{"id":66,"date":"2026-10-03T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davidrosenfeld.com\/blog\/?p=66"},"modified":"2026-10-03T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T13:00:00","slug":"questions-to-ask-before-signing-an-la-listing-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidrosenfeld.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/03\/questions-to-ask-before-signing-an-la-listing-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"Questions to Ask Before Signing an LA Listing Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Before you sign a listing agreement in LA, it\u2019s essential to know which questions to ask your potential agent. As someone who\u2019s always prioritized putting my clients first here in Santa Monica, I believe your confidence in the process starts with understanding what drives a successful sale. Take a closer look at your agent\u2019s recent local transactions, their approach to pricing your home, and the marketing strategies they\u2019ll put in place. Ask how they\u2019ll manage the day-to-day details and, just as importantly, how they handle negotiations. With for-sale-by-owner sales at a record low, working with an agent who listens, communicates openly, and remains accessible can make all the difference in your experience\u2014and your results.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/lamag.com\/contributor-content\/six-questions-to-ask-before-signing-an-la-listing-agreement\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before you sign a listing agreement in LA, it\u2019s essential to know which questions to ask your potential agent. As someone who\u2019s always prioritized putting my clients first here in Santa Monica, I believe your confidence in the process starts with understanding what drives a successful sale. Take a closer look at your agent\u2019s recent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":67,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidrosenfeld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidrosenfeld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidrosenfeld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidrosenfeld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidrosenfeld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidrosenfeld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidrosenfeld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions\/68"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidrosenfeld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidrosenfeld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidrosenfeld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidrosenfeld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}