Select a Good REALTOR® and Team

When you’re looking to buy a home, you want an experienced REALTOR® that can help you through the lengthy (and somewhat confusing) process. It’s important to work with a REALTOR®, or even better, a REALTOR® Team. A good team will have more than one agent, and will have good working relationships with the other professionals who all need to work together to achieve a successful real estate transaction. The other members of the team are mortgage representatives, real estate attorneys and home inspectors.

Many times, when you mention to friends, co-workers or family that you’re looking to buy (or sell) a house, they recommend a friend, neighbor or relative who is a REALTOR®. But simply being a REALTOR® sometimes is not enough. 

In 2007, in the Monmouth/Ocean Multiple Listing Service, there were 12,100 licensed REALTORS®

Of the 12,100 licensed REALTORS®, 6,419 had no transactions.

Of the 5,681 licensed REALTORS®, 1,524 had only 1 transaction.

This means that of the 12,100 licensed REALTORS®, almost 2 out of 3 had 1 transaction or less.

Bottom line – do you think a REALTOR® who dabbles at real estate part-time can do as good a job for you as a full time professional? 

Don’t blindly hire a REALTOR® because they know someone who knows you – look for an agent that knows the area, has the information and works with a team of professionals who can help you make your purchase a successful real estate transaction.

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