Recommendations friends

According to statistical surveys, the first thing people do, think about solving housing problems - are turning to friends and acquaintances. Most people are looking for a realtor on the recommendations of friends and acquaintances. And indeed, why not take advantage of already "worked out by" the experience of others. How's the slogan sounds a large real estate company? "We recommend to friends? Well, this phrase may refer to itself any good realtor: about 60% of clients the broker or brokerage firm to seek help on the recommendation of friends or acquaintances. And if your friends have recently successfully "provernuli" exchange / sale / purchase housing through a mediator, consider yourself lucky: call them and "get" phone specialist.

If you do not recommend anyone, do not despair. Look carefully newspaper advertising. (Preferably a binder of any particular publication, for example, gas. "From hand to hand"). Despite the negative societal attitudes towards advertising, it is primarily information. Just need to know how to analyze it. The text in ads rather monotonous - the list of services, sometimes a slogan. But that is what should look.

Licence.

Most advertisements firm indicates the number of its license. Well, if this figure is included in the first two hundred. This means that your brokers have been working for a long time - at least five years. And all this time, works flawlessly. For license "prolong" every year. And if the history of the agency overshadow any unlawful incident, it is simply not renewed. Even if the agency would not "hush up" trouble, it gets another license. But it will no longer be "one of the first."

Number of advertising - also information.

From issue to issue, for several years, the company advertises the same size? So, her position is quite stable. Initially, some companies have "modules" (advertisement in a) large size, and then decline? It is likely that the firm is going through hard times. In a prosperous and self-respecting company advertising costs can only increase.

Location.

Look at where the company office - because you go there. Incidentally, the location of the agency is very important from another point of view: in most cases, the firm is active in the surrounding areas. This, of course, does not apply to large agencies, whose branches everywhere. But most realtors are well aware of the market situation it is "their" area.
This is useful especially if you sell an apartment or going to buy it in a very specific area. Actually, in recent years of many municipal offices for the exchange and simply from the initiative of individual men formed a real estate agency specializing in real estate transactions in a particular region. Such a "narrow specialization" helps them to survive next to the monsters of the world realtor in the state of which - more than a thousand people. Typically, these people are really aware of the excellent price situation on "their" territory. So they in fact will make every effort to sell your apartment more expensive and buy - less.

Free consultation.

If this kind of service specified in the ad, be sure to use them. After all, it is - a great opportunity to get acquainted with the atmosphere of the agency, with people who work there. The first time you call your chosen agency is desirable that you talked to the broker, not the dispatcher. This is strong evidence of serious relations firm to his client - not consign the first interview an uneducated person from a professional point of view.

Tell me how much you take, and I'll tell you who you are.

Good idea to ask on the phone about the size of agency commission. This will help you understand how sincere people on the other end. Because the services of realtors are roughly the same 5% of the transaction. If you call a smaller amount, for example, 2%, this does not mean that the rest of "interest" does not settles in the pockets of the company. Simply you do not know about it.

Often, especially in transactions aimed at socially disadvantaged populations, such as exchanges with a larger area for less, move to a less prestigious area, realtors said: "With you we did not take." But, of course, you acknowledge that these words can not be understood literally: you are barking up the charity, and in commercial establishments. Consequently, free of charge at you no one will not work. The agency protects the interests of the party who pays for his services. And at the same time realtors in this case do not lie. You do not pay any money in cash, they are automatically withheld from you during the transaction. And since all of these real estate transactions designed for that person as a result of receiving additional payments for excess living space or change the area, then, consequently, your co-payment will equal the actual amount minus percentage of the agency.

And it is better not to exercise independence - in operations of this kind better, if behind your back is a solid organization. Indeed, the phrase "socially vulnerable" populations often means "unprotected." And engaging in "amateur" and seeking the assistance of the "good" black brokers can remain without housing, without additional charge.

Which agency is better: a large or small?

So the question is raised by many.

Large agencies safer in the sense that among them almost certainly not be fraudulent firms, a favorite scheme of action which - to raise money and to be dissolved. The Giants simply can not close down even for a week or two, not to mention the two-three days.

What's wrong with the giants? Yes, its bloated staff. One person will talk with you over the phone. Another - to check the documents to the apartment. Third - you choose the option, the fourth - his show, the fifth - found the money in the bank? And so on. In this workflow is lost identity of the transaction. Meanwhile, in each case must be considered a lot of different factors: the state of the apartment, the number of registered individuals, the view from the window, secret and obvious advantages and disadvantages of living space, finally, the human factor. And if the activities of the agency put on stream, many details of its staff simply overlooked.

As a small agency, they are usually poor. And, therefore, can not afford good lawyers can not provide professional education agents.

Brokers household.

To address them without the advice of friends or acquaintances, probably unwise. Of course, such people are much more professional than the crooks, but the risk is too great. Even if a person from the real estate agencies, working with you, will be in a difficult situation for him - the professionalism of many other employees. The single is "swimming" excludes the possibility of such a "safety net".

Employees of some real estate agents sometimes offer such a course: some transactions are made in the usual way, a part of - their own, ie without signing the treaty, demanding payment for their services only (no agency charges), which, of course, costs the customer an order of magnitude cheaper than the usual "brand "transaction. And as if this scheme of work the broker uses channels and communications, the agency tried and tested, then the risk in such cases is reduced to a minimum.

But this way of working is offered only to those people who come from former clients - because if the agency learns of such "left" transactions, real estate agent lose their jobs. So if you're a man on the street, it will hardly be able to use this know-how of our ordinary realtors.

Treaty.

If you have already chosen the agency and came to the office, pay attention to the sample contract. If the agency you are given a standard contract on a single sheet - better to leave it. The treaty must take into account the many nuances that are often lawyers, the firm, it has to complement process in accordance with each situation. By the way, lawyers at the firm must be at least two.