Are You FINALLY Ready To Become A Listing Agent? (Part 2)

Here is part 2 of 'Are You Finally Ready To Become A Listing Agent"  2 The Average Days on the Market for properties like your subject property. This helps set both your expectations and the home owners. 3 The List to Sell Price Ratio. This helps you combat the ‘price it high, let them negotiate’ objection –or- helps you know if you can price it right on the mark and expect to get slightly more.  4 Know the number of homes competing with your subject property. What are you up against? How would it compare in the eyes of the buyer? Secret: The next time you have to do Continuing Education, take an Appraisal class. This will help you become a more confident pricer! 5 Is there new construction in the area that competes with your potential listing? Remember when builders provide in-house financing they often can sell a more expensive home for the same payment as your resale. Secret: A resale home for $350k may be competing with new construction as high as $500k if the builder has buy downs and in house financing with incentives. Know what’s going on with new construction! 6 What the seller’s time frame is. Ideally, when does this need to sell and close by? Secret: If they don’t actually HAVE a time frame, you may have a problem! The less motivated they are, the higher they may wish to price it…recipe for a tough relationship. Schedule A Free Coaching Call Listen on iTunes Listen on Spotify Listen on Stitcher