Experience, Local Knowledge & Representation Matter
Choosing the right real estate agent is one of the most important decisions you’ll make when buying or selling a home. Your agent isn’t simply there to open doors or put a sign in the yard. A great real estate agent should be your advisor, negotiator, problem-solver and advocate throughout the transaction.
The Moving Memphis Group at Emmett Baird Realty has helped hundreds of buyers and sellers throughout Memphis and the Mid-South successfully navigate their real estate transactions.
Led by Tracie Benetz, a full-time Tennessee REALTOR® since 2013 with more than $187 million in career real estate sales, our team believes experience matters—especially when a transaction doesn’t go exactly according to plan.
What Should You Look for in a Real Estate Agent?
Whether you’re buying or selling, look for an agent who offers more than a sales pitch.
Proven Experience
Ask about an agent’s actual experience and track record.
How long have they been selling real estate? How many clients have they represented? Do they regularly work in your market? Have they successfully navigated inspections, appraisal issues, difficult negotiations and complicated transactions?
Tracie has consistently ranked among the Memphis area’s top-producing residential real estate agents, including recognition among the Top 25 residential agents by Memphis Real Producers and previous recognition by RealTrends among leading Tennessee agents by sales volume.
Experience doesn’t guarantee that every transaction will be easy. It means you’re working with someone who has likely encountered—and worked through—many of the challenges that can arise along the way.
Local Market Knowledge
Real estate is local.
An experienced Memphis-area agent should understand current inventory, comparable sales, pricing trends and the differences among the communities they serve.
The Moving Memphis Group works throughout Memphis, Germantown, Collierville, Arlington, Lakeland, Bartlett, Cordova, Millington, Atoka, Oakland and surrounding Mid-South communities.
That local experience helps us provide our clients with the information they need to make informed decisions about both properties and pricing.
Straightforward Advice
Sometimes the best advice a real estate agent can give you isn’t what you expected—or wanted—to hear.
We believe our responsibility is to give our clients an informed and realistic assessment of the situation. For a seller, that may involve a difficult conversation about price or preparation. For a buyer, it may mean pointing out concerns about a property or advising against overpaying simply to win an offer.
Our job isn’t to sell you a house or tell you what you want to hear. Our job is to help you make a smart real estate decision.
Strong Negotiation Skills
Price is only one part of a real estate negotiation.
Financing, inspections, repairs, appraisal issues, contingencies, closing costs, possession and timelines can all affect the strength and outcome of a transaction.
An experienced agent should understand how these pieces work together and how to structure and negotiate an offer based on your individual circumstances.
Communication & Accessibility
You should never feel like you’re trying to figure out your real estate transaction alone.
Your agent should explain what’s happening, answer your questions, communicate important developments and help you understand what comes next.
That’s one reason we describe ourselves as professional guides rather than simply sales agents. From the beginning of the process through closing, we want our clients to understand their options and feel confident about the decisions they’re making.
Specialized Experience Can Matter
Your situation may also require an agent with experience beyond a typical home purchase or sale.
Our team has extensive experience with relocation and VA homebuyers, including Veterans, active-duty service members and military families moving to the Memphis area.
For buyers using a VA home loan, working with an agent familiar with VA transactions can be particularly valuable. We understand issues involving VA appraisals, Minimum Property Requirements, VA assumptions and other considerations that may arise during a VA-financed purchase.
We also help military families making PCS moves to NSA Mid-South in Millington and buyers considering nearby communities such as Millington, Atoka, Bartlett, Arlington and Lakeland.
Choose an Agent You Trust
Production numbers, experience and market knowledge matter—but so does trust.
You should feel comfortable asking your agent questions and confident that the advice you’re receiving is based on your goals and your best interests.
Our business has been built on repeat clients, referrals and long-term relationships. We don’t take that trust lightly.
If you’re interviewing real estate agents in Memphis or the surrounding Mid-South, we’d welcome the opportunity to talk with you about your goals, answer your questions and explain how we work.
Moving Memphis Group at Emmett Baird Realty
Service You Deserve – People You Trust.
Contact us to start the conversation.