Buying a home is not the same as selling a home. The process is quite different. So, how do you find someone that you can trust to guide you through this process? In addition to making sure your agent is licensed to sell and is working with the industry to keep up great professional standards, consider these important points:

Compatible Personalities

Buying a home or property, regardless of whether it is a house, a condo or bare land, is a process. Therefore, you want to make sure that you are comfortable with the personality of the buyer’s agent you work with.

To a degree, you may be able to get a sense of the agent’s personality by researching their online presence. In the end, a brief sit-down over coffee will show you if they pass the “compatibility” test.

Real Estate Experience

This question is one that cannot be missed. Experience in the real estate industry is important. The longer real estate agents have been selling real estate, the more transactions they have likely completed. It’s not impossible, however, that

real estate agents who have been in the business for two or three years have completed enough transactions to put them in the “experienced” category.