Do You Really Need A REALTOR® To Sell Your Home?
Selling a property is one of the biggest financial transactions
most of us will ever make.
It is not a sale you'll want to regret.
Saving Money - The main reason
people attempt to sell their own home is to save money on Real Estate
Commission. However, most Buyers expect a discount from the Seller
because you are not paying a commission and, as a result, may offer you
less than the fair market value for your home.
Determining Market Value - If you
set your price too high, you may frighten off or eliminate potential
Buyers; set it too low and you could lose thousands of dollars
needlessly.
Getting Exposure - Through the
Multiple Listing Service (MLS®) and the Real Estate Review available to
our REALTORS®, he/she will ensure your home gets the maximum exposure to
the public and to other REALTORS® and their list of potential Buyers.
There are many other tools our REALTORS® may use to market your home
such as advertising on the internet and in newspapers and other printed
publications. Our REALTORS® may also include your home in a
REALTOR® Tour that exposes your property to other REALTORS® who work in
the area and have a list of potential Buyers. Our REALTORS® will also
expose your property to their already developed database of clients they
know who are looking to buy.
Time Commitment - Do you really
have the time it takes to sell your home? Aside from preparing the
home for sale and maintaining its appearance throughout the marketing
period, do you have time to arrange, write and pay for ads to market
your home; remain available day and night to field calls for prospective
Buyers, host showings, including showings on short notice; screen
potential Buyers; create and complete legal contracts related to an
offer; handle negotiations and the many other details required to sell
your home? When you consider the amount of time invested, are you
really saving any money going it alone?
Negotiating Skills - Many
homeowners lack the skill to negotiate the best price for their home as
the experience can be highly emotional and find it almost impossible to
remain neutral when a potential Buyer makes negative comments about the
property.
Use A REALTOR® To Sell Your Home -
When you consider the services they provide - marketing, time invested,
negotiating, dealing with legal issues - it pays to have one of our
REALTORS® on your side and entitles you to an array of services and
benefits you will not get when you "do it yourself" and for which has no
initial expense to you. You don't pay until the job is done!
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