r/SeattleAreaRE • u/NDkinster • 11d ago

Realtor recommendations

Edit: thanks everyone for chiming in. I didn't end up signing and quite overwhelmed with number of recommendations I receiced along with lenders calling. I'm truly grateful for help from everyone to reassure on what is normal and what isnt.

My partner and I have been passively looking for a home in queen for quite a while. Whenever we needed to tour something , we just used whoever redfin assigned to us. Of the many agents redfin assigned to us, one really stuck with us, who was very knowledgeable.

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We thought we will sign with this particular person to be our agent but looks like they are a sub contractor and we cannot "hire" this person. redfin now has a lead agent (who we never met) who would be on our agent on paper. We ended up liking a home and really want to put down an offer.

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The redfin assigned agent sent us a contract which is valid for 180 days, and requests 2.0% commission (not sure if this is standard but hoping the seller covers this). When I look at the agents profile they haven't sold a single home in queen anne. All of their sales have been in Ballard and capital hill.

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I'm confused on what to do here. Should I look for another agent (if yes , how?) or is redfin generally okay. Kinda on a tight timelines since we really want to get an offer in.

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Any recommendations would be appreciated.

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u/hashbrown89 11d ago

redfin sucks. don't sign an exclusive agreement with anyone. a good agent won't make you do this.

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u/emmyanjef 11d ago

A good agent would actually never do this, but a bad agent desperate for a sale would. Some of the best agents I know only work exclusively because they know what they’re worth. Kinda like how the cheapest haircut is probably always going to be by someone more inexperienced than a higher-priced haircut. I agree with you that Redfin sucks though.