5 Questions
To Ask To Find a Real Estate Broker of Your Dreams.
Manhattan real estate brokers. As a New Yorker, you either
love them or hate them. Love them because the good ones can give you a
fast track to the real estate gems that we all know exist. Hate them because
the bad ones will do nothing but waste your time and make your life miserable.
Which is why the secret to finding real estate in Manhattan has less to
do with the availability of apartments, and more to do with having the
right broker.
(PRWEB) July 28, 2004 -- Manhattan real estate brokers.
As a New Yorker, you either love them or hate them. Love them because
the good ones can give you a fast track to the real estate gems that we
all know exist. Hate them because the bad ones will do nothing but waste
your time and make your life miserable. Which is why the secret to finding
real estate in Manhattan has less to do with the availability of apartments,
and more to do with having the right broker.
This is why Daniel Levy started CityRealty. From the start, his goal was
to create a system that connects buyers and sellers of real estate with
the one broker who best matches their needs. “Finding the right
broker means doing more than finding someone who can work with your budget.
It means finding someone who understands your lifestyle, your sense of
space, and your longer-term goals. If you have the right broker, not only
will you stand a better chance of finding the apartment of your dreams,
but you will stand a better chance of actually enjoying the apartment
hunt itself.” CityRealty.com, echoes Dan’s sentiment. By working
with buyers to understand what they want in an apartment, they are better
able to connect them with the broker best suited to meet their needs.
What kind of questions do they ask? The same things every buyer should
ask when they first meet a broker:
1. What style apartment are you most comfortable with? Before
you start working with a broker, you want to make sure they have the same
sense of style as you do. If they think a perfect apartment is an Upper
East Side, French Rococo duplex, and you think it’s a Soho loft
with exposed brick, you might not like the kind of place they’re
going to show you. Finding someone who shares your sensibilities will
greatly help your chances of finding an apartment that does the same.
2. What neighborhoods & buildings are you most familiar with? No matter
how long a broker has worked in Manhattan, nobody is an expert in every
neighborhood. Prices, availability, new construction and schools, among
other items are are important elements to finding an apartment you want
to call home. And no one person can keep up with the changes going on
in every neighborhood. So if someone tells you they handle all of Manhattan,
they probably do, but they don’t do it very well. Look for someone
who knows Soho and Tribeca, or someone who knows the Upper East Side and
Midtown, or someone who knows The West side. That is someone who will
have an inside track to the neighborhood.
3. Do you work with buyers or sellers? It is important to know whether
your broker works with buyers or with sellers of property. A broker who
works with buyers is more likely to understand your needs, and will be
better prepared to work with you through the entire process. A broker
who is used to working with sellers may not be used to the longer process
of showing multiple listings before closing.
4. What apartments have you sold recently? Knowing what neighborhoods
and what buildings a broker is familiar with is essential to success.
If their last sales were in new developments, that is probably an area
they’re going to steer you into when they can’t find you that
nice brownstone you wanted because that is what they are comfortable doing.
Remember, buying a home anywhere is a long process. So make sure you work
with someone who not only understands what you want, but what the process
is for getting it.
5. How many other brokerage firms do you work with? The only correct answer
is all. No single brokerage firm has more than 20% of the exclusives on
the market at any given time. So it’s important that your broker
knows other brokers inside and outside their agency, and is able to work
with them to get you what you want. If they cannot or will not, it is
only going to hurt your chances of finding what you are looking for.
For today’s Manhattan real estate buyer, websites
like CityRealty.com can provide a fast track to finding the right broker
to help them. That is because CityRealty uses a staff of consultants to
identify what prospective buyers are seeking, and are better able to connect
them with a broker who can help them find it.
Since its inception in 1995, CityRealty has steadily grown
into one of the largest and most popular websites for New York City residential
real estate by connecting consumers with appropriate brokers to help them
easily and efficiently buy, sell and rent New York City property.
CONTACT:
Jeff Cannon
212 206 0303
jc@thecannongroup.us
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