Are heavily-advertised real estate agents good agents ?
(1) It depends. If after an unbiased, direct interviews with most clients of that real estate agent in the last year or so, responded in saying that he/she is good, then that agent is good.
(2) Constant referrals given. If that real estate agent constantly received referral clients from his/her previous clients, than that real estate agent has to be good !
Some complaints about Seller Agents, from Sellers, after the listing is signed
(1) Do not hear from the agent again.
Some agents become too busy for his/her sellers after the listing is obtained. These are not responsible real estate agents, and should be fired.
(2) No feedback.
Some agents have the wrong idea that once the house is listed on the market under the MLS system, the house will sell itself.
Once a seller has decided to sell the house, usually he/she is motivated. The seller would try to prepare the house for the showing. And if after doing all this, and the seller does not hear from his/her agent to see if any of the buyers are interested in the house, the agent is not even providing the most basic and yet very important service to the seller.
(3) Not informing the seller.
During the few months when the house is for sale, some sellers receive no information as to which similar houses are for sale, or are sold, or for how much. The Seller agent is not constantly informing the Seller as to what is happening in the market place.
(4) No market update
Some agents don’t take advantage of data available. The local real estate boards usually provide the statistics as to how many similar houses are available for sale in the same neighborhood. What are the sold prices, or asking prices. How many of them did not sell after a certain time.
(5) Asking for price reduction too soon.
Some seller are disillusioned by their own agents, being requested a price reduction in a short time. They feel that the real estate agent has not tried hard enough.
(6) Advertise for himself/herself (the agents), but not the house.
Some sellers feel that when they have listed the house with their agents, based on the advertising, the realty agents put themselves in priority before their houses
(7) Not being informed fully on the Listing Agreement.
A common complaint about their real estate agents is that the sellers found out later that they are listed with the realty agent for too long. Some sellers may have trusted the agents too much without reading all the important points on the contract before signing the document.
(8) Too lazy
It goes back to the first complaint of “never see the real estate agent again!” after the listing is signed. Many sellers feel that nothing was done for them, and at the same time, the contract is in effect, and they cannot get out of it.
Important: Certain things can be done BEFORE the listing is signed. See “When Interviewing A Real Estate Agent To Sell” in this website. Or, if the complaint is for AFTER the listing is signed, see under “Government Regulatory Agencies”, and check if something can be done about it.