What questions should you ask a REALTOR when selling your home? In today’s video, we talk about the 5 most common questions we get asked.

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Questions to ask a real estate agent: What we usually get asked!

  1. Aside from commissions, what other costs are there when selling a home?
  2. What upgrades are actually worth it when selling a home?
  3. Do I need another agent if I’m buying a home?
  4. How accurate is Zillow/Zestimate? / What’s more accurate, Zillow or Redfin?
  5. How long does it take to sell a home?

Prefer to read? Here are the bullet points from the video, Questions to ask a REALTOR: 5 Questions Sellers ALWAYS Ask Us (2021)

#1: What does it cost to sell a home?

#2: Home updates with the best ROI?

  • Paint will be your biggest return
  • There are lots of little things you can do to update without needing to hire a contractor to completely redo your kitchen and bathroom (video on that coming soon)

#3. Do I need a separate buyer’s agent?

  • Depends on your agent. With us, you wouldn’t. Heck, if you’re moving to or from out of state, we can even coordinate your move with a phenomenal agent so that you have one seamless move rather than two completely separate experiences.

#4. How accurate is the Zestimate? What’s more accurate: Zillow or Redfin (or Trulia or realtor.com or etc)

  • All of these services are estimates. They don’t know the condition of your home or specific market conditions/factors.
  • You’re much better offer having a qualified real estate agent run a CMA for your or get an appraisal.
  • Even on Zillow’s website, they admit that half of their Zestimates are off by more than 2% (7.5% for off-market homes)

#5. How long does it take to sell a home?

  • From the time you’re ready to put it on the open market