Like all financial decisions, choosing an industrial real estate agency to lease or sell your property is a decision made with certain expectations. But it can be especially difficult to recognize whether or not those expectations are realistic, or if they’re being met in the most successful way. Unlike the buying process of tangible goods, which goes something like: conduct preliminary research, narrow down the options, move forward with the purchase and understand immediately if expectations have been met, it’s not so easy to measure your level of satisfaction when it comes to selecting an industrial real estate agency to assist you with selling or leasing your property.
If you’re only gauging things by the end result of a sale or a lease, it’s obvious. But before this transaction occurs, how can you measure the appropriate level of effort your agency is putting forth on your behalf? After all, marketing industrial real estate is a bit of a nebulous activity to quantify. It can, however, be done if you know how.
Complete these two tests to determine the effectiveness of your industrial real estate agency. Ask yourself – is my agent readily available, and not just during regular work hours? Be very clear that no matter when a company is ready to buy or lease a building, your agent must be available to respond. Test this by calling the agency at 8 a.m. on Monday morning and again at 5 p.m. on Friday. You should expect a live person to answer. Try reaching your agent on his mobile at odd hours – if there’s no answer, you should expect a very prompt reply. On weekdays, it should be almost immediate and on weekends, within about a four-hour window. There’s a very practical reason for this immediate availability. In many instances, industrial real estate buyers and tenants do not investigate potential sites during normal business hours. Your agent must be ready to accommodate this.
Second, go online and search for your property. See where it ranks on search engines and remember this – if you can’t find it, neither can potential buyers or tenants.
Industrial real estate is a complicated and challenging field. It’s also highly competitive. Your property deserves the very best exposure and agent support that’s out there. It doesn’t cost any more to buy the best, so why not list with the best? If a competing agency’s listings are easy to find, consider the reasons you aren’t listing your properties with that firm. If you call that agent and get an immediate answer, consider whether you’d be in better hands with that agent. It just makes sense to associate with an agency that has proven a high level of marketing skills and agent accessibility.
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