Find A Real Estate Agent

One way to find a reliable and professional real estate agent is to track the homes that are put up for sale in your neighborhood and when their are sold and by whom.  If you set up a chart and chart the progress of these properties, you should be able to chart a pattern of who represents the majority of the properties in your neighborhood and how fast they sell or stay on the market in your area.  If you have the time, you can track this over a few months and this will provide you with a good starting point – a list of a few potential agents to interview before you make your final decision to hire one.

One of the most important things to take into consideration when you place your home on the market is how it rates in comparison to other property in the neighborhood as well as with other homes of similar size and conditions.  You have to be honest with yourself, according to Jeff Lowe, a influential Chicago Real Estate agent.  You should put your property into one of three categories: (1) average; (2) above average, or (3) below average.

In rating your property you need to look at the condition of the home, structurally like the walls, ceilings, doors and windows.  Look at the paint, carpet, floors.  Do the bathrooms work.  The water pressure.  What about the electricity does anything need to be fixed.  How is the front and back yard?  Do they need to be worked on.  How you answer those questions will enable you to rate your home.