Rental-focused agents genuinely do have an advantage in their own lane: they know the local rental market, typical lease terms and tenant screening better than most resale agents do, which is valuable if you are a landlord filling a vacancy, not selling the property outright.
The mismatch shows up when the transaction type changes. Negotiating a condition around a home inspection, walking through a CMHC financing approval, or pricing a home against the Saskatchewan REALTORS Association's most recent comparables in a market currently showing 1.63 months of supply are skills built through repetition in resale specifically, and an agent who spends most of their time on leases simply gets less repetition in that particular work.
Joel Dyck, a REALTOR with Real Broker Ltd. in Saskatoon, focuses primarily on resale and downsizing sales rather than rental leasing, which is worth knowing if a home sale, not a lease, is what you actually need done. Get your hand-reviewed valuation from Joel Dyck.