What Do Most of Real Estate broker Lie About?

What Do Real Estate Agents Lie About?

Real estate agents often misrepresent their experience and credentials on their web sites and / or blogs. Some spend inordinate amounts of time posting online to obtain maximum exposure. Others pay for commercial rights to rank high in Google and Yahoo. Agents expend this effort and expense to get your attention.

You may wonder, and rightly so, if you can trust the agent's web information. Just because it's on the Internet doesn't make it true. The bottom line is if agent isn't presenting a truthful picture of herself or himself online, what else is your agent likely to lie to you about?

If you can't easily spot a reference to the number of years the agent has been licensed to sell real estate, it's because the agent has none or very little experience. The agent may toss other numbers at you such as how long they have lived in the state or the number of years the agent was employed somewhere else. But only one thing counts, and that's solid real estate experience.

Experience is important because it means an agent should be able to anticipate problems and prevent them from manifesting. It also means you're relatively assured that over the years your agent has learned how to handle just about any type of potential difficulty without running elsewhere for advice.

Most agent web sites feature that agent's active listings. You should check for a link to "my listings," to determine whether that agent even has any listings. Listings are the backbone of experienced real estate agents. If you can't find a link, it's because the agent has no listings.

Some agents without listings advertise other agent's listings. Read through the listings carefully to see if they belong to that agent. They may not. If you can't tell, call the office number and ask for the name of the listing agent -- you may discover it's probably somebody else. Some agents misrepresent all their company listings on their site as their own, when they are not.

90% of Agents brag their success story and ability to handle real estate issue, so don't be fooled and let them mislead you.