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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 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  Categories - Finding An Agent, Realtor Interview Materials Tags - levels of service, listing agent, real estate agent, realtor, service agreement, sla 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 Categories - Finding An Agent Tags - builder, builders, lots, new-construction, pre-construction, real estate agent, realtor, subdivision 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 Categories - Finding An Agent, Tips For Agents Tags - listing presentation, real estate agent, 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 Categories - Finding An Agent, Tips For Agents Tags - listing, listing presentation, real estate agent, 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 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 Categories - Finding An Agent, Realtor Interview Materials Tags - bad real estate agent, hire, interview, listing, real estate agent, 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? Categories - Finding An Agent Tags - buyer bait, listing bait, real estate agent, realtor, trophy listing 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? Categories - Finding An Agent Tags - ethics complaint, real estate agent, search, Texas Real Estate Commission, TREC 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 Categories - Finding An Agent Tags - bad agent, bad real estate agent, bad realtor, real estate agent, realtor Did you know you can fire your real estate agent or Realtor? It’s not like firing an employee, you really don’t need a good excuse other than you want to and as long as both parties agree to all terms and sign the agreement then you’re golden. However, you really should have a good . . . → Read More: How To Fire Your Real Estate Agent or Realtor Categories - Buying a House, Finding An Agent, Selling Your House Tags - real estate agent, realtor, termination Think all flat-fee listing services are the same? I did too until I talked with John Prell, Broker of Creekview Realty, a flat-fee agency in Texas. He had a lot to say about how some agents misrepresent their offerings and why it’s important to do your homework when choosing a flat-fee real estate agent. . . . → Read More: Top Ten Ways To Avoid Getting Ripped-Off By Flat-Fee Real Estate Agents Categories - Finding An Agent, Selling Your House Tags - flat-fee agency, flat-fee agent, real estate agent, realtor If you’ve been talking with Texas real estate agents, looking for someone to hire, every agent you interviewed should have given you a copy of the “Information of Brokerage Services” form and asked you to sign a copy for their records. By now, you’re probably thinking, “what is this form and why is every . . . → Read More: Information About Brokerage Services Form Explained In Detail  Does The House On Your MLS Listing Look Like This? Would You Buy This House? The flat-fee listing agency type of service has been around for a while. A flat-fee listing gives you the opportunity to have your house listed on MLS for a flat fee plus the buyer’s commission. Usually a flat-fee listing involves the agent adding your house to the local multiple listing service (MLS), giving you a sign for the yard, a lockbox for the door and registering you in the centralized showing system that agents use to setup appointments for showings, if your local real estate market uses a scheduling service. There are other options available to you but for those are the basic service you should insist on. From that point, you’re on your own. You market your house, conduct showings and open house tours, etc. You represent yourself and take care of all the little details. I’m not going to argue the pros and cons of flat-fee -vs- full-service listing services, because I believe both have their own merits. However, I do want to ask flat-fee clients, are you too cheap for your own good?
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