Steve D Valentine says don't hire based on how long someone's been around. Ask your agent about recent deals they've closed, their success rate, and how they solve problems in today's market. It's like choosing a surgeon: you want to know they've done the procedure many times, not just that they have a license.
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You're going in for surgery and you're talking to doctors, and the one doctor is like, he's got a PhD. Where's the white coat? Yep, you're my doctor. This is what was recommended, and he's going to do your surgery. What you didn't ask is if he's ever done this surgery before or how many of these surgeries have been successful and how many unsuccessful. Right. In the last year in real estate, Same thing. Because things change so much. I want to know how much experience you have that's relatable to right now, not what you did. Because I could say, oh, yeah, I've served 2,000 families and blah, blah, blah. Had a license for 25 years, that's 100 families per year. That's decent. If somebody says, oh, yeah, I sold a house last year and won the year before that to my sister, cool, she hasn't sued you yet. That's. That's where the issue is. Because in this temperature right now, how creative are you at getting around obstacles if you really haven't done anything in this market?