Meeting with real estate professionals -who do you choose?

So you’ve decided to sell your home and have a fairly good idea of what you think it is worth. Being a sensible home seller, you schedule appointments with three local listing agents who have been hanging stuff on your front doorknob for years. Each Real Estate Professional comes prepared with a "Competitive Market Analysis" on fancy paper and they each recommend a specific sales price. 

Amazingly, a couple of the Real Estate Professionals have come up with prices that are lower than you expected. Although they back up their recommendations with recent sales data of similar homes, you remain convinced your house is worth more. When you interview the third agent’s figures, they are much more in line with your own anticipated value, or maybe even higher. Suddenly, you are a happy and excited home seller, already counting the money.

If you’re like many people, you pick Real Estate Professional number three. This is an agent who seems willing to listen to your input and work with you. This is an agent that cares about putting the most money in your pocket. This is an agent that is willing to start out at your price and if you need to drop the price later, you can do that easily, right? After all, everyone else does it! If you start out with too high a price on your home, you may have just added to your stress level, and selling a home is stressful enough. There will be a lot of "behind the scenes" action taking place that you don’t know about. If the price is right, you should see a lot of activity the first few weeks. If you and your agent have overpriced your home, fewer potential buyers will preview your home. 

Go with an agent with a proven track record - one who you can trust and will work for you and only you and get your house priced right.