How can you “see” the differences in real estate agents? What makes someone the best at selling or buying real estate in Arizona?  

Sometimes people don’t really care who sells their home or helps them find their next home. BIG MISTAKE. 

In Arizona, there are over 89,000 licensed real estate agents. Why is that? It only takes two weeks to get your license in Arizona and then the fun begins. Most real estate agents think they are going to make big money but when they find out it is 365 days a year, including Holidays and they realize the long hours and zero pay until closing, that can change things. 

Less than 16% of REALTORS® in Arizona close more than 10 homes in a year. 

Let me ask you this, if you had a friend who was a brand new pilot would you be so eager to “help them out” and let them fly you to your destination? What if you had a friend who was a brand new heart surgeon? Would you let them do their first Open Heart Surgery on you? Yeah, me neither. Why? Because your well-being and health is too important to screw up. 

So, why would you allow your neighbor, cousin, friend or sister sell your largest asset if they were skilled. Why would you just Google ‘Real estate agent near me’ and go with the first one you see? Well, because you are here reading this, I am guessing maybe YOU wouldn’t. 

You could always sell it yourself and save those commissions. I have two neighbors who sold their home by themselves and at the time homes were selling for $650,000 to $700,000 and one got $460,000 and the other got $580,000. Man they sure did save on commissions though! 

Pricing. Marketing. Managing high emotions. Technology. Photographers. Online Ads. Print Marketing. Signage. Lockboxes. MLS access. Marketing description. Showing management. Contract writing. Inspections. Negotiations. These are the normal things, what happens when you find out they built the barn over the septic? Or what happens when the seller doesn’t do the roof repair they agreed to when you show up at the final walk-through? What happens if the buyer loses their job and can’t perform? Can you get their earnest money? What if the neighbor tells your potential buyer your home was moved to your lot in the 1960’s? What happens if your pool guy accidentally floods your basement the day of closing? What if you have termites? What if you have two septics on your property? What if the buyer wants to pay with bitcoin after they are under contact? The contract says they can change their financing. The list goes on. These are the kinds of storms we navigate. 

It takes years of skillful focus to be able to master the turbulent real estate winds that often are present in a real estate transaction. Keeping everything steady and on course and knowing when to turn on the fasten seat belt sign without alarming the passengers is the skill of a master real estate pilot.  Book your Virtual Meeting with Team Shelton (Buyers Click Here) or (Sellers Click Here) and let us prove to you we are the best realtors in Gilbert, Chandler, Phoenix,  Queen Creek and all of Arizona!