The Best Real Estate Companies in Orange County

You want a trustworthy real estate company in Orange County.

How do you get one? First off, remember that only the truly

functional companies are active. They spend most of their time

working on real estate. A recommendation from a friend always is

a good method of finding real estate companies in Orange

County. If your friend has had a positive experience with an

agent, it’s a good sign. But remember, it’s not a guarantee. Your

friend might have just been lucky and fallen into the perfect

house—the agent’s efforts could have been incidental. Even with

a recommendation, you need to check to be sure you’ve got the

best company for yourself.

Find an active agent

If you walk off the street into an active real estate Orange County

office, chances are you will easily find an active agent. The reason

is that all agents pull ‘floor time’. This is the time when they are

expected to sit inside the office, and pick up potential clients who

will come in across the transom. You walk in and you get the

current floor agent or, if there’s a receptionist, the next agent

who is ‘up’. You’ll immediately know this person. How? While

other people in the office smile at you, this agent will quickly

come up, introduce himself, and ask how he can be helpful. Since

almost all agents are people-oriented, they almost certainly will

be polite, charming, and indeed helpful.

Don’t go by name

Don’t be misled into picking your agent on the basis of the real

estate company’s name recognition.   Over the past few decades,

franchising has proliferated in the real estate market. But a real

estate franchise is no better or worse than a fast-food franchise

such as McDonald’s or Burger King. All that you are assured of in

a fast-food franchise is that you will get no less than a certain

quality standard of hamburger and service. Most people will agree

that you’re not guaranteed to get the tastiest burger in town. The

same holds true for certain real estate franchises as well.

 Focus on a good agent

In most cases, each Tustin real estate agents’ office, regardless of

the franchise name, is individually owned and operated. What

you’re dealing with are the Orange County real estate agents who

have adopted the sign, the sports coat, and the procedures of a

franchising company. However, you still go out with your

individual agent to see properties, and it’s your agent with whom

you’ll consult when making an offer.

Franchise or non-franchised?

The franchised office may be no better or worse than a non-

franchised office in providing you with good, professional agents

—it does, however, have name recognition, policies and

procedures, more advertising clout, and sometimes nicer jackets.

If something should go wrong, sometimes it’s easier to deal with a

franchise company. At least you know it’s a big corporate entity

that is concerned with keeping its good name and its customers

happy. It has deep pockets too. But you can get great active

Santa Ana real estate agents with a non-franchised company just

as well as with a franchised one.