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Old 01-18-2018, 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 View Post
My experience is that houses listed for sale by owner are almost always overpriced. I don't even bother to waste my time looking at them anymore. As a buyer, the commission is free because the seller pays it and that is the way it should be. So, why waste time looking at houses that are not being marketed by a professional agent? The only exceptions to this are when the market is so hot or your house is so great that the house sells itself.
If this area isn't a hot housing market, I'll eat your hat.
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