REAL ESTATE AGENTS, 10 REASONS TO USE ONE
1. Real Estate Agents will walk you through each step of the process ensuring that you understand, so that there are no surprises. When you sell by for sale by owner, your on your own.
2. They can advise you on a fair market price for your home helping you get the price you want, without discouraging buyers by asking too much.
3. Real Estate Agents have the knowledge and experience it takes to sell homes, it’s their business. It comes from years of experience in real estate and hundreds of homes bought and sold. Realtors are familiar with trends in your area, what is hot, what sells, what buyers are looking for and what it takes to make the sale of a home quick.
4. Real Estate Agents will negotiate on your behalf the price, financing, terms, date of possession and often the inclusion or exclusion of repairs and furnishings or equipment. They can also help you at closing if any unforeseen problems should arise that may prevent the transaction from being completed.
5. A Real Estate Agent will list your home on the multiple listing services M.L.S., which is the largest database of homes for sale. Exposed to thousands of realtors, this database generates more leads than any other source. Over 50% of real estate sales are cooperative sales, which is a Real Estate Agent other than yours brings in the buyer.
6. Can assist you in understanding the different financing options that prospective buyers may try to use (i.e. Vendor Take Back = VTB) and can refer you to a competent mortgage company when purchasing your new property.
7. They will explain each step through the closing process and make sure everything runs smoothly. When a property is marketed with the help of a Realtor they will accompany potential buyers through your property, not leaving you alone with strangers.
8. Realtors will provide up to date information when selling your home on what is going on with regards to the current marketplace, including the price, financing, terms and conditions of competing properties. These are important factors in getting your property sold at the best price, quickly and with minimum hassle.
9. The National Association of Realtors studies shows that 82% of real estate sales are the result of agent contacts through previous clients, referrals, friends, family and personal contacts.
10. A Realtor knows how to evaluate every buyer's proposal objectively without compromising your marketing position. This initial agreement is only the beginning of a process of appraisals, inspections and financing and a lot of possible pitfalls. A realtor can help you write a legally binding, win-win agreement that will be more likely to make it through the process.
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