Need Advice-Should you hire a friend who is a real estate agent?

[Shasha Jhaveri]

I would love to know what you think about hiring a friend who is a real estate agent vs hiring someone you don't know personally. I'm torn because on one hand you know your can trust your friend and the upside is they will be getting the commission, but then again you may not want to have uncomfortable conversations with them if things are going well.

Would love to know your thoughts / insight. Thanks!

[Bob Okenwa]

I would have no problem hiring a friend as an agent if that friend was a professional and was good at what they did. It'd be a lot easier to call or text a friend a random question at a random time rather than reaching out to the unknown agent during business hours only.