When selling your home, you must realize that it’s not likely that the right buyer will simply walk through your door on their own. Generally, you have to bring your home to the buyer, and that means counting on a real estate professional to put forth a successful marketing campaign. You’ll want an agent who will make the best use of advertising, and one who uses state-of-the-art techniques such as the internet. And, you’ll want to have a number of open houses to expose your property to a wide variety of “window shoppers”. Make sure your agent is trained not only in the financial aspect of a real estate transaction, but the marketing aspect as well.