Summary: Finding a good realtor requires interviewing people affiliated with the National Association of realtors who do between $5 million and $7 million worth of real estate per year and who have at least five to 10 years of real estate experience. Find a great realtor who offers personalized service with advice from an experienced real estate broker in this free video on real estate.
Penny Smith has been in real estate for more than 14 years. She has a degree in architectural design and has received buyer and seller associate training, as well as CMA Training. She...read more
"Hello, my name is Penny Smith. And I'm a North Carolina real estate broker. Topic today is how to find a good Realtor. Well the keyword is Realtor. Make sure you have a Realtor who is affiliated with the National Association of Realtors. They hold then accountable with a code of ethics law that would be on a benefit for you. To find a Realtor you need to basically go interview. Realtors work for you. You need to look at it as they work for you and you are doing the interview to hire someone to work for you. Ask for a resume. Ask for the background. Ask what they've done, how they've done it. Personally I do not recommend hiring the most well known Realtor in your area, someone who does multi million, million, million, million dollars worth of business every year because then you are just simply a number to them. You will have no personalized service. But you need to find someone that's experienced. You don't want a fresh newbie right out of the block that doesn't know what they're doing. You need to find someone that does anywhere to five to seven million dollars worth of real estate a year. And they have been in the business at leas five to ten years. So that you will have the personalized service, a personalized expertise of their knowledge. And you'll be able to reach them and get an answer every time instead of reaching their secretary. Because if they make anywhere from; sell anywhere from five to seven million dollars a year, they know that they're doing number one. They're not trying to reinvent the wheel. But they're not so busy that they can't take your call themselves. And that's my recommendations on how to hire a good Realtor to represent you. Thank you and I hope you have a good day."
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