WHY?  Normally the most difficult part of my job is dealing with unscrupulous and or inexperienced agents.  If I am working for a buyer, I many times have to work with them, many times do the work for them because they represent the seller.  This also happens when I represent a seller and an agent brings an offer that is poorly written and will not protect my seller. 

   I refer people around the country to agents that I have never met.  I have come up with certain criteria I use to find that qualified agent.  I interview the manager and then the agent.  I have had 100% success with the agents that I have referred buyers and seller to.  

   "The turn over rate is about 80 percent mortality for real estate agents in the first 24 months."A Real Estate Career.com

   High production is a beneficial quality but it doesn't necessarily mean that an agent is good.  They can be dishonest and do a poor job at what they do.  They may just have a very good contact base and have the kind of personality that attracts people to them.

   I'm going to use some percentages as examples.  If 60% of the agents have over 2 years experience and 50% of those agents are competent and 75% of those are for the most part honest,  then 22% (60%*50%*75%=22%) would have all three qualities.  I know agents that would put this number at closer to 10%.

   If you are making one of the largest decisions in your life, I believe it makes sense to choose wisely who will help you.