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Originally Posted by Don&Judy
We are selling our home, and wish to do so as quickly and profitably as possible. What are the pros and cons of listing with Properties of The Villages vs. listing with a proper realty company (ReMax, Foxfire, etc)? In your replies, please recommend an agent or firm you believe to be excellent. Thanks!
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'Quickest Sale' doesn't mean the fastest sale. It's ridiculous to boast "Home sold in 2 days!"
To me, that's like having an auction, and selling to the first bidder!
Allow a couple of weeks for the listing to upload to all the major websites (Zillow, Realtors etc).
You're looking for the last, highest bid, not the first, lowest!
No listing salesperson is 'best'. They do little more than an appraiser -
Inspect the house, shoot some photos, fill out an input form and wait for a check!
Multi-List/websites, do the same job for all of them.
A 6% commission on a $300,000 sale is $18,000.
Go with 4% - to be split at closing - 1% to the listing broker, 3% to the selling Broker.
If the listing Broker makes the sale, they get only the 3%.
That's $9000 - still over-payment for the service provided.
Does anyone on this thread believe that these Real Estate Broker Commissions are justified?
After over 30 years 'in business - I don't. . . . .