How to Find, Interview and Hire a Real Estate Agent
A good real estate agent can make or break your deal. Do you know the difference between Realtors and real estate agents? Which type of real estate agency is best for you? Which listing agreement is most often used? Do you need to sign a buyers broker agreement? How are real estate agents paid and who pays them? Find out before you start shopping for a home.
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Top 10 Myths About Real Estate Agents - The Truth About Agents
What’s true about real estate agents and what’s not? You’ve heard the bad things and good stuff - but what is really going on? Here’s the straight scoop about why agents are sometimes bad-mouthed and what truly goes on behind the scenes. Agent Protocol - Rules for Working With Agents - What’s Agent Protocol
How to keep the peace among real estate agents when home shopping. Here are the rules laid out for you. Whether you should hire a buyer’s agent or buy a house without representation. How to approach agents if you aren’t sure yet whom to hire. What is proper protcol? Why listing agents sometimes get mad when you call.
10 Reasons to Hire an Agent
Why hire a real estate agent when you can do the job yourself? Here are 10 good reasons to hire a buyer’s agent or a seller’s agent that you might have overlooked and not considered.
Tips for Finding a Real Estate Agent
How can you find the best real estate agent? It’s confusing. Not all buyers are lucky enough to find a qualified and experienced real estate agent because they don’t know what to look for and wouldn’t know what they got when they found it anyway.
Real Estate Agents & REALTORS
The differences between real estate agents and REALTORS. What sets REALTORS apart from real estate agents. Brief overview of 17 Articles contained in Code of Ethics.
Full-Service Real Estate Brokers & Agents
What do full-service real estate brokers and agents do to earn all that money? Is it deserved? Should you negotiate or hire a discount agent? What are the pros & pitfalls?
Questions to Ask Before You Hire a Real Estate Agent
Questions to ask before you hire a real estate agent to represent you as a selling agent or listing agent.
Who Pays the Real Estate Commission?
How does a real estate agent get paid? Who pays the real estate agent’s commission? Can real estate agents get paid by both sellers and buyers. Is it legal? Just how much money do real estate agents make anyway?
What is Procuring Cause?
Definition of procuring cause. How to work effectively with real estate agents so commission disputes among them do not erupt. How to protect yourself against owing the agent’s commission.
Agent Duties - What a Real Estate Agent Can or Cannot Do for You
Explains what a real estate agent can and cannot do for a client or customer. Dispels myths about a real estate agent’s fiduciary duty to a client.
How to Negotiate Real Estate Commissions
How are real estate commissions negotiated? What’s fair? What’s open for debate and discussion? Why should you negotiate? Why would a real estate agent negotiate commissions with you?
Agent Representation
Whom does your agent represent? If you’re not certain, here are explanations of a seller’s agent, buyer’s agent and dual agent.
Letting Go: How to Fire Your Agent or Client
How to fire your real estate agent or terminate agency / listing agreements as a Realtor. Sure-fire signs that it’s time to say goodbye. How to end your association without remorse or tension.
Hiring a Buyer’s Agent
Here is why you should hire a buyer’s agent, what you should expect from that agent and how that agent gets paid.
Working with a Dual Agent
When the agent represents the seller and the buyer, possibilities for conflict exist. This type of representation is not legal in every state, either. Learn what to expect.
Myths about Working with Agents
You hear all sorts of advice from well meaning advisors that often ends up getting twisted by the time you actually try to apply the advice to your own life. Here are four myths concerning working with real estate agents that you’ve probably wondered about.
Help Your Agent Help You
Buyers can help out their real estate agents, which will make the entire buying experience much more pleasant and enjoyable. Here is what you can do to ensure a smooth transaction.
Coping with Unethical People
In an ideal world, everybody would be trustworthy and possess integrity, and unfortunately, the real estate profession is not immune. When a lot of money is involved, it sometimes brings out the worst. Here are a few strategies you can employ if you find yourself confronted with unethical people.
