10 Questions You Should Ask a Real Estate Agent When Home-Selling

Having the right real estate agent on your side can greatly improve your home-selling experience. A good rule of thumb is to interview a minimum of three realtors.

Here are 10 questions that you should ask during an interview:

1) Are you a full-time professional real estate agent? How long have you worked full time in real estate? How long have you been representing buyers? What professional designations do you have?

 

2) Do you have a personal assistant, team, or staff to handle different parts of the purchase? What are their names and how will each of them help me in my transaction? How do I communicate with them?

 

3) Do you have a website that will list my home? Can I have your URL address? Who responds to emails and how quickly? What's your email address?

 

4) How will you keep in contact with me during the selling process and how often?

 

5) What do you do that other agents don't that ensures I'm getting top dollar for my home? What is your average market time versus other agent's average market time?

 

6) Will you give me names of some past clients?

 

7) Do you have a performance guarantee? If I am not satisfied with your performance, can I terminate our listing agreement?

 

8) How will you get paid? How are your fees structured? May I have that in writing?

 

9) How would you develop pricing strategies for our home?

 

10) What will you do to sell my home? Who determines where and when my home is marketed/promoted? Who pays for your advertising?