Why Some Expats Come to Beijing for Several Months and Can't Find a Good Apartment

Post time: 2018-03-27 15:12:04 Source: by Emilie Liu

Why some expats come to Beijing for several months and can’t find a good apartment, from my point of views, there are 3 problems.



The first problem is the problem of understanding. The real estate agent who is working on the case doesn’t understand well about the expat’s apartment search request. It means this agent doesn’t really know which factor of the expat’s apartment search is prior for this expat.



Next, the real estate agent does not have enough market resources. The availabilities and the options of the apartment the real estate agent possessed couldn’t make a big pool to let the expat select.



Ultimately, the real estate agent does not have a good communication and negotiation skill. It happens sometimes, the apartment is a good one, and the expat has intention to take the apartment. However, the real estate agent couldn’t express both parties’ the expat and the landlord thoughts right to the point. Therefore, the both parties couldn’t reach an agreement.



In order to avoid such a situation happens, my advice to the expat is that when you need to search an apartment in Beijing, you’d better to have a phone conversation with the real estate agent who is going to work on your home search, by asking this real estate agent several questions about your apartment search. And you will have a feeling about if this agent is professional enough on your apartment search, and then you decide if you choose to work with this real estate agent.

