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Old 07-11-2025, 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by BrianL99 View Post
Why pay 5%-6% Commission, when you can simply sell your house for 10% under market value and pretend you did the smart thing?

The statistics have proven over & over again, FSBO cost Seller real money.
And I'll bet those statistics were funded and provided by realty firms. How can one lose money when the home is appropriately priced or maybe a bit higher and it sells within a week to a month.

I agree that there are those who are incapable of handling a house sale but others, like us, that sell our own real estate walk away with all the money due us after closing with none being handed off to a realtor. You really have to do a crummy job of selling not to come out ahead.