Finding a Good Real Estate Agent (1 Viewer)

[DCThunder]

Any advice on finding a real estate agent to work with in a place where you don't live and don't know anyone? My wife and I are considering retireing to the Wilmington NC area in a few years and are planning a trip down there to "look around". I've been looking at house on Zillow, and have seen some nice looking places, but I don't know the listing agents or neighborhoods from Adam. And I don't have any friends or contacts down there to get recommendations from.

So any suggestions as the best way to hook up with a good agent?

 

[AcerFC]

read reviews about them online. We did that with our beach place and the guy was awesome. Left a positive review for him

 

[DCThunder]

read reviews about them online. We did that with our beach place and the guy was awesome. Left a positive review for him

Just google "Real estate agent reviews-Wilmington, NC"?

 

[eoMMan]

Don't choose the hottest female.

 

[Mr. Ected]

Facebook is a thought.

 

[Fennis]

choose the hottest female

 

[jon_mx]

choose the hottest female

ETA: the only problem is their picture is probably from high school, which was a good 20 years ago.

 

[Tennessee_ATO]

You can try talking w/ local agent you know and trust. He/she may be able to research for you.

 

[johnnycakes]

Everyone knows a "great" realtor. Just ask around.

 

[moleculo]

if you have a trusted realtor where you are now, ask them. They can poke around, and if you use them as a referral, they can get a finders fee of up to 25% of the commission.

 

[Don Quixote]

Start a thread entitled "Anyone know of a good realtor in Wilmington, NC?"

 

[Caesar]

There is no such thing. They all suck. Biggest scam in America.

 

[Harris]

I am using RedFin right now. The agents don't get paid on commission and are very knowledgeable about the areas they serve. There's more than that which sets them apart from a typical brokerage but check out the site for details. It's a refreshing new business model in the real estate industry, highly recommend it.