{"id":1317,"date":"2013-11-13T09:29:11","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T14:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.renthop.com\/news\/?p=1317"},"modified":"2023-07-24T14:12:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T18:12:11","slug":"tips-to-know-before-meeting-your-broker-in-2014-commit-to-the-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/tips-to-know-before-meeting-your-broker-in-2014-commit-to-the-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips to Know Before Meeting Your Broker in 2014: Commit to the Process"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Using a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/guides\/nyc\/agents-and-brokers-nyc\">real estate broker<\/a> to help find your apartment is a smart move in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/apartments-for-rent\/new-york-ny\">New York City<\/a> market. These seasoned professionals know the best tips to find a noteworthy unit, and can often find access to off-market listings. Furthermore, they&#8217;ll guide renters through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/guides\/nyc\/application-process-nyc\">application process<\/a> to help get a speedy and seamless approval. Ready to begin your apartment search with a broker? You must commit to the process to get the best results.<\/p>\n<h2>Tips to Know Before Meeting Your Broker<\/h2>\n<p>This post is the third entry in our series on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.renthop.com\/news\/2013\/11\/tips-to-know-before-meeting-your-broker-in-2014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tips to Know Before Meeting Your Broker in 2014<\/a>.\u00a0 The series is based on our experiences shadowing several rental brokers in New York in late 2013.\u00a0 We learned a lot about the best &#8211; and worst &#8211; ways to work with brokers.<\/p>\n<h2>Tip #3: Commit to the Process<\/h2>\n<p>It may sound obvious, but if you decide to use a broker, <strong>use<\/strong> the broker. Let them do the work. If you keep hunting on your own, you\u2019re defeating the purpose. You\u2019re also undermining your relationship with your broker, giving them less incentive to invest time in your search. The same goes for playing the field with multiple brokers. Less incentive = inferior results. Don\u2019t feel comfortable trusting your broker like this? You may need to spend some more time with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/tips-to-know-before-meeting-your-broker-in-2014-work-with-the-right-expert\/\">Tip #2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Meet the Broker at Their Office<\/h3>\n<p>Letting a broker help you means having some faith in their way of doing things. Many clients we observed were hesitant to loosen their grip on the reins, and this was the #1 way in which potentially productive relationships went awry. For instance, about half of the brokers we followed prefer to meet potential clients at their office for an initial consultation rather than at the apartment a client has expressed interest in. But many clients refuse to do this. Refusing to meet at an office might seem logical on the surface. If you\u2019ve identified the apartment you want to see, why waste time with a consultation? While it might seem counterintuitive, we observed that meeting a broker at the office usually <i>saves <\/i>time.<\/p>\n<p>Take Jane, who reached out to Steve Druth of Bond NY, about a studio on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/apartments-for-rent\/upper-west-side-new-york-ny\">Upper West Side<\/a> she\u2019d seen listed on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/\">RentHop<\/a>. Jane met Druth at his office, where he coordinated a tour of a dozen Upper West Side studios. It turned out that the apartment Jane initially called about received a strong application a few hours before Jane viewed it, so meeting at that building would have been a waste of time. Because she came into the office, she still got to view several solid apartments in less than two hours.<\/p>\n<h3>Let the Broker Search<\/h3>\n<p>If you\u2019ve identified a broker you trust, you should also feel comfortable letting them do the searching for you. While we know it\u2019s tempting, try to limit the time you spend on Craigslist, StreetEasy, Naked (and yes, even RentHop). One client we spoke to confessed she was still spending hours every day scouring these sites for new listings. Chris Plummer of Link chalks this kind of behavior up not just to a lack of trust, but also to \u201caddiction\u2026It\u2019s like being in a casino.\u201d Restrain yourself and continue to commit to the process.<\/p>\n<p>Our next tip: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.renthop.com\/news\/2013\/11\/tips-to-know-before-meeting-your-broker-in-2014-remember-that-not-everything-is-your-brokers-fault\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remember that not everything that goes wrong in your search is your broker&#8217;s fault<\/a>.\u00a0 Or maybe you want to take a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.renthop.com\/news\/2013\/11\/tips-to-know-before-meeting-your-broker-in-2014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sneak peek at the whole list<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s Note: We updated this article to enhance readability.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using a real estate broker to help find your apartment is a smart move in the New York City market. 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