Here are two thoughts about the market.
1. Comparable sales are a snapshot in time, and a result of many variables coming together at that precise moment. Don’t get too attached to the comps – they are only a guidepost for how much the next property might get.
2. Using a family friend to be your realtor can destroy a friendship if they don’t live up to your expectations. Mentioned is a website to check the sales history of an agent, but when I checked mine it was hard to figure their time period – I think it is 24 months:
I saw a Green flash once on Maui. It was on a sun rise.
Using a realtor friend to buy a home is like loaning money to family members.
I do have a question for JTR:
How are new people to the business suppose to catch a break if no one will give them a shot cause they don’t have any experience?
Someone had to give JTR an opportunity as a rookie.
While it logically sounds like a good idea to investigate potential realtors before hiring one, there isn’t much to consider.
All realtor websites look and sound the same, the reviews all sound the same, and nobody around the industry provides any guidance either.
Hence, consumers rely on their gut.
Newbies can still fake it, until they make it.