20 essential questions to ask your real estate agent !

• You are the seller ?
• You are the buyer ?

Whether you are a seller or a buyer, Here are some of the questions you will need to discuss with your real estate agent. They will allow you, if you are principals, to better understand him before granting him a mandate. If you are a buyer, find out more about the property in question. Valid for one house for sale in Aydat, but just as valid elsewhere in Puy-de-Dôme, in Auvergne, in France or around the world 😉

This list of questions is of course not exhaustive., according to your expectations, your goals, ask as many questions as you want, the real estate agent is there to answer you…

Ask the agent if you wish to entrust the sale of your house to a real estate agency

Everything is ready for the sale, you have all the documents related to the sale, you have decided to call on a real estate agency pour the estimate and the sale of your house. Before choose your real estate agent, follow these few tips, then question him, This may save you from some unpleasant surprises..

1. Can you show us your authorization? (T card / Business card) ?
2. How long have you been practicing your profession/activity as a real estate agent? ?
3. How many sales did you make last year in our sector? ?
4. Have you ever sold goods in our sector? ?
5. Do you have a portfolio of clients whose search corresponds to our property? ?
6. How will you communicate with us, how often and will you be our sole contact ?
7. What strategy will you adopt to sell our property and how do you plan the sale? ?
8. How and on what criteria do you achieve your estimate ?
9. What are your fees and what services do they include? ?
10. Who will be responsible for visiting our house ?
11. Can we detail the conditions of your mandate ?

Ask the real estate agent during a visit if you are the buyer

We assume that all information such as year of construction, type de construction, surface habitable, surface of the land, diagnostic real estate, technical characteristics and others were mentioned in the announcement. We will only mention here the questions whose answers are never mentioned on real estate advertisements..

1. How long has the property been on sale? ?
2. Why did the owners decide to put it up for sale? ?
3. What work do you think is required? ?
4. Have the developments been declared with a building permit ?
5. Can you provide us with the amount of the invoices? : Electricity, fuel, gaz, eau… As well as taxes (Land/Housing)?
6. Would you be able to list the defects of this property? ?
7. How many visits took place ? How many are planned ?
8. Does the advertised price correspond to your estimate? ? Is the price negotiable ?
9. Have the owners already received offers? ?
10. Do you have any other houses for sale in the area? ?