Real estate market in Turkey is vast and diverse, and because of the culture and language difference, investors need a real estate agent to offer them advice and needed support to choose the best property they dream of owning, therefore it’s better for you to get back to a real estate expert or a real estate agent as they will guide you to the right path, this agent can be working at a real estate firm which would facilitate your investment and save you time and effort.
The Definition of a Real Estate Agent:
He is a professional person specialized in offering financial, investment, legal, and real estate advice to clients interested in purchasing, selling, or investing in a property, and that’s through his extensive experience in the market to guide the real estate decision-making process based on comprehensive study and experience to expose the pros and cons of a property, in other words, their job is to make the real estate investment successful to the client in the best way possible, also, the real estate agent should have a real estate Turkish license describing him as a real estate agent.
What is The Job of a Real Estate Agent:
1. Their main responsibility is to help clients achieve their investment or residential goals with the least effort and costs.
2. Their job starts with calling the client or meeting with them, then they identify the main and secondary goals of the client.
3. Then determining the financial situation of the client (the budget that the client is willing to invest in).
4. Then starting the search process to help the client achieve their goals in finding the best offers as fast as possible.
5. Then presenting the results to the client in the most neutral and transparent manner in order to the give the client enough knowledge with the best investment opportunities available within the pre-determined budget.
6. They provide all types of support and explanation to the client about the suitable options in order to shape a clear image of the presented properties.
7. Then reviewing the new construction plans with clients and offering advice and directions to the client.
8. Organizing sell processes and monitoring contract signing and payment of financial dues.
9. Real estate agent can provide after sale services, like resell or rental to those interested in real estate investment in Turkey.
What are the Characteristics of a Real Estate Agent in Turkey?
1. They should have an extensive experience in the real estate market in Turkey.
2. They should have special abilities in convincing the client and negotiate with them.
3. They should have an extensive experience and large knowledge in the legal matters, real estate fees, and the Turkish citizenship matters for foreigners.
4. They should be fluent in both Turkish and English languages in order to deal easily with clients especially the foreigners.
5. They should be able to understand the client and respond quickly to them.
6. They should be clear during presenting the prices and evaluate them in a logical manner to choose the suitable property easily or do the correct investment.
The Criteria of Choosing a Real Estate Agent:
1. Transparency in work: The client should adopt the principle of transparency as a base selection criteria, and this is obvious to the client from the first meeting with the real estate consultation office.
2. Professionalism: professionalism and high capabilities of the real estate agents can be demonstrated through presenting a comprehensive study of the property.
3. Precise deadlines: Real estate agent should have precise deadlines from the beginning of their work, until they gain the trust of the client.
4. The speed of finishing the work and not hesitating in solving issues and delay in carrying out the required work.
Why the Client Should Get Help From a Real Estate Agent?
Investor should get back to a real estate agent before purchasing a property in Turkey, first because a real estate agent can find the property that suits you, second, they have extensive knowledge of all areas they have already studied, and in all social, economic, and investment regards, in addition to the legal support they can provide, also, they will expose the shortcomings of the property before its advantages.
Finally, Horizon Turk Real Estate and its real estate agents will provide all real estate consultations to its clients when purchasing real estate or investing in Turkey.