Select a real estate professional, as you would retain any professional such as an accountant, attorney or doctor. Basic considerations should be: full-time, minimum three years of real estate market experience, minimum 10-12 transaction sides each of last three years. Good communication, negotiation, and technology skills. Ask for past and current client references and check them. Your real estate professional is the one person who can set the tone for your good, bad or ugly real estate transaction.

Fast term. Agency: A business relationship where the principal (the buyer or seller) delegates to the agent the right to act on the principal