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Old 02-29-2024, 07:50 AM
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Originally Posted by BrianL99 View Post
How long have you been in the real estate business?

Or maybe you've bought and sold 3 or 4 homes in your lifetime?

The OP will be using a Broker soon enough. Selling a home without a Broker is a fool's errand under almost any circumstances and in a market that's over-saturated with inventory, it's nearly impossible.

Statistics bear out that conclusion, over and over and over again. Of course, this is TV and everyone is an expert.
I agree. I am amazed at how many people think that, by selling their house themselves they will save a 6 percent real estate commission as if the commission is just another add-on fee. A 6 percent commission on a $400K sale is $24K. I'm cheap, so there is no way that I would agree to pay an extra $24K commission unless I thought the broker was worth that amount. But, for every house I have sold, except one, I have listed it with a broker. The one house that I didn't list had 5 offers within 20 minutes because the market was extremely hot.