A useful interview covers three things: how the agent arrives at a price, how they plan to market the home, and what they charge. Ask each one to show their comparable sales, not just quote a number, since a price with no evidence behind it is a guess dressed up as an opinion.
Also ask what happens if the home does not sell in the expected window and how condition period negotiations are typically handled, since the answer reveals whether an agent has a real process or is improvising deal by deal.
Fees are negotiable and a written agreement protects both sides once you have picked, and it is the same document that will later spell out who pays what toward seller closing costs of 4 to 6 percent when the sale closes. Get your hand-reviewed valuation from Joel Dyck.