Choose your realtor wisely! Based on these stats, getting a home to the closing table is an impressive feat. Yet the value of a good realtor is often downplayed, in part, because so many people have worked with bad and/or part-time realtors. The fact is, a good realtor can make a significant difference to your bottom line, your security, and your overall enjoyment of the buying and selling processes. Does your realtor help you prepare your home to list? Tell you what needs cleaning? Painting? Reconfiguring? Does your realtor recommend staging? Does your realtor host open houses? Does your realtor understand design? Does your realtor create a full comparative marketing analysis when pricing your home? How about when you are making an offer? .... And so many more questions that you should be asking yourself when you hire someone to represent you in the sale and purchase of a home. The point is, a good realtor can and will add enormous value.