Want to move to the best place to live in North Carolina? Your search for a real estate agent NC may have already begun, but are you confident that you’ll have the right professional in your corner? It hurts us to say that real estate agents don’t require a great deal of training or need to undergo a lot of scrutiny to get a license. But it is a fact that needs to be acknowledged.
You may encounter untrained or incompetent real estate agents who do as good a job as you in buying/selling your property. Unethical agents may work towards ensuring the best outcomes for themselves and not deserve the fee they charge you. It is important to interview two or three agents – remember that you could be making the single biggest transaction of your life.
Experience Matters
A real estate agent who has been practicing full-time for a few years at least, is in the best position to help you secure a deal that serves your best interests. This is not to suggest that you should avoid a newly minted agent, rather, do your due diligence when you decide to buy or sell your home. As mentioned earlier, this can take the form of an interview or if the agent has been practicing for a couple of months or a year, check his/her ratings online or better still – personally ask the agent’s recent clients about their experience. A reliable real estate agent in Raleigh, NC should have no problem putting you in touch with his/her clients.
The benefit of bringing an experienced realtor on board is the efficiency with which they can put a deal together and manage it through to closing without hiccups. Closing a deal isn’t easy at all – for the agent and seller/buyer. There are always new situations popping up, new perspectives to consider and new obstacles to overcome. Just because an offer is accepted doesn’t mean that the deal is done. You never know what will come up in the 11th hour and kill the deal.
A realtor who has been there and done that over and over again comes prepared to work around challenges to ensure they don’t hold up or break the deal. Even if you hear the words, ‘We have a situation…”, you can rest assured your agent has a plan of action to prevent the deal from falling through. Although some deals are just not meant to be, and trade-offs are inevitable, you shouldn’t be making common mistakes, no matter whether you’re a first-time buyer/seller or an experienced one. A realtor who has been in business for over a decade will know what to do and guide you or do all the hand-holding required to execute the deal.
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We’ve been in business for 30 years, and know Wake County real estate inside out. Our agents are trained, supervised and constantly guided to improve and deliver nothing short of exceptional service. Get in touch with us to buy or sell your home in Holly Springs, Morrisville or Durham.