{"id":202,"date":"2014-02-04T06:49:03","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T06:49:03","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-08-04T19:51:36","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T00:51:36","slug":"five-reasons-to-hire-a-real-estate-professional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/margaretcanfield.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/five-reasons-to-hire-a-real-estate-professional\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Reasons to Hire a Real Estate Professional"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"2.3We are often asked if it makes sense to hire a real estate professional when buying or selling a home. We always emphatically answer – YES!<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Here are five reasons why:<\/span><\/strong><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

PAPERWORK<\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n

An agent will help with all disclosures and paperwork necessary in today’s heavily regulated environment. This helps remove much of the liability a buyer or seller could face.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

EXPERIENCE<\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n

Navigating today’s real estate and mortgage processes can be like walking through a minefield of challenges. Real estate professionals are well educated in<\/i> and experienced with<\/i> the entire sales process.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

NEGOTIATIONS<\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n

Negotiating such a large financial transaction can get tricky. Agents act as a ‘buffer’ in negotiations with all parties throughout the entire transaction.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

PRICING<\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n

Real estate professionals help buyers and sellers understand the true real estate value of a property in today’s market. This is crucial when setting the price on a listing or on an offer to purchase.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

UNDERSTANDING OF CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS<\/o:p><\/span><\/h3>\n

There is a plethora of housing information available today. The challenge is that some information appears to be in direct conflict with other pieces of information. A true real estate professional can simply and effectively explain today’s real estate headlines and decipher what they mean to you.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are often asked if it makes sense to hire a real estate professional when buying or selling a home. We always emphatically answer – YES! Here are five reasons why: PAPERWORK An agent will help with all disclosures and paperwork necessary in today’s heavily regulated environment. This helps remove much of the liability a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-202","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-lake-geneva-real-estate","7":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/margaretcanfield.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/margaretcanfield.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/margaretcanfield.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/margaretcanfield.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/margaretcanfield.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/margaretcanfield.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":464,"href":"http:\/\/margaretcanfield.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202\/revisions\/464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/margaretcanfield.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/margaretcanfield.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/margaretcanfield.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}