Why Do I Need an Agent?: Weeding Out Unqualified Buyers

To buy a home, there is a criterion that needs to be met. When selling one's own home, they may not have the needed questions to determine whether or not a buyer is qualified-- or, with all the other work going into selling a home themself, it may simply slip their mind. Like I talked about last time, selling a house is a full-time job and part of that job for realtors is knowing how to weed out people who want to see the home, but won't qualify to buy it.

You may be wondering what the big deal about showing a home to an unqualified buyer is. That is a relatively simple answer. On this blog, we have repeatedly put an emphasis on how much needs to go into a showing. Things need to be clean and organized and having to ensure your home is in tiptop shape when an unqualified buyer wants to view it is, in short, a waste of your time and potentially stopping someone who has the means to buy your home from seeing it in the taken time frame.

Overall, this aspect has to do with training more than anything else. Realtors have been through classes in order to determine the seriousness and qualification of a buyer. The end result is that you don't have to take the time to clean and show your home to people who can't afford to make you an offer. At the end of the day? An agent may be the best choice for you!