Dual Agency in a real estate transaction happens when an agent or broker represents both the buyer and the seller in the transaction. In California, this is perfectly legal, and many people wonder just why that is. After all, a lawyer cannot represent both sides in court, so why can a real estate agent represent […]
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[M08/S07] Traditional Real Estate Marketing Methods
The SellForSure system employs a wide number of traditional marketing techniques such as you would expect. For starters, your property will, of course, be listed on the Multiple Listing Service. Once listed, your listing will be syndicated to over 800 web sites, including 5 of the top 10 consumer web sites for real estate: Realtor.com, […]
[M05/S03] Contents of a Real Estate Disclosure Package
A home owner selling their home is required to disclose any material facts he or she knows about the condition of the property. There are many standard disclosure forms that the law requires the seller to make available to the buyer, but these disclosures vary from state to state, and city by city. Your best […]
[M03/S11] How a Real Estate Agent gets Paid
If agents were free, everyone would use one, right? But not everyone knows exactly how a real estate agent gets paid, or what they get paid for. Agents are mostly paid on commission, which they only get if the home actually sells. That is, an agent works for free until the very last moment, when […]
[M03/S10] Communicating with your Real Estate Agent
When homeowners are surveyed after the sale of their property has completed, there’s one facet of an agent’s performance that usually gets very high praise or heaps of scorn. That is the experience communicating with your real estate agent. Some agents are really good at this, and keep their clients constantly in the loop. Literally, […]
[M03/S07] Questions to Ask your Real Estate Agent
Although it’s not so important what you actually ask the agents you interview, it won’t hurt to have a few handy questions to ask your real estate agent, to get the ball rolling and see how they respond. We suggest asking questions that are a little out-of-the-box, and open-ended, so that it gets them talking, […]
[M03/S06] How to Interview a Real Estate Agent
Have you been told to talk to multiple agents, but really have no idea how to interview a real estate agent? When you are interviewing an agent, the questions you ask don’t really matter as much as the way the agent responds to them. And perhaps more important than the questions you ask are the […]
[M03/S05] How NOT to Choose a Real Estate Agent
Choosing the wrong real estate agent can be a very costly mistake. There are two main criteria that most people use when picking an agent – and using these criteria alone is exactly how not to choose a real estate agent. In the real estate business, there’s a phenomenon known as buying a listing. A […]