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By Bill Petrey, Realtor
 The biggest mistake buyers and sellers make when hiring a Realtor is that they do not do their homework before hiring a real estate agent. They end up with a house that sits on the market longer, sells for a lower price, and the time spent dealing with that agent is a nightmare. AgentHarvest helps minimize the chance of these things happening by finding agents in your area that are currently selling houses like yours, in your neighborhood, for you to interview. We don’t make you sign contracts and you are not obligated to use any of the agents we connect you with. So basically AgentHarvest is a free service requiring no obligations on your part.
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By Bill Petrey, Realtor
PRESS RELEASE: August 22, 2011 – Dallas, Texas
THE AGENTHARVEST TOP 3 WILL REVEAL TOP PERFORMING AGENTS IN 45 AREAS IN DFW.
On August 22, 2011, AgentHarvest announced that it will create and maintain The AgentHarvest Top 3, a ranking of top-selling real estate agents and share that list with its clients for free. . . . → Read More: The AgentHarvest Top 3 – A Ranking Of Top-Selling Real Estate Agents
By Bill Petrey, Realtor
Short sales are far more complicated than conventional home sales. One of the reasons for the additional complications is the intimate involvement with the bank. The bank is almost as involved in the transaction as the seller. They have to approve the price and they have final approval of the sale. This added involvement . . . → Read More: How Agents Screw Up Short Sales
By Bill Petrey, Realtor
Homeowners should demand a minimum level of service from their agent before they’re hired. Here are some of the performance level minimums that clients should force their agents to provide. Most homeowners are not aware of what duties a real estate agent performs so it’s really easy for lazy real estate agents to get . . . → Read More: Minimum Level Of Service Clients Should Demand From An Agent – The Client’s Bill Of Rights
By Bill Petrey, Realtor
To be successful in selling new-construction houses, you not only need the right real estate agent with a successful history of selling new-construction properties, but you need to keep that real estate agent motivated too. Here’s how you can do it.
In today’s new construction residential real estate market, just hiring the same Realtor . . . → Read More: Motivating Agents To Sell New-Construction Properties Faster
By Bill Petrey, Realtor
You’re a successful real estate agent with a stellar reputation, and a highly revered name. You’re on a well-respected team and work for one of the largest real estate offices in your city. You’ve also won several awards proving your greatness. You have all the popular accreditations, enough acronyms to fill a whole line . . . → Read More: How Being An Impressive Agent Can Turn Off Potential Clients
By Bill Petrey, Realtor
You know beyond a doubt that you are a successful real estate agent. You have been asked by AgentHarvest to give a listing presentation to a homeowner in a neighborhood that you’ve sold lots of houses in. You have done your homework, you know the neighborhood, and you have a great reputation in the . . . → Read More: Why Homeowners Choose The Other Real Estate Agent
By Bill Petrey, Realtor
Here are the signs that you may need to consider hiring a new real estate agent to sell your house.
10. Your real estate agent’s sign has become sun faded in your front yard
9. Your real estate agent is more devoted to attracting Twitter Followers than buyers
8. Your real estate agent’s only . . . → Read More: Top 10 Signs That You Need A New Real Estate Agent
By Bill Petrey, Realtor
While interviewing multiple real estate agents to find an agent to sell your home, you should never tell those agents anything you wouldn’t want the buyer to know. Why? Because you’ll only be hiring one agent and that’s the only agent that must protect your secrets. The other agents may have buyers waiting to . . . → Read More: 4 Things You Must Never Reveal To A Real Estate Agent Until You Hire Them
By Bill Petrey, Realtor
A few days ago, I got a call from a potential client interested in firing his real estate agent and using our services to hire a better agent. This homeowner was very unhappy with his agent and thought he didn’t do enough to attract buyers to his house. After having the house on the . . . → Read More: Want To Motivate Your Real Estate Agent? Fire Him!
By Bill Petrey, Realtor
It’s not too hard to find neighborhoods where home prices don’t fall. Highly desirable neighborhoods that maintain or increase in value have a few characteristics in common.
A well-established neighborhood close to a city Homes priced slightly above the median home price Has few, if any foreclosures Has long-term neighbors that have lived in . . . → Read More: 12 Tips For Finding Neighborhoods That Don’t Lose Value
By Bill Petrey, Realtor
I’m amazed at how many people will hire the first real estate agent that they interview. I mean, you never buy the first car you test drive, order the first item you see on the menu, hire the first job seeker you interview, and women don’t sleep with the first person that tells them . . . → Read More: Never Hire The First Real Estate Agent You Meet
By Bill Petrey, Realtor
Virtual Tours have become the new “got to have” tool in the agent’s arsenal and every client wants their house featured in a virtual tour. I hate the virtual tour packages that are popular today. I always have and I always will. There are two types of virtual tours that I see most often. . . . → Read More: About Virtual Tours And Why I Hate Them
By Bill Petrey, Realtor
Not every real estate agent takes your listing with the intent on selling it. Some agents like to keep houses they’re listing as trophies. By keeping houses as trophies, an agent can use it as listing bait, to attract other listings, and as buyer bait, to attract buyers that they can steer to other . . . → Read More: House Not Selling? Maybe Your Agent Is Only Using It As A Trophy?
By Bill Petrey, Realtor
Did you know that all disciplinary actions filed by the state of Texas, against a real estate agent, are available to you through the Internet? If you want to find out which Texas agents the Texas Real Estate Commission filed disciplinary actions against you can go to http://www.trec.state.tx.us/complaintsconsumer/DiscipActions.asp.
On that site, you can . . . → Read More: Want To Know Which Real Estate Agents Are Naughty?
By Bill Petrey, Realtor
You’re home has been listed for months and no one’s interested in it. Is it a problem with the house, the housing market, or your neighborhood? Possibly, but it could also be your real estate agent’s fault. The Forbes article, referenced below, focuses on five traits that could point the finger of blame squarely . . . → Read More: Top 10 Signs You Hired The Wrong Real Estate Agent
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