How do you find a good real estate agent.

The best method of finding a reliable service provider has always been a referral from a close trusted friend.

We hope to provide you with information that will be sort of like the referral you would get from a trusted friend.

Now we support the real estate agents and believe you will achieve a better sale result if you sell with a real estate agent.

The thing for me is when employing a real estate agent is just that their fees really are very high.

My point is consumers are paying extremely high fees, they deserve extremely high levels of customer service.

Our site isn't here to criticize Australian real estate agents in fact we would like to think for the good ones we are here to support them.

But do the agents live up to the hype or sales talk.

I have recently experienced interviewing 3 real estate agents to sell a property, all three originally estimated the property would sell around the same amount, between $550,000 to $600,000.

So the three agents believed the property would sell for around $580,000, i felt that this was undervaluing the property so i requested the property be put on the market for $650,000 approximately $70,000 more than they were all estimating.

The property sold within 3 weeks for $625,000, this was $45,000 more than the agents had originally estimated.

All three agents quoted selling fees or commissions of between $17,000 and $20,000.

The agent that sold the property had approximately 3 inspections on the property and was paid a fee of over $18,000.

Working out the hours the agent would have put into this transaction i would estimate they were paid approximately $800 per hour.

Now if i am paying $800 per hour i expect to be treated like a VERY IMPORTANT PERSON i expect the service provider to be spot on in every aspect of their customer service.

But based on this instance if i had of relied on the real estate agents original estimates, our sale price would have left us nearly $50,000 out of pocket.

With the agent still being paid above $15,000.

I hope this is an extreme example and not typical of what is going on in the real estate industry.

Consumers need help when trying to select a real estate agent and this is part of the reason the good agent guide was created.

We recommend that you interview 2 or 3 real estate agents but what we trying to provide is a guide to the best 2 or 3 agents in each postcode.

We are trying to encourage our recommended agents to become area or suburb specialists.

As we believe they will become more knowledgeable on market values and pricing by focusing on one area.

We also believe they will be better able to service buyers for a particular area if they just focus on one area, and become an area expert.

The good agent guide will help you find the best real estate agent in your suburb.

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