Good Real Estate Agents

What is a Good Agent?

Is a heavily-advertised real estate agent a good agent ? It will depend on whether most of the real estate agent’s clients were happy with him or her. It means that the majority of the agent’s clients said “yes, it was a good experience working with the agent.”

If an real estate agent sold only a modest number of houses, but with a high percentage of clients saying “yes,” then that real estate agent is good.

If the real estate agent sold a large volume of houses, but small percentage of his or her clients said “yes,” then the real estate agent is not that good.

GoodRealEstateAgents.Com works hard to confirm the true number of houses sold by an real estate agent through his or her broker (using official trade-record sheets, and possibly even income tax returns) to determine how many houses were sold in one particular period. We interview clients (whose phone numbers, internet addresses, etc. are independently obtained by GoodRealEstateAgents.com) in order to get a solid idea of how good a real estate agent is.

The following are the qualities of good real estate agents as set out by GoodRealEstateAgents.com and agreed to by real estate agents participating on this website.

A good real estate agent is focused on customer service and demonstrates the following qualities:

• Consistently obtains the highest prices for sellers
• Serves the seller’s or buyer’s best interest
• Highly professional
• Gives excellent service
• Works efficiently
• Is hardworking
• Is helpful
• Is dedicated
• High integrity
• Honesty
• Positive attitude
• Trustworthiness
• Good Knowledge

By pre-screening real estate agents, consumers can be assured that when they pick a GoodRealEstateAgent.com member, they truly are getting the best in the business.

Is Dedicated

When an real estate agent is totally dedicated to his/her client’s, miracle could happen. From the Testimonial from Marc and Sylvie Parent, they told the readers that even in a tough real estate market in 1998 in Toronto, when other real estate agents were recommending substantially less asking prices, their real estate agent, Alec Leung, insisted on a higher price, and then sold the property for over the asking price, and the owners were still in shock at the time of writing that Testimonial. See Testimonial

Chu Liang Chow felt the same way. He witnessed every single step that his agent did for him in order to achieve the price he wanted. For that reason, he was most happy writing the Testimonial for his agent. See Testimonial

GoodRealEstateAgents.com pre-screens real estate agents on behalf of property sellers and buyers.

Finding a good “real estate agent” can be confusing. There are many questions to ask. For example, are real estate agents who advertise a lot necessarily good real estate agents? How can the public know who the good real estate agents are? How should consumers define what a “good real estate agent” is?

On this website you will read how real estate agents are screened before being admitted as Good “Real Estate Agents”. Strict rules govern their membership. If serious mistakes are made, loss of this privilege is a certainty. This may be accompanied by discipline from a local real estate board and/or government regulator, and even criminal investigation and court prosecution.

Selling or buying a property is likely the most expensive transaction most consumers will ever make. Since they do not do it often, our system helps consumers make informed choices. A system like ours helps the public.

When you select a GoodRealEstateAgent.com member, you know you’re getting a great agent — someone who has been thoroughly checked out by us. Someone who is dedicated to excellent service.

Good Knowledge

Hank Hofer in his Testimonial for Alec Leung says that it was his knowledge of the market that made the sale of his condominium possible.

Clients are paying for the expertise knowledge of their agents. If the client is dealing with an investment property, knowledge of the agent is even more paramount in the clients’ decision process.
Objectives
The main objective of the GoodRealEstateAgents.com web site is to help consumers quickly find good real estate agents.

Based on consumer recommendations, GoodRealEstateAgents.com pre-screens agents in each local area across Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia.

GoodRealEstateAgents.com selects good agents based on customer satisfaction that highlight the qualities of good agents. Agents listed on this website are screened using the following criteria:

(1) most recent sellers’ comments (whose properties were sold)
OR

(2) current sellers’ comments (whose properties are still for sale)
OR

(3) buyers’ comments (those who have purchased bought through the agent selected from GoodRealEstateAgents.com)
OR

(4) buyers’ comments (those who are still working with the agents selected from GoodRealEstateAgents.com.

Here’s what we examine to determine a potential agent’s acceptance on the GREA website:

(5) Testimonials (Letters of Recommendation) written by sellers or buyers of properties that are verifiable, or are already verified by GoodRealEstateAgents.com,

(6) Direct contact with sellers or buyers through telephone interviews, or internet/fax confirmations, whose phone numbers and internet addresses are independently verified by GoodRealEstateAgents.com

This website is also ideal for those who want to know:
(1) how to look for a good realtor/real estate agent/broker;
(2) what to look for from an agent/realtor/ broker when interviewing one;
(3) what makes a good realtor/real estate agent/broker;
(4) ways to look for a good realtor/real estate agent/broker.

GoodRealEstateAgent.com’s purpose is to link our great agents with consumers who are looking to buy or sell a property.

Honesty

Nothing is more important than seeing an agent being honest in a real estate transaction. Unfortunately, there are those who are more interested in making a quick sale, or trying to close a deal using dishonest ways.

Fortunately, a lot of time, clients can also tell, if the agent is honest or not. Even from the first meeting, clients’ common sense could tell how trustworthy is the agent from the conversation. Without honesty, there is no trust. Without trust, there won’t be any transaction. As simple as that.

Government laws and real estate board rules and regulations make sure that dishonest agents shall be penalized. It is needed. This could be in forms of suspension or revolk of the agent’s license, heavy fines, or even imprisonment.