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I typed this up when I was looking to change real estate agents. This one is specific to me as a seller living close to a military base. You should be able to copy and paste it into Word pad. You might also want to change the order of the questions after doing an interview. I've found that we start out by talking, I then fill in as we talk. By the time we're done talking, most questions were answered I used the questions after doing my own research, there were things that were important to me as a seller, and I used the questions to figure out the difference between agents that I liked. Edit for your own use... Agent Questions Name - ____________________________________________________________________________________ Office Name ________________________________________________________________________________ Office Phone ________________________________________________________________________________ 1) How many homes have you sold in my area? ___________________________________________________ Do you cover other towns / zip codes? YES NO Explain: ___________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 2) How much is your commission? _____________________________________________________________ 3) What percentage do you give a buyers agent if you do not bring a buyer in? __________________________________________________________________________________________ 4) Is it negotiable if you bring a buyer? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 5) What if I bring in a buyer with advertising I do? __________________________________________________ 6) How long is the contract going to be? 3 months ____________ 6 months__________ 7) If I am not happy for any reason will I be able to break the contract? YES_____ NO_____ 8) How long will it take for the contract to be voided? _______________________________________________ 9) What is the proceedure that needs to be followed if I am not happy? ________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 10) Where do you rank on the MLS? ___________________________________________________________ 11) Where do you rank on the office team? ______________________________________________________ 12) Do you work with the military?______ Yes _______ No ___________ 13) Are you or your office listed at base housing? ________Yes _______No__________ 14) How long have you been in the business? ____________________________________________________ *Note - if the agent is new, ask about their background.... Do they have marketing knowledge / training? ___________________________________________________ Do they have web site training? _______________________________________________________________ 15) Are you full time, part time, do you work another job? ___________________________________________ 16) How many houses a year do you sell__________how many do you list______________________________ 17) Do you do OPEN HOUSEs or AGENTs OPEN HOUSES / LUNCHEONs? YES / NO ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 18) If we have an open house, when should I expect feedback? ________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 19) Will the feedback be a phone call or email? ____________________________________________________ 20) How often will you touch base with me to give me information about our listing? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 21) Do you have your own web site, in addition to the agent link on the office web site? YES / NO Web site URL _______________________________________________________________________________ 22) How much of your business comes from the web site? ________________________% 23) Do you use email? YES ______ NO ________ 24) Do you pay for enhanced listings with multiple pictures on Realtor.com? ____YES____ NO _______________ 25) Do you do featured listings on realtor.com? YES / NO _____________________________________________ 26) What kind of advertising do you do and where? __________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 27) Do you advertise in the newspaper? If so which ones? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 28) Do you advertise price drops in the paper (Sunday only)? YES / NO 29) Do you advertise open houses in the paper (Friday Sunday)? YES / NO 30) Do you use an info box? YES / NO 31) Do you have an assistant? YES / NO 32) If an assistant: who is the one I would be dealing with for questions, feedback and such? Explain assistants role ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 33) If I need to speak with the listing agent for something, how is that handled? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 34) When an offer comes in, who does the negotiating, the agent or the assistant? 35) How much would you list our house for? _______________________________________________________ 36) Who takes your photos? ____________________________________________________________________ 37) Would you consider using a profession photographer for photos? YES / NO 38) Do you use virtual Tours? YES / NO 39) Do you use a stager? YES / NO 40) Do you feel there is something we can do to make the house more desirable to sell? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 41) Anything else you would like me to know?

Please excuse the allignment of the questions, maybe someone has a better one.

I plan on interviewing at least three agents who advertise and have successfully sold homes in my immediate area. They are all from separate companies. Does anyone have a list of questions that we need to ask? What considerations have you used to hire your own agent or wished you had?

Sounds like you know who you want to use...
Depending on your area, you might consider whether they advertise on realtor.com, have enhanced listings there and / or whether they do paper advertising. You also may want to know what sites they are registered on and whether they keep up with their info or not. Take the real estate book, if it applies to your area, can the agent edit the entries?

While advertising on realtor.com is great, or using an experienced agent is also good, at another place I posted to, some of the newer agents got a little upset about my "experience" questions because they said that some older agents don't use email or do web pages but they do. Finding an agent is hit or miss and hard work to find someone that you click with that will also do the job.

The link to the original post is below. If someone suggests questions, I try to edit it and repost in that link.

Agent Questions

Name - ____________________________________________________________________________________

Office Name ________________________________________________________________________________

Office Phone ________________________________________________________________________________

1) How many homes have you sold in my area? ___________________________________________________
Do you cover other towns / zip codes? YES NO
Explain: ___________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________

2) How much is your commission? _____________________________________________________________

3) What percentage do you give a buyers agent if you do not bring a buyer in? __________________________________________________________________________________________

4) Is it negotiable if you bring a buyer? ___________________________________________________________________________________________

5) What if I bring in a buyer with advertising I do? __________________________________________________

6) How long is the contract going to be? 3 months ____________ 6 months__________

7) If I am not happy for any reason will I be able to break the contract? YES_____ NO_____

8) How long will it take for the contract to be voided? _______________________________________________

9) What is the proceedure that needs to be followed if I am not happy? ________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________

10) Where do you rank on the MLS? ___________________________________________________________

11) Where do you rank on the office team? ______________________________________________________

12) Do you work with the military?______ Yes _______ No ___________

13) Are you or your office listed at base housing? ________Yes _______No__________

14) How long have you been in the business? ____________________________________________________

*Note - if the agent is new, ask about their background....
Do they have marketing knowledge / training? ___________________________________________________
Do they have web site training? _______________________________________________________________

15) Are you full time, part time, do you work another job? ___________________________________________

16) How many houses a year do you sell__________how many do you list______________________________

17) Do you do OPEN HOUSEs or AGENTs OPEN HOUSES / LUNCHEONs? YES / NO

___________________________________________________________________________________________

18) If we have an open house, when should I expect feedback? ________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________

19) Will the feedback be a phone call or email? ____________________________________________________

20) How often will you touch base with me to give me information about our listing?

___________________________________________________________________________________________

21) Do you have your own web site, in addition to the agent link on the office web site? YES / NO

Web site URL _______________________________________________________________________________

22) How much of your business comes from the web site? ________________________%

23) Do you use email? YES ______ NO ________

24) Do you pay for enhanced listings with multiple pictures on Realtor.com? ____YES____ NO _______________

25) Do you do featured listings on realtor.com? YES / NO _____________________________________________

26) What kind of advertising do you do and where? __________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________

27) Do you advertise in the newspaper? If so which ones? ___________________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________

28) Do you advertise price drops in the paper (Sunday only)? YES / NO

29) Do you advertise open houses in the paper (Friday Sunday)? YES / NO

30) Do you use an info box? YES / NO

31) Do you have an assistant? YES / NO

32) If an assistant: who is the one I would be dealing with for questions, feedback and such?
Explain assistants role

___________________________________________________________________________________________

33) If I need to speak with the listing agent for something, how is that handled?

___________________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________

34) When an offer comes in, who does the negotiating, the agent or the assistant?

35) How much would you list our house for? _______________________________________________________

36) Who takes your photos? ____________________________________________________________________

37) Would you consider using a profession photographer for photos? YES / NO

38) Do you use virtual Tours? YES / NO

39) Do you use a stager? YES / NO

40) Do you feel there is something we can do to make the house more desirable to sell?

___________________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________

41) Anything else you would like me to know?

___________________________________________________________________________________________

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