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Real estate transactions involve one of the biggest financial investments most people experience in their lifetime. It is important to get professional assistance from a license real estate broker.

So what can a licensed real estate broker do for you?

Guidance

Often, your real estate agent can recommend repairs or cosmetic work that will significantly enhance the salability of your property. Your agent can give you up to date information on what is happening in the marketplace, buyer financing options, terms and conditions of competing properties.

Marketing

In many markets across the county, over 50% of real estate sales are cooperative sales. Meaning a real estate agent other than yours brings in the buyer. Your real estate agent acts as the marketing coordinator, disbursing information about your property to other real estate agents through a Multiple Listing Service.

In addition to providing your property information to cooperative real estate agents, it is also important to advertise your property to as many potential homebuyers as possible. According to the 2009 National Association of Realtors Profile of Homebuyer report, 90% of homebuyers use the internet when looking for a home. Through MLS syndication and the IDX Exchange, your property will be broadcast and displayed on a multitude of websites making it easy for your property to be found.

Negotiations

In a real estate transaction there are many negotiation factors, including but not limited to price, financing, date of possession, and often the inclusion or exclusion of repairs and furnishings or equipment. Your real estate agent can advise you as to which inspections are recommended or required, while not comprising your marketing position.

Closing

After a written contract is agreed upon, this agreement is only the beginning of a process of appraisals, inspections, and financing which has a lot of potential pitfalls. A cloud on the title of your property could be discovered or unexpected repairs due to the buyers financing type can happen. Your real estate agent is the best person to objectively help you resolve these issues and move the transaction smoothly to closing.