Hire on evidence you can check, not on how the interview felt.
Guides to choosing a realtor in Fort Worth: the questions to ask before hiring, how to verify a track record in Texas, and the red flags to walk away from.
Almost everyone picks an agent the same way: a referral from a friend, a sign in the neighborhood, or whoever felt easiest to talk to. None of those predict whether your calls get returned in week six, or who pays the inspection bill, or how hard it is to leave if the relationship stops working. These guides replace the feeling with a process.
Every question worth asking has an answer you can verify. License status and sponsoring broker are public at the Texas Real Estate Commission. Closed transactions show on an agent’s MLS profile, which matters in Texas because sale prices are not in the public record and no county office compiles per-agent totals. Commission, cancellation terms, and the consequence for a missed commitment are all in the agreement you sign, which is the document these guides teach you to read.
Conner answers the whole list in writing before you sign anything: 300+ closed transactions with 102 independently verified, a paid inspection, $0 buyer commission, cancel by text, and $100 any time he is late or misleading. The selection checklist lays out the same questions from the service side, with his answers next to each one.
Ten questions to ask a realtor before you hire one, what a strong answer sounds like, what a weak one sounds like, and how to check each claim yourself.
Start with the questions that have checkable answers: license number and sponsoring broker, how many homes they closed last year and in which zip codes, whether real estate is their only job, who actually handles your file, what you pay and what they pay for, how you cancel, and what happens when they miss a commitment. Write the answers down and compare two or three agents on the same list.
Two places. The Texas Real Estate Commission license database shows active status, sponsoring broker, and any disciplinary history. The agent’s MLS profile on a consumer portal such as HAR.com shows closed transactions. Texas is a non-disclosure state, so sale prices are not public and county records do not total sales by agent. Conner’s HAR record shows 102 closed transactions and his license number is NTREIS-0704632.
It depends entirely on what you signed. A standard Texas exclusive-right-to-sell listing runs a set term, commonly six months, and cancellation is usually at the broker’s discretion unless the document says otherwise. Ask for the exit right in writing before you sign. Conner uses no 6-month buyer agreements and no lock-in listings, so a text ends the representation that day.
Conner publishes 5 past client phone numbers so you can call before you hire him, alongside 100+ Google reviews and 22+ verified client reviews. He works under broker John Hill at Close Real Estate in Fort Worth, license NTREIS-0704632, serving Dallas, Tarrant, Ellis, Parker, Johnson, Collin, Wise, and Denton Counties.