4 Things You Should Do While Hiring a Realtor

Buying or selling a home? It’s one of the most important decisions of life and most important financial transactions and you shouldn’t go through it alone. A good real estate agent will make a difference, as they are aware of the market backwards and forwards. They even have good contacts to help you for your transaction and they are excellent negotiators. If you work with an inexperienced or ineffective agent, however, the outcome can be as disappointing as the process.

It would be a difficult task to find a trustworthy realtor from a group of realtors. Especially if you’ve never hired a realtor before, or if you’ve ever had one whom you couldn’t trust, choosing a good realtor may be extremely difficult, if next to impossible, to accomplish. I am able to convey this, as I faced the same when I was finding a realtor in Woodbridge VA. It was extremely difficult initially, but soon through following mentioned steps, I was able to find a worthy realtor.  

Conduct Interviews

You feel selecting a realtor from options available on Yellow pages is enough? Well no, you should go to realtor’s office, but at times it’s impossible to do this. You can always conduct an interview on phone, so prepare a list of questions to ask, and expect frank and honest answers.

Ask for References

A good realtor will always be ready to give names of satisfied customers, in order to back up how trustworthy they will be for you. You can have a word with their happy customers and get the best information about the realtor.

Put Across Your Needs

No one is a mind reader, that the realtor would judge all your needs . Ensure your realtor is aware about your exact needs. If you are not sure about your needs, ask question to yourself. And while you cannot expect your realtor to read your mind, a good, trustworthy realtor can still anticipate your needs.

Above and Beyond Services

Not every realtor is the BEST. Mostly all realtors will just perform the minimum task in just sake of his service. A BEST trustworthy realtor will always go above and beyond the minimal duties.

Do you need help finding a loan officer? Will your realtor locate one for you? Will your realtor be present at closing time in case you have any last minute questions? Will your realtor hand-deliver the title to the court on the same day you close? Will your realtor investigate any issues you may have with the home you want to purchase, like will real-estate taxes be included in your price, or will the appliances be included in the home purchase, or is the seller going to provide a home warranty?

It’s a realtor’s duty that they investigate any upcoming or possible issues that may come up during the deal.
So, from the above discussion, it’s clear that to find a trustworthy realtor is to ask questions, no matter how silly they might for you. They should be familiar with school districts, utility company policies, which to you, Cable Company is available and other things that are not necessarily part of your home purchase, however these are little things that makes a realtor amazing. 

Author Bio: Daniel Clark is a writer and now a part time real estate broker. Here he describes his learning, on how to find a realtor as he faced trouble while finding a realtor in Woodbridge VA and thus learnt from that experience.