Don't Rely On Your Real Estate Agent


by Max Suther - Date: 2007-02-28 - Word Count: 465 Share This!

So you picked your real estate agent and now you can just sit back and collect the check. Hold on I need to stop laughing. Did you know that 20% of the real estate agents sell 80% of the homes? Did you select an agent that is in the 20% or did you select and agent who is a friend of a friend? It doesn't matter if you selected the best agent or the worst you need to help sell your home.

So what can you do to help sell your agent? Plenty. First, make sure your home looks good from the street. If your home looks bad from the street you won't get buyers inside and you will not sell the home. Second make sure your home looks clean and uncluttered on the inside. Have a not so close friend look at your home and list everything they see wrong with your home. Fix what you can and then do some more. Third make sure you market your home. There are several things you can do to market your home. Most buyers look for a home on the internet first and then drive by the homes they are interested in. So you need to advertise on the internet. There are several sites that offer free home listings. These sites allow you to place a description and a few pictures of your home. Find all of these sites and place your listing. Make sure you have replacements for your agent's flyer box. There is nothing more discouraging for a buyer than to stop at your home to get a flyer and the box is empty. Take a few flyers and put them in your local stores. Create a flyer just for your neighborhood and give each neighbor a flyer.

The biggest free advertising site is Craig's List. Make sure you list your home on this site. Depending on where you live the ad will expire in seven to forty five days. Make sure you re-list the ad when it expires.

The last suggestion is the most important. The most important factor for selling a home is price. If you don't price your home properly you will have a difficult time selling. There are many websites that offer free home value estimates. Make sure you get estimates from at least three sites and then average the estimate. If the number is less than your agents listing price then you will need to consult with your agent as to how he determined the listing price. You don't want to take months to sell because your home is priced to high.

Even if you picked the best real estate agent in the world you need to help sell your home. The faster you sell the fewer headaches you will have to endure.


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