Author: Jelena Kravoščanec Todorović After the decision on the sale or purchase of a property is made, the question of who to entrust with such an important task arises. In other words, according to which criteria to choose an agency that will best represent the client's interests. The market has a large number of agencies, but how to recognize which one is quality and the best for you? A quality agency must know how to listen to the client's needs and desires, and find a way to go through the entire process with minimal stress. When choosing each client should take into account the agency's image and its tradition, i.e. how long it has been operating on the market, what offer it has, how much it invests in marketing and brand creation, and what recommendations it has. What also sets a quality agency apart from an unquality one is the offer it has. The offer should be clearly presented and diverse with realistic prices. A real estate agent's job is to familiarize the client with the real market price, any eventual shortcomings or advantages of a particular property and certainly to verify the property's legal status. Every professional agency that deals with brokerage activities must be registered in the agency directory published on the Croatian Chamber of Commerce website. Every agent must have a brokerage license and also be registered in the agent directory. The agency and agent directory is transparent and available to everyone on the internet. Agencies that want to provide a complete service to their clients and full legal security have a lawyer team they work with, who specialized in land and property law, and who will be able to provide correct legal advice. The legal services that quality and experienced agencies include in their commission, and in cooperation with the lawyer team are document verification, preparation of sale and purchase documents, organization of the sale and purchase contract verification and if necessary solemnization of the loan contract before a notary, submission of the pledge entry decision, delivery of the mortgage entry decision and extract for the bank, submission of the ownership entry proposal to the land register. By choosing a quality agency, you save time, which is very important today. If you are buying a property, after giving the agent an order, they will make a selection of properties only for you. The properties they will offer you will have cleared documentation and will be prepared for sale. You will not waste time browsing through poor or incomplete ads, or visiting properties that do not meet your needs. If you are selling a property, with a quality presentation of the property, a floor plan, and good photos, and profiled buyers who will come to visit the property, you will, of course, save your time. Today, agencies invest a lot in the quality of the property presentation, as well as the overall marketing, and education of their agents who will be able to recognize the client's needs. After the legal business is realized, clients pay for the brokerage service, which is not just matching a buyer and seller, but much more. A real estate agent's job is very complex and requires knowledge from different fields. Our business idea is to be [the] one-stop-shop. A place where the client comes and gets a complete service, either as a buyer or seller. So, in cooperation with sister companies, we offer our clients services such as project design, interior design, energy efficiency certificate preparation, document clarification, and consulting related to property financing. Our strength is our size. There are a large number of real estate agencies on the market, and none of them offer identical quality service. Certainly, it is necessary to take the time and carefully choose a partner. My recommendation is to choose the one that offers a complete service to the client (from preparing the property for sale to entering the buyer's ownership), with a diverse offer, a well-established brand, and has "something that makes every agency unique".

Top 5 criteria for choosing a real estate agency:

Quality and complete service – one-stop-shop
Filtrated offer with quality presentation and real market price
Professionalism, experience, and market knowledge
Legal team support and loan advisors
Agency image, experience, and tradition

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