friendly home search options, and quality online presentations with high-resolution images of homes, videos, and slideshows. Additionally, my real estate brokerage brand also has smartphone applications. We professional real estate agents wear many hats. I am very proficient in marketing, negotiating, consultation, legalities, property taxes, and, most of all, gaining the trust of clients. An agent who will meet your specific needs is certainly worth the commission he/she will earn. Having an agent represent you in your home sale benefits you. Agents negotiate from a different vantage point. Unlike most buyers and sellers, they can distance themselves from the emotional side of the transaction. Agents are more proficient in negotiating because conducting negotiations is a regular part of their professional work, and because they are skilled by frequent practice. After all, it’s part of the real estate agent’s job description and training. Good agents are not simply go-between messengers who are delivering buyers’ offers to sellers and messaging counteroffers back and forth. They are professionals who are trained to advise their clients on options and consequences, then present their client’s cases in the best light. They agree to hold client information confidential from competing interests. The real estate agent can be a buffer between seller and buyer, keeping the transaction professional and “at arm’s length.” This is important in the negotiations phase when emotions are liable to be at their highest. The real estate agent can further filter all those phone calls that lead to nowhere, including bargain hunters and real estate shoppers. Having a real estate agent available when the home is being shown is a distinct advantage for a few reasons. The agent will
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