{"id":14723,"date":"2020-01-29T15:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T23:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/?p=14723"},"modified":"2020-01-23T10:50:51","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T18:50:51","slug":"the-most-important-questions-to-ask-a-real-estate-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/2020\/01\/the-most-important-questions-to-ask-a-real-estate-agent\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Important Questions to Ask A Real Estate Agent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some of the most common questions we ask real estate agents are irrelevant to whether or not they\u2019re right for the job. You don\u2019t want someone who takes a low or no commission but can\u2019t find you a home before you have to move. It doesn\u2019t matter how long they\u2019ve been in business if they can\u2019t find the ideal home for your family. Here are the most important questions to ask a real estate agent before deciding to work with them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>What type of property do you specialize in?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You expect real estate agents to have a deep, hyper-local knowledge. However, this isn\u2019t enough. For example, commercial real estate agents know relatively little about the residential real estate market, and someone who knows every strip center in the region may be fuzzy on the office building market. The same is true for the residential real estate market. A real estate agent who specializes in single family homes in the suburbs or affordable condos downtown isn\u2019t the best person to hire to find a luxury home. If you\u2019re interested in Rancho Santa Fe luxury real estate, only work with a real estate agent who is an expert in both the area and the upper end of the market.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can follow up these questions by asking how many homes someone has closed in the neighborhood you\u2019re interested in.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Are you a realtor or a real estate agent?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A realtor must be a member of the National Association of Realtors. This holds them to a strict set of association ethics. This is similar to federal and state law, but you can consider it a higher standard. If you\u2019re working with a real estate agent who has a team behind them, ask if you\u2019ll be working with the highest performer in the group or handed off to an assistant.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>How will you market\/find properties?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Expect a property to be listed in the MLS. In the case of luxury homes, it may be advertised in local papers and real estate websites. However, the best real estate agents go to great lengths to promote properties. This might take the form of virtual reality tours online, walk-throughs on local real estate shows, or advertising to foreign executives. Ask realtors how they will market the properties.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you\u2019re searching for a home to buy, the best real estate agents have the connections to find properties that aren\u2019t on the market. These may be homes that haven\u2019t hit the market yet. It could be a family dealing with a death or divorce and needs to sell it. It may be a financially distressed seller who wants to close quickly before they are forced to see it auctioned off.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>What percentage of your clients are home buyers or sellers?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you want to sell your home, you want to work with someone who mostly deals with home sellers. If you\u2019re trying to buy a home, you want to work with a realtor who primarily deals with home buyers. An agent with experience in both can provide useful insight, but the heavy movers are the best choice when you need to sell your home quickly or find a new one almost immediately.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realtybiznews.com\/the-most-important-questions-to-ask-a-real-estate-agent\/98757319\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Most Important Questions to Ask A Real Estate Agent<\/a> by Al Twitty | Realty Biz News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of the most common questions we ask real estate agents are irrelevant to whether or not they\u2019re right for the job. You don\u2019t want someone who takes a low &hellip; [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/2020\/01\/the-most-important-questions-to-ask-a-real-estate-agent\/\">read more<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-real-estate"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Most Important Questions to Ask A Real Estate Agent &#8226; Rory C Real Estate | Oakwyn Realty<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/2020\/01\/the-most-important-questions-to-ask-a-real-estate-agent\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"The Most Important Questions to Ask A Real Estate Agent &#8226; Rory C Real Estate | Oakwyn Realty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Some of the most common questions we ask real estate agents are irrelevant to whether or not they\u2019re right for the job. 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