Choosing a real estate agent Louisville KY

A Beverly Hills real estate agent to the stars offers ten tips for picking a real estate agent in today's softer real estate market where money is tight and competition is tough.

by Broderick Perkins
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Deadline Newsroom - To Connie De Groot, a rising-star of a Beverly Hills real estate agent in Coldwell Banker's No. 1 office worldwide, choosing a full-time real estate agent isn't about anti-competitive behavior or shutting out part-time discounters.

It's about obtaining full-time service for the full-time job of selling or buying what's likely the owner's or buyer's greatest asset, says De Groot whose agent-to-the stars position in the high-priced West Los Angeles market doesn't hurt when it comes to her sales consistently ranking in the top 2 percentile among Coldwell Banker agents worldwide.

With full-time service, says De Groot, comes value that offsets savings customers expect from a discounter.
"If someone represents a client ever so often, how can they negotiate with someone who is out there looking and negotiating week after week?" she asks.

In order to have knowledge about the market you must be always involved. An agent who is seeing new properties every week, and or looking on the weekends, will offer that advantage to a buyer or seller," she adds. ...

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