More questions to help you identify the buyer's agent who is most capable of helping you both find the best home to buy and negotiating a fair sale price are provided below.
If you think the market knowledge and/or business skills possessed by your agent are of little consequence, you really should click on this Corporate Relocation Packages: The Hidden Costs page link to see how much working with the wrong agent can cost you. Don't be put off by the page title; the costs of a poor buying decision are exactly the same whether or not you are getting a relo package.
Those of you who are receiving a relocation package also will find at the above link a description of why I have concluded it is not a prudent decision for me, or actually for any real estate agent, to pay the outrageous referral fees charged by corporate relo companies. In my case, it seems particularly egregious for relocation companies to demand a "referral fee" when they have absolutely nothing to do with my clients selecting me to assist them in finding a home. The bottom line is ill-advised business decisions like agreeing to pay such fees, particularly when the relocation company provides nothing of value in return, are likely the principal reason only about 15 percent of real estate agents are still in the business ten years after they were first licensed.
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