TOP REASONS WHY YOU NEED TO HIRE A REAL ESTATE AGENT TO SELL!!

When you are looking to sell your house now a day’s people tend to try and sell it on their own rather than hiring a Real estate agent. Selling a house is a complex and difficult process. Though you might save commission that the agent demands but going through a Real estate agent will save you so much of trouble and get you the best deal you can get.

Here are the reasons why you should hire a Real estate agent rather than doing it yourself.

·         ACCESS TO MLS: A Real estate agent has access to MLS which is the database of current homes for sale. Your agent will provide you with list of potential buyers. He will update your home on the MLS which will make it instantly available for other agents so that they can search for a potential buyer for you and book showings. All this will make the process of selling your home much faster and easier.

·         EXPERIENCE: A real estate agent has much more experience in helping to sell your house as compared to you. He is solely dedicated to work with both buyers and sellers. Selling your house would require you to solicit calls from interested parties, make appointments and answer questions. If you are working on your own, the tendency is that you won’t be able to respond quickly enough. If you have an agent doing that for you, you’d save a lot of time and hard work.

·         NEGOTIATIONS: You might think that communicating directly with the buyer will make the process more transparent. This is probably true–assuming that both the buyer and seller in a given transaction are reasonable people who are able to get along. Unfortunately, this isn’t always an easy relationship. A real estate agent can prevent any bad experience between the buyer and seller that can kill a deal.

·         LEGAL CONTRACTS: Legal contracts are very important. If you decide to buy or sell a home, the offer to purchase contract is there to protect you and ensure that you are able to back out of the deal if certain conditions aren’t met. An experienced real estate agent knows how to deal with contracts and conditions like the back of his hand. They know which conditions should be used, and those that can be removed.

·         AGENT CAN GET YOU A HIGHER PRICE: A real estate agent can negotiate with potential buyers and their agents in your place and get you a higher price as well.

If you are looking to sell your house; call 416-371-3737.

Editor: Neha Charan