How Not To Hire The Best Realtor To Sell Your Home.

Thank you Joe and Colleen, I greatly appreciate your words of encouragement. I have seen several of your blog posts which were extremely well writen as well. Jim

Jim, I liked your post. Sweet & to the point. I think many times the public does not realize that just because an agent says he/she is great does not mean that the agent will perform well. I disagree with you somewhat on #5, however. While companies can not guarantee the quality of their agents, some companies offer discounts on advertising or have other technological tools available to their agents that other companies do not have. I work for such a company and am able to add more value to my services because of that. Of course, you DO have to be using an agent that takes advantage of the perks offered by his/her company.

Thanks for the comment Robin. I am very serious, here in Norther New Jersey we have some home sellers who think that just because a real estate agent works for this certain company they have to be a good agent. I am laughing while I type this because I know that it is that companies practice to bring in any newly licensed agent with a hart beat just so they can charge them a small monthly fee. I don't care how bad you are as a real estate agent (I will not even call many of these people Realtors because they just are not) this company will take them. It is really sad I think.

Nice list Jim! Colleen and I have seen sellers hire a well known successful real estate agent, only to find the 'well known' real estate agent's assistants who handle the transaction are incompetent, do not care, or both. When Colleen and I go on listing presentations, we encourage the prospective seller to call past clients. Again, nice post Jim. Your posts have been great! Keep up the good work.