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Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy
Will be selling our primary home without a realtor when ready to move. .
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I first did that in 1972 when I was leaving Rochester, NY for NM. One small four line weekend ad in the local rag, which cost a small fortune as it was owned by Gannett, did the trick. I was leaving Kodak and the buyer was just hired by Xerox. We closed in the courthouse. I later sold my parent's house to their neighbor who wanted it for his daughter. Over the years I bought directly from a couple of owners but usually listed houses for sale with the best local companies. It depended on market conditions.
In 1976 because it was a piece of cake to do so I obtained a NM RE broker's license which I finally gave up when the pandemic hit in 2020 as the continuing education program was becoming more time consuming and I very, very rarely used the license. Always paid for E&O insurance, though. Many if not most commercial RE investors hold broker's licenses as it can help lower the cost of buying via commission sharing and similarly for selling by co-llsting with an active broker.