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After many wonderful years in your beautiful home it is time to free yourself of all the responsibilities involved in owning a single-family home. It is time to sell and buy a condominium where the responsibility will belong to someone else. But now the question is how do you pick the best West Vancouver Realtor?
British Columbia has an agency called the Real Estate Council of BC (RECBC) to regulate licenses to agents and brokerages. A search engine is available through their website to assist you in finding agents that qualify under the regulations of the Council. In examining this list you could choose a number of agents that interest you. You may be influenced in a direction by your family and perhaps your friends. Wait until you have researched everything fully to make a decision.
An agent belonging to an MLS, Multiple Listing Service, is beneficial to you since your listing will be seen by many more people. The person you choose should not have this career part time or is selling as a hobby. This career path is difficult and one must be completely committed in order to succeed.
Also important is an agent capable of estimating a reasonable selling price for your property. You may be tempted to accept a high selling price but this means that other houses at that price may be more attractive. This would definitely be a disadvantage as you may never receive an offer.
Ask for a list of recent customers so they can let you know what they experienced when they sold. Recent sales would be interesting in evaluating a success rate. The number of years as an agent does not always benefit you. It may be the new agent in the office is the one that will put in every effort in order to sell your house.
If you try to bargain the commission rate remember that you will receive bargain attention. The old adage of what you get is what you paid for rings true here also. Your West Vancouver Realtor may not be terribly motivated to put every effort in selling your property when he has another to sell that will pay him a full commission.
A West Vancouver realtor can help you find a home in this elite and affluent community. Listings of the waterfront, view and beachfront homes can be found at http://www.wendigustavson.com/ .