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An interview for an agent to sell your home.

 Can you remember when you went for an interview for a job and how you felt?

 Did you ask them any questions or did they ask all the questions and you sheepishly nodded or just agreed hopefully to get the job.

 Or did you bring the best “Resume” that could be presented  and blaah blaah blaah thinking “I’m the best they‘ve ever seen and I’ll get the job.”

 Well choosing an agent should be exactly that!

At a listing interview. YOU’RE THE BOSS! The agent is looking for a job from you.

Yes, the “Resume” is what everyone else prints out. Houses sold – Houses for sale- Testimonials – Marketing – the value of your property is about here!  

After a while it seems that all agents are the same, go to the same training lectures, present the same way and maybe a slight difference here and there. But…

YES, they are employed to sell your “home”.

 Market, open, negotiate, contracts, inspections, negotiate again if necessary. That’s what you pay them for!

How do you identify the most suitable agent for yourself. This was the hardest question for 99% of vendors.

We strongly suggest that our best tip is to….. just sit down and find out more about the person.

• See “if” you can work with this person/company and are they just telling you what you want to hear?
• Are they just selling you a used car?
• Will they talk to you on your level?
• Will they explain the entire selling process in detail to you?
• Are they capable of being a consultant to you or just a sales agent?
• Is the method of sale best suited to you or the home. NOT EVERYTHING IS SOLD BY AUCTION. Private Sale? Expressions of interest? Sale by Set Date etc….Why?
• Who will be the actual agent to conduct the open for inspections and negotiate with the buyers?
• Etc. etc.etc

Trust is the most important part of selling your home. These questions are a start in building that trust.

How many days do you let them work for you? Treat it like a parole period..

Remember it’s their job to extract the best market price for the home and the buyer hates them because they made the buyer pay that price! Not “I’ve got a buyer who missed out on another property!” They didn’t pay the top price last time, so why are they the best buyer now. Just asking?.

Lastly, it is better to get the interview right, rather than 90-120 days later when you regret that you chose the wrong agent.

So why don’t you just sit back and meet all the perspective workers and give yourself time to look over all the information at hand. They will want you sign as soon as possible, rush you by means you’d never seen coming.

 Stick to a 14 day plan to look at other homes on the market during opens, look at what marketing is being used and see if they are selling themselves or the home. Watch some auctions and learn how the quoting is done compared to the end result.