Unfortunately the “top 5% of agents” nationwide is accurate but also meaningless. First off, you can throw out at least 50% who are part time or just plain unproductive. Now your in the top 50% if you actually show up more than 1 day a week.
The average Realtor does 3 to 5 deals a year. Throw in home prices double to triple here than most places and VOILA….Top 5% after selling 6 to 10 homes with an average price of $750,000.
The DRE website is open to the public and will give you information regarding tenure and disciplimary actions. I beleive a new law was recently passed that will require us to put our DRE License # on our business cards which will make it easier to find us in the database which is huge and makes it difficult to find agents which common surnames.
As for the how many deals question….that’s limited to someone with MLS access who knows how to get that information. I’d venture to guess that 9 out of 10 agents have no clue how to do this. My suggestion is to ask. A good agent should be willing and able to provide this information. Ask for references on this list, if they wont provide them…..uh oooh! If you contact any references make sure to ask how they know them. Aunt Betty will always have great things to say about her favorite neice.
