How a Real Estate Agent Can Help You

In a declining housing market, a lot of people will tell you that you don’t need a real estate agent. That you’re just going to waste 15% of your sale by handing it over to someone you don’t need. These people fail to consider the benefits of having someone actively trying to sell your house—while knowing all the tricks of the trade and how to do so in the most efficient manner. When you talk to people who have had their house listed for months and months, the problem is usually one of two things. Either they are asking for way too much, or they are trying to sell it themselves.

Unless you’re a trained salesperson, chances are you don’t have what it takes to get the best price out of your home. A real estate agent is a trained salesperson and their entire career is based on doing what you don’t know how to do. Why do people think they can just list their home in a free magazine and achieve the same results? The notion is truly baffling. It’s like people who think they can write a novel and get published, even though they’ve only read a couple of books in their lifetime. If you want excellent results, you have to achieve excellence. That means you can either spend the next few years training and gaining experience selling homes, or you can hire someone to do it for you.

A real estate agent not only has the necessary training and expertise, they will usually have a built in network of people to work with. Few people have as many acquaintances and contacts as someone in the property game. Let them use that network to find the buyers you need. The ones who don’t waste their time looking in the classifieds or the online listings. The ones who wait for a professional to come to them and tell them a great opportunity just hit the market. These people aren’t struggling to make ends meet and thus not qualified to pay your asking price. They know what they want and if the price is fair, they will be more than glad to pay it.

Speaking of price, no one can do a better job of recommending a good selling price for your home. A real estate agent knows the market like no one else. They will know what price point sells and which one doesn’t. Having this expertise can save you a lot of time and frustration and you aim to unload the property and move on with your life.