Why you should use a Professional Real Estate Broker

Have you taken the decision to sell you property and buy a new one? Have you enquired with yourself what you need to do regarding that?

Have you wondered how efficiently you can do this job if you had sufficient time, if you knew the proper way, or if you had the essential contacts?

Do you think the consequences will be the same if you would hire a real estate expert to provide the service? Will a broker, who is associated with the Chamber of Real Estate Professionals, Costa Rica, be able to solve your requirements of getting in to a property transaction satisfactorily?

The answer is yes, and the following reasons strive to explain why:

The Process of Buying

Before venturing in to any sort of property buying, you should carefully assess your necessities, preferences and possibilities. This is when you will need and should hire a real estate professional, who will then, with your personal assessments and help you through the process of buying of a property. They will also take you through the best options available in the market and guide you on financing processes that will be best suited for you.

The Real Estate Professional participation includes …

The broker is not merely an agent mediating between two parties caught in transaction. Instead, a broker can be the client-advisor, who helps the client to deal a transaction that is satisfactory and adequate. The broker is not a person who will force you into buying from their list of property, but will go to lengths in order to get you best deals, that satisfy your necessities, likings and your financial possibilities. This, the broker will achieve through one’s personal contacts and information.

Once you are decided on purchasing a property, the broker will inform you on the prices, financing options, contracts and bonds, tax features, easements, registrations against properties, costs of transference, land usage, and much more.  A broker is of great aid when it comes to advise on your plans of property, informing registrar, and certifying to the Registro Nacional de la Propiedad, and so on.

Real estate professionals will only charge of you the percent they are certified to, and never over-price their service. They tend to abide by strictest moral restrictions and they are aware of their prestige, honesty and sincerity… these being their ultimate capital.

The Process of Selling

A property exhibits more than one value:

• One, which is in accordance to the owner’s estimation of its worth.
• One, that is estimated by professionals. This worth is primarily based on technical deliberations of the reposition value of the real estate.
• One, which bases on fiscal effects, like tax that is levied by every municipality.
• One, given to you by your broker, which will be based on the probable worth of your property, considering market trends, the location of your property, its functional attributes, shape and other factors. Prices of other properties in the same condition as yours will also influence the value of your property.
• One, which the buyer is ready to pay.

Once the value of your property is fixed with your agreement, your broker will advise you on selling or renting your property easily, and on which medium to employ for publicity purposes for your specified property – Bolsa Inmobiliaria de la CCCBR, fliers, newspapers, signs and so on.

Some important advice for the property owners:

I)              Hire the broker on whom you are sure to have complete confidence. Too many cooks spoil the broth, and too many brokers spoil a deal. Hiring too many brokers will not rest the entire responsibility on someone, and that may cause improper provision of service by all. Therefore, select the broker of your confidence and he will assure the support of all other affiliated brokers.

II)            Keeping in mind your financial probabilities, you may discuss with your broker, who will be able to guide you properly, on how to successfully exhibit your property – whether as a clean slice, an orderly house, doing necessary repairs, painting and decorating it if essential, and so on.

III)          Once you enter an agreement with your broker, let him be free to display your house at his convenience. At times, the over-enthusiasm of the owner may be instrumental in spoiling a deal, while the broker knows the buyer’s needs and can handle things much more efficiently.

IV)          A problem often faced by buyers is pets. They are not always apathetic towards animals and their odor, especially of their food, is not very inviting and may cause repulsions. Check your property for cleanliness and ensure that your pets do not chew on the buyers’ pants or bark at them.

V)            Similarly, try to keep your property squeaky clean and avoid vociferous noise and music while the potential buyers are on their trip to your property.