What are the red flags when choosing a real estate agent?

Red flags when choosing an agent include reluctance to share actual recent closed sales, a pricing opinion that sounds unusually high with no market data behind it, slow responses during the interview process itself, and pressure to sign a listing agreement before basic questions get answered. An agent who cannot name specific comparable sales for the property in question is often working from a general impression rather than real analysis. Comparing answers against public records is the most reliable filter. Joel Boss expects and welcomes that kind of scrutiny.