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..still waiting to sell our house…

Listing Agents here in the Palm Springs Valley of California are everywhere!  How do you know what to look for when you decide to sell your property?  It’s not that difficult to put together a “blow your skirt up” listing presenttion.  That simply requires time.  It’s much more difficult to put together experience, references, and of course trust.

1.  Is your Listing Agent hungry?  Some Agents have so many listings that they simply cannot focus enough attention on YOUR property!  Other Agents with many listings have a staff set up to manage them, but how badly do they want to sell YOUR property?

2.  Does your Listing Agent use the Web?  Seriously use the web?  Paper ads in the newspaper and Real Estate mags are a supplementary advertisement to their exposure on the web.  Where is their Website ranking?  Where is their brokerage website ranking?

3.  How long has your Agent sold homes in your City?  There are so many different developments in each City that you wouldn’t expect an Agent to have sold in all of them.  But selling in your particular part of the Valley is pretty important.

The onsite offices are not necessarily the best choice for the Agent to sell your home.  They can become pretty laid back about marketing..expecting buyers to walk in.  You may very well garner more exposure with an Agent that works the entire City because of their internet precense and social media precense.

Times have changed.  The Agents with the most listings ACTIVE, may not be as strong as the Agents with the most listings that are Contingent, Pending, and certainly SOLD!