Real Estate Agents: Finding the Right Match in a Tough Market

How do you find a good real estate agent and verify that they are a good fit for your personal situation?

Referral? Yard signs? Newspaper or magazine? Google?

It's not hard to find a real estate agent -- there are roughly a million of them out there. The meat of the question is: How do you find an agent uniquely qualified to sell your home, considering your specific needs?

Currently, you really can't.