What Sellers Are Saying

Having bought and sold several houses, my wife and I knew working with the right real estate agent makes a big difference.   But like most folks, we didn't have all the information we needed to take the logical approach to selecting an agent -- look at all the historic sales numbers, interview the top agents, and pick the best of the bunch.   First, we didn't have access to the agent sales figures from the MLS and second, the work of setting up a bunch of agent interviews didn't get us excited.    (There's a whole chapter in the best selling book "Freakonomics" on information control as applied by the real-estate industry -- fascinating stuff that argues in favor of more information transparency as in the Clear Choice approach.) 

Clear Choice understands the downtown real estate market and helped us build a list of important sales criteria for properties similar to ours.  Using our input, he produced a detailed report based on MLS sales data that ranked the top agents.  He asked us to pick several for interviews or add any other agents we might want to consider.  Clear Choice contacted the agents, explained the process, and set up interviews with the agents in a compressed time frame.   

During our interviews, Clear Choice supported us by following-up on our questions and asking the hard questions about commission rates.  Throughout the process he helped us understand the esoteric language of the real-estate world.  In one afternoon, we had all the information we needed to choose the best agent for us.  And due to the competitive nature of the process, we received a better commission rate than had we called the agent ourselves to list the house.

Investing just a little time in the Clear Choice evaluation process gave us confidence we'd done our best to protect the value of one of our biggest investments, our home.  A few weeks later, our property sold.  The Clear Choice fee came from the selling agent's commission at closing, so we had no up-front out-of-pocket  expense for this valuable service. 

We are very happy with the Clear Choice approach.  To us, it seems like the grown-up way to approach real estate transactions.  We look forward to working with Clear Choice the next time we buy or sell a property in Indianapolis.

Kelly Johnston