My friends who tipped me about using high quality photos never use an agent buying or selling and they have bought and sold at least a dozen houses and condominiums in CA, HI and FL over the last 25 years. They sometimes have sold a property themselves to a buyer as a FSBO without a MLS listing. At other times they used an inexpensive listing agent costing from $300 to maybe $700. Two of their sales, one in CA, the other in HI, were sold unlisted in the $2M range.
They usually freshen up the landscaping to provide 'curb appeal' and 'stage' the property by decluttering it and using minimal furniture although they did not bother to do that for their $2M sales.
While in CA, where most of their buying and selling occurred, they were able to buy purchase/sale contract forms from the MLS. Not sure if that is possible here. They also got to know a title company clerk who assisted them now and then.
Their most recent purchase was in Palm Coast. The property was under contract with several backup offers as the market was still very hot. They asked the listing agent to call them if the purchase contract fell through and that they were not represented by another broker knowing that she would get the whole commission if she sold it to them. The sale fell through so guess who the listing agent called first?
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Last edited by manaboutown; 09-04-2023 at 06:36 PM.
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