Interviewing REAs - Helpful Questions

[Jamie Hailey]

Hi everyone! I'm starting out in Memphis, TN and am currently looking for a Real Estate Agent that I vibe well with. I have my first meeting with a REA tomorrow (Thursday). I was hoping y'all had some good questions I could ask them - maybe something unique. I've done some research on it and I found a Bigger Pockets article by Chris Dawson that gave me some good questions. I plan to ask how long they have been licensed, what percentage of their business is done working with investors, if they themselves are investors, what kind of education/certifications they currently hold, and some other questions similar to the above. If there's anything else I may be missing that is important, please let me know. Also, if you have a great working relationship with your REA, what helped you determine they were the right REA for you and your business? Or if you had bad experiences with a REA, what did you learn about that experience? Any tips/stories help! And thank you for taking the time to comment and help a newbie out!  

[Jamie Hailey]

@Abel Curiel THANK YOU! That was a lot of helpful information. One of the agents already did tell me that they have off-market properties and will be bringing some of them today. Your other questions are great and I will definitely be asking them. 

@Koleton Daley I believe the people I am talking to today are independent but I will for sure find out. Thank you for the heads up on your experience. Sorry you are having to go through that. I did reach out to James Wachob on here but haven't heard back. I will try to call him soon for sure. Thank you for your helpful tips! 

@Marcos Flores I will check out your friend. Any leads help! Thank you! And that is a good tip too about the undivided attention. That is something I have read is that you want a realtor who is well connected but at the same time isn't overloaded with clients to the degree that she/he doesn't have time to give you undivided attention.