Choosing The Right Agent to Sell Your Home
Hiring an agent to sell your home is a big decision, and there are often high stakes involved in your choice. There are so many options out there... how do you tell which one will be the best for you and your specific home selling situation?
Get a Referral
While you can certainly just hop on Google and search for a real estate agent to sell your home, it will take a long, long time to sift through all the options - and be prepared for a barrage of incoming calls and texts if you start submitting forms everywhere online.
We recommend you talk to some local friends, family, or coworkers and work up a list of agents that they had good or bad experiences with to narrow down your search.
Interview
Once you've gotten a few referrals from trusted sources, it's interview time! This doesn't have to be anything too formal, but you want to make sure they have experience selling in your neighborhood and city, and understand the full extent of your home selling situation before agreeing to terms.
Choose the Agent, Not the Firm
Your agent will be the person you work with day-in and day-out to get your house ready to be sold, listed, and closed. Be sure to choose them based off of who they are, not who they represent. There are pros and cons to both the big real estate agencies and the one-man-shops, so choose the agent you think will do the best job for your particular selling situation, not their firm.
Compassion, Patience and Communication
Whether it's your first time selling your home or tenth, it's a trying, stressful, process. You need an agent that understands the stressors you'll face, and be patient with you during inevitable moments of panic... whenever they might occur!
While we certainly don't recommend blowing up your potential agent's phone, you should absolutely be able to reach out to them during off-work-hours and get a timely response. If it's 5:31 pm and you can't reach your potential agent, you might want to scratch them off the list.
Aligned Interests
Is your agent in it only to get his or her commission, or does he or she really want to help you sell your home? Those two go hand-in-hand, sure, but there can be some big differences.
You don't want to work with someone who just looks at your home as a quick payday before they're on to the next client. You want to work with someone who has a vested interest in making your home selling experience as smooth, stress-free, and lucrative as possible for you.
One of the best things about choosing RENOMAX's Program is that we invest our business into you and your home. We provide up to $25,000 for renovations for your home, complete those renovations ourselves (we're a licensed contractor!) and then list your home for free. We'll work with buyers to get your home sold, and we get paid when your home closes.
Instead of just being our client, you become our partner - and as your partner, we're as invested in selling your home as you are.
Get in Touch
We think that RENOMAX is a great option for selling your home. However, whether you choose us or another agency, we hope your experience is smooth and enjoyable.
If you'd like to work with us, call (540) 737-5617, fill out a form on our contact page, or just send a message to us on Facebook. We look forward to hearing from you!
