How To Hire A Real Estate Agent

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How To Hire A Real Estate Agent
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Talk with recent clients

• Before hiring a Real Estate agent for selling or
  purchasing a house, check out his/her client
  references and talk to them. Ask them to share
  their experience with the particular real estate
  agent.

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Check for Licensing

• There are many so called real estate agent who
  dont have any license to deal in real estate
  industry. May be they could be cheap rather than
  the real one but it will be too risky to work
  with those peoples.

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Pick a winner

• It is understood that you will work with only one
  agent. So make a research about the agents and
  choose the winner. Peer-given awards count, says
  Phipps. One that really means something is the
  Realtor of the Year designation awarded by the
  state or local branch of NAR.

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Select an agent with the right credentials

• Doctors have specialties, and so do real estate
  agents. Even generalists will get additional
  training in some areas. So, the alphabet soup
  after an agents name can be an indication that
  the person has taken additional classes in a
  certain category of real estate sales. Heres
  what some of the designations mean
• CRS (Certified Residential Specialist) Completed
  additional training in handling residential real
  estate.
• ABR (Accredited Buyers Representative) Completed
  additional education in representing buyers in
  transactions.
• SRES (Seniors Real Estate Specialist) Completed
  training aimed at helping buyers and sellers in
  the 50-plus age range.

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Look at current listings

• Check out an agents listings online, says
  Brobeck, of the Consumer Federation. Places to
  look include the agencys own website and sites
  such as Realtor.com, which offer a searchable
  online database of properties in the Multiple
  Listing Service.

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Ask about other houses for sale nearby

• A good agent should know about other area
  properties that are available off the top of his
  head, says Irwin. Mention a house in your area
  thats sold recently or is for sale. If the agent
  knows the property and can give you a few
  details, that means he or she really knows your
  area, he says. You want someone like that, whos
  on top of the market.

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Thanks

• About Us
• Real Estate on Gabriola is owned by Carol Martin.
  Carol is a leading certified real estate agent in
  Gabriola and she is actively involved in our west
  coast community through the Lions Club on
  Gabriola, the Gabriola Arts Council, the Silva
  Bay Yacht Club, Gabriolas Garden Club and
  the Gabriola Island Chamber of Commerce and Visito
  r Centre, Gabriola Cruisers Car Club, youll find
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