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It's worse than that, how do you know it's a good agent without completing the transaction? It seems you pretty much need trusted word of mouth referral.
by foobarian 3y ago
It's worse than that, how do you know it's a good agent without completing the transaction? It seems you pretty much need trusted word of mouth referral.
- dsr_ 3y agoSee, there's this education and licensing process, with a Trademarked(TM) name and everything: REALTOR(TM). Unfortunately, this process is what we have now.
- ohyes 3y agoYes, you need a trusted word of mouth referral, good agents live on them.
- bjacokes 3y agoIt's just like any hiring process: get referrals from people you trust, look at prior work (previous purchases/sales in this case), learn the right questions to ask when interviewing.
- simonsarris 3y agoIt's even worse! Even after you have completed the transaction, you don't have the counter-factual and never will: Could someone else have done it better/faster/for more? I would think a referral is only really excellent if from a person who had to do many transactions recently, and sampled at least 2+ realtors. And that's something that's quite hard to come by.