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Originally Posted by Ghat724@gmail.com
Do not try to sell it yourself. Pay the 5% commission. And everything is done RIGHT! Anyone can be fooled once (loss of furnishings). A real fool is fooled twice. A real estate professional will quickly bring you a quality buyer willing and able to quickly purchase your home and most likely at a higher price! Doing it yourself is full of pitfalls. (I have no connection with real estate agents.)
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Re: 5%
We sold our previous home 9 years ago. I still laugh. We had wall to wall, good quality emerald green carpet. Truth I liked it. I read somewhere it is way out of date. Everyone wants hardwood floors. Our home was built in 1948. The broker convinced me to have the carpets removed. It was good stuff. It was expensive. It was tossed. The floors, that no one ever walked on were quality real tongue and groove oak. I don't think you can even buy that quality today. People loved our floors.
Trust? That is another issue. You the seller do not see what is really happening. If for example your agent is also the listing agent they get full commission. If, another agent comes in with a higher offer the commission is split. No motive for them to get you the higher offer.
Hiring a broker, I am not trying to sell my home but I am hearing 7% commissions. When we were selling I interviewed several agents. One who we were considering hiring, I asked her twice about commission and she ducked the question twice. I hired someone else. She was offended and said so. I told her, straight, I asked twice, because I wanted the answer. She lost all trust because that is the way she handles questions that she does not want to answer.