Who Will Sell Your Home
March 13th, 2008 categories: Home Selling Advice, Real Estate News
When the time comes to sell your home there is a lot you need to consider. The biggest decision is: who are you going to use to sell your house? Sell it yourself? You can try, but it is not nearly as easy as you might think. You cannot just post a sign in your yard, put an ad in the paper and hope people will flock to your castle. Doesn’t work that way. You simply must get your home in the local Multiple Listing Service (MLS). This is where virtually everyone gets their information. If you are not in the MLS, you are missing out on the vast majority of buyers. Not smart!
To get in the MLS you can use a high-priced firm, a “discount” firm, or an entry-only firm. All have their plusses and minuses.
You can go with a high-priced national firm. They will tell you they have hundreds of agents that will make your house a priority. Right. Or they have fancy relocation affiliations that will pull in so many buyers you will have to beat them off. Right. Don’t get me wrong. They ARE good firms with good agents. They just over-charge for what they do.
A full service discount firm (that would be me!) does everything a high-priced firm does, just for less.
An entry only firm will simply put your listing in the MLS with maybe a sign in the yard. Other than that you are on your own. For some people that is a great option.
What to do! Obviously, I think you should use ME! I looked at all the options and decided to do it MY way. I provide full service at a reduced fee. (See my Fee Structure button for how and why I charge what I do.) I don’t have a fancy relocation department, but so what. A buyer coming into town is going to see your house in the MLS with or without a relocation department. Why pay extra for a useless perk?
Give me a call at 919-417-9753 and see what I can do for you.
