[TrudyM]

I am on the other side when it comes to the villages (looking not selling) and I am looking at both MLS listed and villages listed but am waiting until I am down there again. Many of the listings I see in the MLS listings are upon further examination listed by owners using a flat rate broker. I am considering this when I list my home next month here in the Pacific Northwest (if I ever get it spruced up and staged) For around a thousand plus the 3% to the buyers agent I can have it in the MLS, have a professional take the video and pics for the listing and have all the flyers signs and lock box that I would have with a realtor. As houses priced correctly are selling in my area in 3 to 7 days, turning over an additional 3% to a listing agent for a weeks work just doesn't sit right with me, especially since all say it is correct pricing and the staging of the house that sells it.
When I sold real estate (back when we wore those stupid gold jackets) I previewed properties I was showing a client so I wouldn't waste their time with listings that didn't fit there must haves and I knew all the features of my listings. I was astounded at how many of the agents in the villages didn't have any answers to questions I asked and in some cases I knew more about the listing from looking on the internet than they did. I really hate it when an agent takes me to see a house and they haven't ever been in it how can they sell something they have never seen?
It doesn't make me want to shell out an additional 3% ($27,000) in my case for the service. Am I nuts?