Guide, Wilmette, Illinois
How to Choose a Realtor in Wilmette, IL
Ten questions to ask any agent before you sign, what each kind of agent does and the red flags to watch for.
By Realtors of North Shore. Updated November 2026.
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01 / Questions to ask
How to choose a realtor in Wilmette, IL: 10 questions
How to choose a realtor in Wilmette, IL starts with an interview. Ask two or three agents the same questions and compare the answers side by side.
How many Wilmette homes like mine have you sold or bought recently?
How will you price my home, or how will you price my offer?
What does your fee cover, and how is it paid?
How long is the agreement, and how can I end it?
Who will I deal with day to day?
How do you market a listing, or find homes before they go public?
How fast do you reply, and how?
Which attorneys and inspectors do your clients use?
What would you do in the first two weeks?
Is your Illinois license active?
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02 / Kinds of agents
Listing agent or buyers agent?
- A listing agent works for the seller: price, prep, marketing, showings and offers.
- A buyers agent works for the buyer: search, tours, offer price and terms, and closing.
- Both sign a written agreement with their client that sets the duties, the term and the pay.
03 / Red flags
Red flags before you sign
- A list price far above recent sales, offered to win the listing.
- An agreement with a long term and no easy way out.
- No clear answer on who pays the agent, and how much.
- Slow replies before you have even signed.
04 / Questions
Questions about choosing a realtor
The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation has a license lookup on its website. Search the agent's name before you sign in Wilmette or anywhere in Illinois.
Local sales knowledge matters more than an address. Ask any Wilmette agent which recent sales near you they would use to set a price.
Yes. Most Wilmette sellers and buyers talk to two or three agents before choosing one.
Related: buyers agent in Wilmette and sell my house in Wilmette.
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