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Originally Posted by eweissenbach
In some markets you can do an "open" listing, which is listing with multiple companies, and only paying the commission to the company that actually closes the sale. In this market I am relatively certain that you must sign an "exclusive" listing, meaning you are listing the property only with that company for a stated period of time (sixty - ninety days). That gives the listing company some assurance that the money they spend on advertising and the time spent marketing your property will not be done in vain. With an MLS realtor you property can be shown by all the cooperating MLS realty associates and the listing and selling agents split the commission. As some have suggested, you may want to list FSBO for thirty days or so to see if you can sell without the commission. A title company can and will do all the paperwork and take care of the closing details for about 2% or less. If you go that route don't overprice your property, and advertise everywhere you can, hold regular open houses (you can get signs at most hardware and home stores). Good luck!
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The title company will send you a packet on email of everything you need to do to sell it yourself. I had open houses every chance I got. Just put up signs I bought on Amazon (buy extra because community watch will take them). I also baked cookies right before the open house started. One other factor was I hired a housekeeper to do a deep clean on the house and put all of my knickknacks and family photos in boxes in the garage. I also had the carpets cleaned. Also find out your bond balance. You might also buy a large Villages map and have it on hand. Lots of new people come to open houses. I highlighted all of the shopping, squares, etc. on the map then showed them the location of my house on the map. They loved that.