Choosing the right real estate professional is important and whether you hire a Team or an Individual agent you will want to interview a few Realtors and compare their services to be sure you work with the professional who is the best fit for you and will give you the results you want. You should pay attention to what your potential agents tell you and stay clear of the "yes" agent. These agents are the ones who are completely agreeable with you and basically tell you what you want to hear in order to get the job. Experienced professionals will advise you and tell you the facts even if they are not exactly what you want to hear.
The Differences Between Teams and Individuals
Usually a real estate team is formed by an agent who can no longer provide excellent service to all of the people that are contacting them. This was true for me. In order to help more people with their real estate needs, one will need to create a team of agents to help their clients. This tells us that these teams are headed up by a Realtor that has a healthy business that is growing.
Availability to you is very important when working with a real estate agent. Showings, Offers and New Listings can happen any day and you will need a real estate professional who can assist you when you need it. Working with an individual agent you may find that when your dream home is new to the market they may have other appointments and can't get you in to see it. This may cause you to lose the house or have to compete with another buyer to get the home. The same can said for listings. You want your home shown as often as possible and if your agent is not available you may lose opportunities.
Hiring a real estate team means that you are hiring more than one agent to assist you. Most teams have a listing specialist who handles the listing paperwork, marketing and schedules showings and open houses. Then they will have buyer specialists. The buyer specialists will show your home and probably host the open houses and they assist the teams clients who are looking to buy a home. Not all teams are created the same and you should inquire about how the team is structured and who will be doing which job during the transaction.
I have found with my own team that our clients are happy knowing that they have two agents working for them. We can accomplish more work in less time than an individual agent can. We are a close team. We collaborate daily on what our clients need and we update each other on all of our clients. I am the listing specialist on my team and Rick Trowbridge is the buyer specialist however, since we work so well together we each do what needs to be done to give our clients the best service possible. We do not take vacations at the same time so you always have an available agent. Unless Rick has a previous appointment he attends my listing appointments so he can preview your home and provide input "through the buyers eyes".
Some people may prefer to only work with one agent. I understand that you may feel that you will only deal with one person and you think you will get more personalized service. I can see where you may think that and I am not about to speak badly about individual agents. I truly believe that we all hire the professionals that we "click" with. There was a time when I was green and inexperienced and people still hired me. Maybe it was my charming personality or maybe they liked my tie or maybe it was the fact that I was knowledgable or maybe they just liked me more than the other agents they met with and gave me the job. Whatever the reason that draws you to a real estate agent or a real estate team be sure to ask about their experience and hire the person you feel will do the best job.
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