Carol Darby, Ron Darby and Jennifer Darby Metzger, broker co-owners form the management team for their staff of Realtors at ERA Justin Realty. A firm established in 1950, they provide information about selecting a Realtor for your real estate transaction.

ERA Justin Realty Report 2012:

Be Selective When Picking a Real Estate Agent

According to Ron Darby, ERA Justin Realty Broker co-owner and a company market leader since 1950, “For those considering buying or selling a house, this information may be very beneficial to you. Bring together the right real estate team headed by the Realtor professional you choose. In this detailed real estate market where buyers, sellers, lenders, inspectors are strongly regulated, one should know the details so they can be successful in their purchase or sale.

Real estate training of a Realtor is necessary as the regulations governing real estate transactions go through continuous transition. In any business, there are trained real estate agents and those who may be simply a best friend of a buyer or seller who practices real estate on a limited basis and may not know the local markets, laws that govern the transaction, limiting buyers or sellers abilities to be successful in the transaction. It is not always how many years a firm has been in the business or number of homes sold.

Select your Realtor and firm that provides excellence in service. Realtor agents who do a lot of business and are constantly trained should have a wealth of experience to draw from that can be helpful when problems arise.”

Jennifer Darby Metzger, ERA Justin Realty Broker co-owner stated, “Too many times in our industry listings are taken far above the market value and above pricing proven by a comprehensive (CMA) comparative market analysis. Some listings taken by a brokerage with unrealistic pricing will sit on the sidelines as new properly priced listings come to the marketplace and are quickly sold. Furthermore, carefully determine the amount of sales in your community by the firm you are considering. Sales quoted by that Realtor outside of your community or at a distance have diminished impact for a successful sale in your specific community. Specific information is what helps create a successful transaction.

Be sure you are presented with a current, accurate and complete CMA report detailing homes for sale, those that have sold and closed and those that have expired because they did not sell. All sellers are entitled to know the entire story so they can make an educated decision as to the proper pricing of their house when placed on the market. At ERA Justin Realty, our Realtor professionals are trained to bring exacting information to our sellers. Once done, our buyers can be confident that the house they are considering or have purchased will appraise for mortgaging as long as the buyers are qualified for the loan. This is a must for the services that we provide at ERA Justin Realty. Our Realtor agents owe a great degree of focus and responsibility to those sellers who list their houses with us.”

Carol Darby continued, “It’s typical for a seller to be swept into the enthusiasm of a Realtor who speaks positively about your house, but in this current market that Realtor is under a strong degree of responsibility to advise of the current pricing and what pricing is not realistic. We make the process easy by offering over 700 written reviews of our services, ‘What people are saying’ consisting of published quotes and testimonials from our satisfied buyers and sellers.”

Metzger concluded, “We build strong rapport and trust. You'll be working with one of our Realtor professionals throughout the transaction. Working with one of our trusted Realtors is easy when you respect, trust and communicate well together. Request many references, not just one or two. We are one successful team of Realtor professionals.

Pacing this year, as in previous years, we were awarded as a ‘Top-100’ ERA real estate firm from nearly 30,000 ERA brokers and agents from their firms. Our reviews, quotes and testimonials are yours to be reviewed, simply for the asking. We have been a Realtor of choice for multi-thousands of buyers and sellers since we first opened our doors in 1950. Equally impressive is our relationship with Cartus, the worlds largest corporate relocation/referral real estate network representing 'Fortune-500' companies, where we do business for their clients in buying and selling in our marketing areas of Bergen, Passaic, Essex and Hudson counties. These corporate relationships bring more selling and buying opportunities for all.”

Contact any of ERA Justin Realty’s Realtor professionals at their Rutherford offices at 118 Jackson Avenue and 57 Park Avenue. By office phone (201) 939-7500, (201) 438-0588 and www.ERAJustinRealty.com.