Real estate agent hunt

Now that we have decided to go buy a house, the next step was to find a real estate agent. We did some initial research on the web and then asked around to see if our friends had a pleasant experience with anyone.
We were told by some that real estate agents are almost always compared to car salesmen. That was enough to scare us and be more prudent in picking the right one. We got a couple of recommendations and after some initial interviews, some "background checks" and some detailed analysis on each one's personality and temperament, we decided to go with Kumar Talluri with Coldwell banker, who had worked 3 of our friends.

There you go, agent - done. So what's next?