The showings are the easy part. Nobody hires me to open doors.
You could open most of them yourself. The job actually starts the moment your offer is accepted, because roughly twelve things go wrong between an offer and a set of keys. Every single time.
A normal week looks like chasing a lender who has gone quiet, rebutting an appraisal that came in low, and triaging an inspection report so it stays a deal instead of becoming an argument. None of that photographs well, which is why you never see it on this app.
Plenty of agents do not do this. The business has a low bar to entry and it shows. So ask any agent what went wrong on their last three deals and how they fixed it. If they tell you nothing ever goes wrong, they have not done many.
Interview them the way you would interview any hire. You are handing someone the largest transaction of your life. Three questions is not rude.
Agency works differently around the world, but incompetence is universal. Ask the same questions wherever you are.
The short version
- You could open most of them yourself.
- The job starts after the offer.
- Chasing a lender who has gone quiet.
- Rebutting an appraisal that came in low.
- Triaging an inspection so it stays a deal.
- None of that photographs well.
- If they say nothing ever goes wrong, they have not done many.
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