Quote from hoodooman:
The worst real estate agent that I ever had was myself. I had a house at
the beach that I tried to sell for 10 years. Turned it over to an agent and
he sold it in about a month for 65% more than I was asking for it.
A bad agent will throw your property on the MLS and hope another agent will find it and bring a buyer to it.
A good agent will advertise it on the 150+ different websites out there that you can sell your real estate on. They will knock on the doors of 100-150 of your neighbors letting them know your house is for sale. They will be networked with cash buyers and send out emails to all of them letting them know your house is for sale. They will do open houses and put out signs. They will spend some of THEIR money to sell your house. You dont have to be a good salesman to sell things. You just have to be likable.