold in the same area for about the same price you are aksing for then most likely it will be fine. however if they are asking for more than or less than the what other homes have sold for then you may have an issue. if more, then your home has to show why it is worth more. if less, then why is that. are the sellers motivated to get out or is there something wrong with the house. an appraiser worth anything should be able to determine this. \n\nnow i am aware that even though we are regulated a lot of appraisers will make the price no matter what the market says. this is not good as you end up paying too much for the house and not be able to resell it and cover your costs or if it is too low you may not be able to take advantage of special financing that allows you to remove pmi if the appraisal is high enough compared to the loan amount.  \n\nbest advice is to not sign any docs from lender that takes away your right to the appraisal. you paid for it out of the proceeds or before hand. you are entitled to it unless you sign away that right. this way you can see what the appraiser used as comparables for your home and also see what you may need to do to improve your home for a better resell  value. \n\nhope this helps   if you have any further questions please feel free to check my website at www.rpmappraisals.com and i have a page there that goes deeper into what an appraisal is .
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I would do lots of reaserch.  The internet is a wonderful tool.  Don't rely on the realtor to find your property for you.  They are not interested in getting you the best fit for you, they want a sale.  Also, hire a lawyer to go over your paperwork before you sign. Believe me, I have learned a big lesson and will never buy a home again w/out a lawyer.  Good Luck.
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The best place is through a Realtor, there are agents who specialize in these types of properties.  Once you find one or two, you may want to pick the Realtor's brain and find out all you can.
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a good realtor can help u get about 16% more for your home than u could get when selling on your own according to the president of the national association of realtors.\n\nThe best resource is a highly-qualified Realtor, if you want to sell for top dollar.
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You can fire your Realtor at ANY time.  Tell him/her you don't feel like they are representing you well enough.  If you paid them to just list your home in MLS, then you should have been given a discount for lack of servicing.
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Absolutely, tell your Realtor you wish to cancel the listing.\n\nYour friendly neighborhood Realtor.
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Find a real estate agent and ask them. They can tell you what the market is doing in your area.
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The sky's the limit. Realtor's must present every offer that's received, even verbal ones.  But that doesn't mean that they can't talk down an offer by encouraging the seller to keep taking offers.\n\nYou might be surprised.  A seller listing their house for $492K just might sell it for $350K.  They might be desperate...or they were just "reaching" when they posted the $492K price in the first place.\n\nThe market is set by YOU.  What the BUYERS are willing to pay.  So don't let any price intimidate you.  You're the real guage for the selling price of a home.
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I would interview at least 3 agents or brokers within your community, look at their sales record, marketing material and see if they have an internet presence this should get you started. 95% of the real estate is generally sold by 5% of the agents in any community. Coldwell Banker is a good company and I contend its not the company but the agents experience that will get the job done.