Get your house on MLS before you do anything else!
There is a misconception that realtors charge astronomical fees to sell your home. A few are very successful, therefore wealthy. On the whole, however, most earn a fair to moderate living after paying multiple fees for licenses, errors & omission insurance, advertising, broker and co-broker commissions, and an occasional refrigerator or cash shortage for a disgruntled buyer or over-financed seller. When you try to sell your house at a discount through a realtor, you remove the incentive for another realtor to show yours to a potential buyer. Why sell yours for 4% when another listing will pay 6%?
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atzamore writes, Apr 23, 2007: (1 post)
(Topic: Selling Talk / For Sale by Owner Tips?)
There is a misconception that realtors charge astronomical fees to sell your home. A few are very successful, therefore wealthy. On the whole, however, most earn a fair to moderate living after paying multiple fees for licenses, errors & omission insurance, advertising, broker and co-broker commissions, and an occasional refrigerator or cash shortage for a disgruntled buyer or over-financed seller. When you try to sell your house at a discount through a realtor, you remove the incentive for another realtor to show yours to a potential buyer. Why sell yours for 4% when another listing will pay 6%?