Seven important reasons you need to
hire a Realtor to help you find, buy or sell your home
- They're familiar with all the surprisingly complex and numerous details of
finding, buying and selling real estate so you do not make mistakes and may
avoid hassle in the process.
- A Realtor is likely a member of his local Multiple Listing Service. Thus,
they have access to all homes listed for sale by all the other MLS members. Not
only will your own real estate agent be working for you, but all the other
Realtors in the area will also be working for you at no extra cost.
- Thanks to their MLS access, they can locate many homes in varied areas
suiting your needs and desires and make appointments for you to visit specific
homes of interest.
- A Realtor will be able to assist you in determining the price range of
homes meeting your needs and desires and also determine how much you may easily
afford.
- A Realtor will offer extremely valuable assistance in doing all the
necessary work for presenting or accepting an offer and getting you the price
and terms you want, for both buyers and sellers.
- They will offer help themselves or via a recommended friendly Mortgage
Broker in arranging the necessary financing and help with putting the loan
together as far as all the paperwork and documentation is concerned.
- Your Realtor will be there during the entire buying or selling process to
offer lots of assistance and address any questions or concerns you may have to
make sure things progress smoothly and without undue delays and hassle for you
and your family.
Steps to Success: How to Select Your Realtor
Selling your existing home or locating a new home which suits your needs and
desires can be a lengthy process and a tiring experience. By letting a Realtor
help you in this process things should go more smoothly, with less hassle.
You will likely spend considerable time conversing and consulting with your
realtor, so it's important the time be put to good use. Your realtor must have
good communication skills along with other important tools, such as being able
to easily share MLS data with you and the capability to easily supply you with
a number of home which meet your needs and desires, perhaps thru a good
Internet Web Site, for example.
- Can the prospective Realtor be easily reached most all the time? Sadly,
many can not be readily reached. It seems like it's all too common for the
realtor to be out of town, or on vacation or taking a long weekend off or
seemingly always away from their desk, etc. If the realty agent is difficult to
be reached, does he/she at least respond quickly to your communications and
messages?
- Does he ask you specific questions to uncover all your needs and desires
in a house?
- Is he willing and capable of analyzing your financial situation to
determine the price range of homes you can easily afford and get loan approval?
Easy access to a Home Affordability Calculator and Mortgage Payment Calculator
would be ideal, such as the computerized ones located on this webrealty web
site.
- Is the realtor patient and does he explain all your options and the issues
to you?
- Does he have financing sources available, such as a good mortgage broker?
- Does the prospective realtor appear knowledgable about real estate in
general and market conditions and prices in the specific area you are
interested in?
- Does the realtor have every available tool at his disposal to get the job
done for you? Such as, computerized realty aids, a good web site of his own
(for several reasons it's better than a firm's corporate web site, shared by
all Realtors with the firm), e-mail access, a Realty Assistant, home loan
financing information, etc.?
If you were able to answer most of these questions positively, you have in
all likelihood found a "good" realtor.
If you had to answer no to many of these questions, it may be best if you
bypass the realtor and continue looking for a "good" one.
The MLS is the key to successfully marketing
your home for a fast sale and getting you top-dollar
Many sellers think putting a House For Sale Sign in the front yard, some
classified ads and perhaps an occasional open house will sell their home. This
may sometimes happen but it's a rare event. Only a small percentage of homes
sell that way. Research reveals the majority of homes sell as a direct result
of its inclusion in the local Realtors Multiple Listing Service, or MLS for
short. The truth is without your home being listed in the MLS the chance of
selling it fast and for a good price is greatly diminished. In fact, without
MLS exposure, there is a good chance your property won't sell at all!
Owners do not have access to the Multiple Listing Service. Only MLS members
and state licensed real estate brokers may join the MLS. A private seller can
not list his home in the MLS. Only a realtor can do it. We have an interesting
free Special Report on the MLS titled "The MLS, a Private Club for Members
Only." Send webrealty an e-mail message along with your name and address
to get this informative free Special Report, which will be sent to you via
postal mail.
Other Techniques and Methods to Successfully Sell your
House
You not only need a realtor to gain critically important MLS access, but
also to put together a professional real estate marketing campaign to sell your
home. Your agent should be expert at writing both classified and display ads,
writing and designing home information flyers, an agent who has a combination
of advanced computer equipment and computer skills for accessing the MLS and
doing market data research. Very importantly, he needs to both have at his
disposal and use the very latest technology and marketing methodology involving
the Internet and World Wide Web. Few Realtors possess this computer &
technology skill and computer know-how. Many Realtors say they have web sites
but frequently they are referring to their corporate web sites or web sites
they do not personally get involved in. These more than occasionally boring and
ineffective Internet sites are not nearly as effective as a hands-on more
personalized computerized knowledge site like our webrealty site.
The Internet is another Key to
Success
The Internet is the wave of the future for finding, buying and selling real
estate. In fact, webrealty predict in the very near future the Internet will be
the second most successful marketing method (perhaps running a close second
behind the MLS) for finding, buying & selling real estate & homes, both
locally and Sedona Region. This is why you need the services of a realty agent
who has his own real estate web site. Not just any web site but a top quality,
highly educational and informative one. A personalized site rather than the
typical corporate look and feel of the typical boring run-of-the-mill realtor
web site. A dynamic site. An interactive site, one with many current listings.
Listing grouped by price brackets rather than simply combining mixed priced
properties, as most realtor sites do. A web site which offers a number of free
computerized realty tools for the knowledge of its visitors and clients. All of
this and more may be found here at this webrealty site.
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