We asked a very knowledgeable, experienced and successful (i.e. you're good or your gone in real estate) retired realtor for a realtor recommendation. The big qualifier was the fact that we were leaving the area almost overnight. We had to find someone who could handle ALL the obstacles in preparing a home for sale WITHOUT our active assistance: from having the contacts to engage quality contractors to replace/refurbish and repair items, to dealing with our HOA, to staging-pricing-showing-following up-collaborating with peers- and negotiating. Sounds easy. It isn't. The answer: Beth Goldstein. Again, we asked our friend "who can we hire that we can just turn it over, and know that the job will get done...with the best results possible?"