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 27, 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 Dans 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 its a Soho loft with exposed brick, you might not like the kind of place theyre 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 dont 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 theyre going to steer you into when they cant 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 its 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 todays 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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