Creative? Sometimes, it takes creativity to properly showcase a home, develop engaging content, and negotiate a sale. An agent who can quickly address any marketing need is an asset to you. Tech and Digital Savvy? Agents well-versed in the latest technology for marketing homes should have at a minimum a website, social media setup, user-friendly home search options, and quality presentations online with high-resolution images of homes, videos, and slideshows. A professional real estate agent wears many hats. He or she must be proficient in marketing, negotiating, consultation, legalities, contracts, property taxes, and, most of all, gaining the trust of clients. An agent who will meet your specific needs is certainly worth the commission he/she will earn.
LOOK FOR PROPER CREDENTIALS / CERTIFICATIONS
You wouldn’t trust a doctor who doesn’t have the proper credentials and licensing. Don’t trust a real estate agent who doesn’t present theirs or doesn’t have them at all. It’s easy to find real estate agents who can take the job, but finding agents with special credentials, those who have gone that extra step to take additional classes in certain specialties of real estate sales is worth
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