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Old 12-29-2008, 10:06 PM
Julie
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We recently used them. It is true, they sent two qualified real estate agents from our area to evaluate our situation. Both of them appear to have excellent sales statistics in our city. However, neither of them have much of a pulse for our exact neighborhood.

Our city has a population of approximately 75,000 people. Like most cities of this size there are regional neighborhoods which sell for more or less than the median prices. Neither agent referred to us by TV knew the reputation of our neighborhood where houses are regularly priced slightly above other seemingly similar neighborhoods in our city. In fact, one of the agents made this comment about a house which recently sold a few blocks away from us: "I don't know why people would pay that much for such a small house in need of repair in this area."

He generally sells houses in more exclusive "gated" parts of town. Our neighborhood is just a good old fashioned family friendly part of town. He was probably picked by TV because of his outstanding sales record. We liked him, but will probably not use him based on his lack of experience in our area.

It doesn't hurt to at least let TV send some agents over to your house. At least that way you can see who they are and decide for yourself if they are the correct match for you.

Good Luck.