[rsmurano]

I sold our last 2 houses on my own. I put them up on our community website and within a few hours I had multiple friends of residents wanting to see the house.
I heard horror stories from fsbo listers so I kept away from that. I didn’t respond to agents calling me to represent a buyer that I would have to pay 3%.
The buyer went to his closing company and got the forms for contract of sale and the disclosure form from his closing attorney. I asked for $50k down, no inspection and if he walked away I got to keep the money. Went smooth both times.
I sold another home over 40 years ago by putting a for sale sign In my front yard, no real estate person involved.

[miadford@gmail.com]

Used this company and everything went very smoothly.
Homelister

[Normal]

You have to balance what seems most appealing to the buyer for a sale. If a 500k home pays 6% for realty commissions and that has to be calculated in, perhaps think of that 30 K as a reduction if you did FSBO. 30k reduction in price may bring in more buyers in than any realtor could?

[Indydealmaker]

Never be forced into signing a standard boilerplate contract. Lots of fish in the sea. Negotiate.

[DrMack]

Originally Posted by Normal

You have to balance what seems most appealing to the buyer for a sale. If a 500k home pays 6% for realty commissions and that has to be calculated in, perhaps think of that 30 K as a reduction if you did FSBO. 30k reduction in price may bring in more buyers in than any realtor could?

People don’t pay 6% or even 5% for sales commissions anymore. Our Connecticut home sale was a flat 1.5 % for everything. We split the closing fees with the buyer.

[Normal]

Originally Posted by DrMack

People don’t pay 6% or even 5% for sales commissions anymore. Our Connecticut home sale was a flat 1.5 % for everything. We split the closing fees with the buyer.

No, many who hire a realtor are paying a combined 6% with the sale of a home.