11 Quirky Questions to Ask Your Realtor ® Before You Hire Them for the Job!

Hiring a real estate agent to sell your home is an important task.  Most of us are far more skilled at answering questions when searching for employment than thinking of creative ways to interview a real estate agent to help us to sell our home.  Since standard questions are often anticipated, they will provide limited insight into how a person thinks and functions. Because the sale or purchase of a home is the largest investment that most Americans will make, it might be prudent to go beyond the "standard" when evaluating who you select to provide service in this area.

Many home owners have limited experience with hiring real estate agents.  The average home owner will only interview one or two agents within a 3-5 year period. The questions they are often advised to ask are fairly simplistic & usually flow along these lines: 

While these questions listed above may address the nuts and bolts of the transaction, they will do little to give you insight into the nature of the individual you are hiring.  Statistics can be manipulated and may not tell the whole story.  For instance, a well trained newer agent with enthusiasm and passion may actually do a better job in marketing and selling a home than a cynical, jaded long time real estate agent who has collected a slew of accolades.  Since you will be working with a real estate agent for a few months or considerably longer, it might be important to understand more about an individual than their statistics.

Sometimes, going off-track in your questions will yield an entirely different perspective of the real estate process and give a new dimension to your understanding of the service level you can anticipate during the duration of your contract.  It may be helpful to intersperse quirky questions with commonly asked questions to truly enhance the experience of getting to know and rate any real estate professionals that you are considering.  So, here are some "quirky questions" to spice up your next real estate interview and add a little more fun into the process too!

 1.  What aspect of your job makes it Fun to get out of Bed in the morning?

2.   Describe Your Oddest Experience on the job to date.

3.  What Would you like to be doing 5 years from now?

4.  What's your source of Inspiration?

5.  Define your idea of the "Perfect Real Estate Transaction."

6.  Describe your idea of the "Perfect Client."

7.  If you had the commission from the Sale of My house in your hand right now...what would you do with it?

8.  What's the most important thing you've learned, heard or read about in the last month?

9.  What aspect of your career has challnged you the most?

10.  How has your real estate career impacted your life?

11.  What are you doing to do to make sure that I don't have to ask anyone else these questions with regards to selling my home?

Before you ask these questions...think about the responses you anticipate and what is important to you in selecting a real estate agent. Remember that a good agent will be evaluating you as well.  This can be a fun and unusual way to conduct an interview. Be courteous and polite.  Not every single question will be appropriate for every agent, but every question is sure to add a different dimension to the interview process!

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