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Warren Rowley-Hardman
Independent Residential Estate Agents
Selecting the right estate agent to sell your home can make all
the difference between selling your home quickly at the right price
and having your home sit on the market for months. With so much
at stake, you should know how to select the right estate agent and
what services to expect from them. So take a few minutes and explore
these topics in a little more detail:
Step 1
Invite a local estate agent to visit your home and give you a listing
presentation, which typically includes: the reasons you should join
their agency, their duties to you as your agent and helpful information
about pricing and selling your home.
Step 2
As you meet with different agents, single out those agents who:
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Provide you with advice how to best prepare your home for
the market;
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Show enthusiasm for your property, listens attentively, instill
confidence, operate in a professional manner, and have a complementary
personality style to yours.
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Bring data on nearby homes that have sold (or failed to sell)
recently.
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Step 3
Get the answers to certain key questions:
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Does the agent have an active estate agency license in good
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Is the agent a member of NAEA with its strict code of ethics?
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Is estate agency their full-time career?
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Who is the agent representing--you or the buyer? The discussion
is supposed to occur early on, at "first interview"
with you.
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In exchange for your commitment, how will the agent help
you sell your home?
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Have they listed or sold a home in your neighborhood lately?
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Step 4.
Sign a listing agreement with the estate agent that you select,
but pay particular attention any contractual time frames.
Many agents run a "no sale no fee" scheme, which apart
from benefiting the seller if the property remains unsold is an
added incentive for your agent to market the property successfully.
When you enter into a marketing agreement with Warren Rowley-Hardman
& Co., it's your agreement, subject to your satisfaction. You're
not obligated to fulfill any contractual time period, because we
don't require it. You can cancel the agreement at any time with
proper notice. But once you've seen how we work at Warren Rowley-Hardman
& Co., we don't think you'll cancel - and here's why.
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