Of all the tips for selling your home, hiring a REALTOR® (A real estate professional who is a member of the National Association of REALTORS®) may be at the very top of the list. If you're a homeowner saying "we want to sell our home fast," you owe it to yourself to find out how a REALTOR® can make it happen!

REALTORS® add value to the real estate transaction. If you're not sure why you need a REALTOR®, think about how important it is to effectively market your home. Fact is, the more people that know your home is for sale, the quicker you'll sell. REALTORs® are experts in attracting qualified buyers. They know best how to prepare a home and maximize value, provide broader exposure to the market and are more likely to generate multiple bids than sellers on their own.
Recent home buyers and sellers report that REALTOR® multiple listing services, NAR’s consumer Web site REALTOR.com, and REALTORs®’ Web sites are the most important Internet resources for information about buying and selling a home. In contrast, unrepresented sellers have no access to fundamental marketing services, such as a multiple listing service (MLS), and cannot include information about their homes there. They also have no access to other major marketing avenues such as REALTOR.com and other Web sites with a large pool of listings to which buyers are attracted. Although there are sites that cater to unrepresented sellers, their total listings are in the tens of thousands in contrast with more than 3 million homes showcased on REALTOR.com.

REALTORS® have the experience to help sellers protect one of the biggest investments in their lives. A REALTOR® can also help you sell more quickly by avoiding delays and costly mistakes. According to the 2007 National Association of REALTORS® Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, homes sold with the help of a real estate professional sell twice as quickly as those first placed on the market by unsuccessful for-sale-by-owners. A REALTOR® will guide you through all the paperwork and legal issues of selling, expediting the process every step of the way.

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