26 Powerful and Insightful Questions To Ask A Real
Estate Agent Before You Sign Anything!
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How many years have you been in the real estate industry?
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How many homes have you sold in your career? Can
you prove it? How does that relate to the statistics of the Fraser
Valley Real Estate Board?
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Have you sold any homes in this area? How many?
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Do you specialize in a specific type of home?
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Do you have any personal assistants? How many? What
do they do?
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Are you too busy to take my business?
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Will you be dealing with me directly?
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How quickly will my telephone calls be answered?
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What is your educational background before your real
estate career? What are your professional designations? What awards
have you won?
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Do you offer any guarantees? What are they?
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Do you have any tesitmonial letters form previous
clients I can see? Can I call some of your past clients?
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What kind of experience and training do you have
in negotiating?
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Can I get out of the listing if I’m not pleased with
your services? Without a hassle?
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Do you have a WRITTEN Marketing Plan for marketing
my property? Can I have a copy?
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May I see your resume?
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Where does your company rank among other companies
in the area?
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Are you a member of the MLS? What is that? How will
that help me?
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Does your company have a well known logo that people
would quickly recognize in order to bring more and quicker attention
to my home?
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Will you work with me if I am not referred by someone?
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Do you stay in touch with me from the beginning of
the listing until the closing? How often? In what way?
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How “high tech” is your business? Do you have your
own computer? How many computers do you have in your office? How advanced
are your software programs? Are you connected to the Internet?
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Do your “For Sale” signs stand out and draw attention
so that potential purchasers driving by will notice them and take
down the phone number? How are they different?
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Do you do anything to prepare a house for the market?
What?
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Do you have a plan for marketing within as well as
outside of the real estate profession?
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Do you prepare professional flyers detailing the
amentities and highlights of the home to be given to prospective buyers
who come into the house?
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Will you personally be there when contracts are presented
to handle all the negotiations?
