Your Real Estate Agent Needs Your Help!

You’ve decided it’s time to sell your North Shore home, and you’re ready to hire a Real Estate Agent to help you through the process. Wise decision!

The North Shore Real Estate Agent you hire wants to provide the very best service for you. Here are several things you can do to help your North Shore real estate agent do the best work for you:

Share your expectations with your Real Estate Agent

Exactly what do you want your Real Estate Agent to do for you? Do you want him or her to provide an update to you weekly? What’s your preferred method of communicating – phone, email or text? How much involvement in marketing creation and strategy do you want to have?

Be clear about the outcome that you want

Before you go into the marketing process establish where your ‘kicking and screaming’ price is and tell that to your Agent. A good agent will tell you if you are being realistic or not, so the more honest you are the better.

Be honest and frank

If you have any concerns in the duration of the campaign, speak up. Share exactly what it was you are happy or unhappy about. If the agent is not living up to your expectations, tell him or her. Treat your agent the way you’d like to be treated and your relationship will flourish.

Be prepared to negotiate

Your North Shore Real Estate Agent will handle the contract negotiations for you, but you must be open to compromise. When a willing buyer does come along, don’t lose them because you’re unwilling to negotiate or are negotiating with boxing gloves on. Place a counter-offer and then counter-offer as many times as needed in order to get the price you want. Think of it as a game of tennis.

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Negotiating should not be like this! Aggressive negotiating does not work with a skill North Shore Real Estate Agent

Remember that you have the final word.

The agent can and will make suggestions, but the final decision is always yours. When an offer is presented that meets your expectations, be ready to say, “Yes, this is the one.”

Just like any other relationship, the client-agent relationship takes work. If you both do your part, you’ll be more relaxed, make better decisions and achieve your real estate goals.

Are you looking for a North Shore Real Estate Agent?

If you are ready to find the right North Shore real estate agent for your needs, please give me the opportunity to interview for the job. I work in a high performance sale team of 3 North Shore Real Estate Agent’s, with over 800 sales between us. Call me today at 021 85 84 83, or email me at Jason.yianakis@harcourts.co.nz to schedule an appointment.