Selling a house in Metro Detroit
So what should you look for in a good Metro Detroit real estate agent when listing your home? There are many different factors and one of them is personality. If the agent comes off as condescending or arrogant he or she will be the same way with peers. You want an agent that gets along with their peers. Somebody that plays nice in the sandbox because it is all about cooperation in getting the job done. You want the deal to close. Sure you want a real estate agent that is in your corner and fights for you, but you don't want them to be compatitive to the point of not being able to get along with the other agent. If your agent is so hard to get along with then more problems are going to arise that will cause problems for you.
The second characteristic of a good listing agent is one that gets back to you. If you had to wait a day to get a return call or have had to put in multiple calls to your new possible agent. Then most likely other agents are going to have the same issue. Time is money in the real estate field. Getting back to another agent with answers to their questions and answers to an offer is important. You want an agent that will be getting answers back to other agents quickly. If you hire a real estate agent that doesn't work nights or weekends then you could get an offer and never even know about it for 2 days. I once had an agent that I sent an offer over to on Friday morning. As of Sunday morning she had not even contacted the seller about the offer. 2 full days had gone by. My buyers were about willing to give up. Why this is important is because sometimes buyers get it into their minds and attitudes that the sellers are messing with them. So then the negotiations become more heated and many times more divisive because of the perceived attitudes of the other party. When it was all the other agents fault....not yours.
Lastly you should find a Metro Detroit real estate agent that is good or excelling in marketing your home. After all this is one of the most important factors besides price and condition of your home. If your house is in great shape or has a good price you still need to let as many buyers as possible know about it. The more people that know about your home, the greater the likelyhood that you will get it sold quicker and for more money. You need to hire a good Metro Detroit real estate agent that is keeping up with the latest ways of marketing your home. If you get a real estate agent that sits down with you and proudly plops down all the magazines and newspapers that he will advertise your home in.....you may want to reconsider. Print advertising is a thing of the past. Less than 1% of all buyers find homes or agents through print advertising like newspapers, and real estate magazines.
The current way of market is the internet. 95% of all buyers are using the internet to find their homes. You will want to find a top Milford real estate agent that is using the internet to the fullest. Taking great photos of your home, using facebook ads and even linkedin. Having multiple personal websites that get large amounts of traffic to advertise your home. An agent that uses instragram, and blogging to get your home out to the many different buyers out there.
That is the type of real estate agent you want. Not the agent that just posts it to the MLS and so many agents just do that. You want an agent that does more. Some of the other things you may want to think about. Do glossy brochures help sell your home? Do mass emails to agents help sell your home? Do holding broker open houses where you have agents come through the home help sell your home? Sure these all sound great when that real estate agent comes to pitch you to get your listing. But they really don't do anything for you. Remember going to a convention or a home show. How many brochures you pick up? Where do they end up? Same way with a glossy brochure.
It is more about staging your home right? Making sure on the days of showing that your real estate agent tells you what you should be doing. Making sure your homes show time is tops? For more information about good real estate agents go to http://lakefronthomesoaklandcountymi.com/tag/best-real-estate-agents-in-west-bloomfield-michigan/
I hope this tips help reinforce what you need in a top Metro Detroit realtor. Feel free to call or text me at (248) 310-6239 with questions
