Criteria for Choosing the Best Listing Agent
Wednesday May 9, 2007
Before you choose a listing agent whom you end up regretting hiring, consider criteria for finding the best agent available.
Because all agents are not the same. You can't expect an agent to simply plop your home into MLS and let it miraculously sell itself. Especially not in buyer's markets.
I receive daily SOS e-mails from distraught sellers begging me to tell them how they can legally get rid of their no-good agent. There are good agents and bad agents. It helps to hire a good agent from the beginning so you don't end up feeling used and abused.
Sellers get into that position because they often make two big mistakes when selecting an agent to list their home. They make the mistake of hiring an agent based on . . . read more
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Comments
We are one of the few teams in the East Bay area that offer a Client Satisfaction Guarantee – you can cancel our agreement at anytime – no questions asked.
Why?
#1 – We are that confident in our service.
#2 – If the client isn’t happy and we can’t resolve the issues, why torture them? We want good press not negative.
Thanks for that feedback, John. I am pleased to see that you also give a guarantee. I don’t know why more agents don’t. I’ve heard stories from clients that their agent tried to hold them captive and refused to cancel agreements. Why anybody would insist on working with a person who doesn’t want to work with them is beyond me. It creates ill will and generates negative talk within the community about the agent and the agent’s company.