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How Do You Get the Best Service when Buying, Selling or Renting Real Estate and What is the 20-Point Test to Evaluate a Real Estate Agent?

As you know, buying or selling a home involves making one of the most expensive decisions for most people. And everyone wants the best service and a good deal. Correct?

One way for you to get the best service and a good deal is to know a lot about selling, buying or renting detached homes, freehold townhomes in GTA, condominium homes, condo town homes, apartments, luxurious homes, executive town homes, vacation property, cottages, business, etc. and the associated financial implications. Another way is to contact a reliable real estate agent who is honest and hardworking and whom you can trust to provide with information about the financial implications and can assist you to get a good deal.

The problem is that, today there are so many real estate agents and one gets confused as to who can provide excellent service, give the right information and also get you a good deal.

To assist you to find out which real estate agent will work in your best interests, following are a series of questions (applicable to all - renters, buyers and sellers) which you should ask when evaluating a prospective real estate agent. Some questions deal with buying (8), some with selling (7) and the rest deal with both (5). Each question has 1 point. Depending on your individual situation (i.e. buying or selling or both), in each category (SB/B/S) if your "prospective" agent scores 100%, you can be almost certain that he or she will work to your best interests and assist you to get a good deal on the subject property.

Please note that this evaluation only applies if you have not signed any Buyer Representation Agreement or listed your home already.

The 20-Point Test to Get the Best Service & Evaluate a Real Estate Agent:

SB = Selling or Buying B = Buying S = Selling		Yes	No	Y/N	Pts
SB	When selling or buying a resale home, has your agent offered to provide you with a plan of action for the benefits they provide - both to the seller (to sell faster) and to the buyer to buy the right home?	1
SB	If your real estate agent is a relative, are you comfortable sharing personal financial and debt information?		1
SB	When you call or send an email to your agent, do you get a response immediately?	1
SB	When selling or buying a re-sale home, did your agent give you information on the Home Warranty program?	1
SB	When buying or selling a home, did your agent offer you the home matching program (HELP©) where buyers register their requirements and sellers list their properties and the two are matched to get a good fit?	1
B	When you are renting and want to buy a home, did your agent inform you how to avoid mortgage fraud?	1
B	When buying a home, did your agent inform you how to save thousands of dollars on genuine energy efficient renovations?	1
B	If you are looking for a home in a particular area and there are none listed on the MLS, does your agent use the Laser Guided Home Buying (LGHB^Ó) technique to find you that home?	1
B	When buying a home, did your agent provide you with a breakdown of the monthly expenses and the closing costs?	1
B	When buying a home, did your agent do the analysis to show you how much equity you would have in the property after say 5 years?	1
B	When buying a home, did your agent show you how much interest you could save by adjusting your mortgage payments?	1
B	When you bought your current semi/detached home, or plan to buy your next home did your agent provide you or promise to provide you with your very own copy of your Home Manual?	1
B	When buying a home did your agent offer you the Group Loyalty Plan© whereby you could get a credit for home inspection and other closing costs?	1
S	If you currently own a home, but, wanted to reduce your mortgage, did your agent show you several plans?	1
S	When selling your home, did your agent provide you with a "Home Selling Commitment"?	1
S	When selling your home, does your agent compromise on commission, and then fails to market the property effectively?	1
S	When selling your home, has your agent offered you the option of arranging a "home staging" or other valuable techniques (i.e. Home Warranty, etc.) to increase the value and/or appeal to motivate buyers?	1
S	When selling an older home, has your agent discussed the benefits of having a pre-inspection and prepared to bear the cost of the same to prove the point?	1
S	When selling your home did your agent give you the option of selling privately at full price, or of jointly selling your home to ensure your home is sold at the best price at reduced real estate fees?	1
S	When selling your home did your agent offer you the Group Loyalty Plan© whereby you could get a discount on the real estate fees?	1

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