A Real Estate Agent’s Job Description

A real estate agent is the one who will help you buy a property or sell your property. When talking about property this usually means a home but could be a commercial building, empty land, or another type of structure. Being a real estate agent, they are required to know many different things associated with the real estate they are selling or purchasing.

Some of these things include:

Market value of the properties How to advertise what they have for sale How to negotiate a sale Being able to evaluate negative and positive aspects of the properties you are

considering purchasing or selling

Many times a real estate agent will work with financial institutions to help the potential buyer get the loans they will need to buy the house or other properties. When working as a real estate agent you will usually be working for commissions, earning a small percentage of each sale they make.

Working for the buyer

When working for the person who wants to buy a home the real estate agent must find out what type of house the buyer is looking for. They also need to know what price range the buyer has in mind along with the location of where they want to live. The agent will then use a networking system to look at houses for sale that fit what the buyer wants. Once the agent finds several homes, they will set up times for the buyer to look at each

one. The agent takes the buyer on a tour of the homes for sale that are on the list and tells them about the negative and positive aspects of the home, features, and answer any questions. When the buyer finds a home they want to make an offer on the real estate agent will help the buyer by making the offer to the real estate agent that is selling the home.

Working with the seller

If the seller wants to sell their house or property the real estate agent will look the property over and help the seller set a reasonable price based on the recent sales of homes that are similar to the one being sold. The agent will also advise the seller on how to prepare the home for prospective buyers to see. An agent may also have an open house to show the home. Once an offer is made on the house for sale the agent will advise the seller if they should accept the offer and then process the sale when an offer is accepted.