Your first inclination when trying to find an agent might be to Google agents in your area, but this will deliver an unfiltered mess of options. To take a more targeted approach, i… See more

Like any fact-finding mission, you want to find as much information about an agent as possible. “The more reviews, the better,” says Kimberly Sands, a real estate broker at Coldwell … See more

Don’t make snap judgments based on how many stars an agent gets awarded. What one person considers five-star service, another might consider three stars, even though the… See more

You obviously don’t have control over what topics customers choose to write about, but the best reviews go into specifics. As Sands puts it: “A review where someone says ‘Agen… See more

If you’re impressed by an agent’s reviews, contact the agent and ask to be connected with the clients who wrote them (or just ask your real estate agent for references). Talking wit… See more