Just let go of our listing agent due to lack of marketing and poor communication skills. Considering selling our house ourselves. When you do this is there a way to put it on the MLS? Also we were thinking that if we list and put a 5% commision for the buyers agent instead of paying a 6% split between the buyers agent and sellers agent.
I have heard that 95% of houses sold were not through the sellers agent.
Any ideas???
2006-12-18
11:31:41
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I feel I need to clarify a few things.The many agents that received there license when the times were good, have NOOO idea on marketing techniques. They were used to that when you put it on the MLS, you got calls to show. Its sold. If it did sell, you hear the markets not good.
Everything from the flyer to the on-line advertisments were unprofessional, no true information. We would get a call to show, and my own agent would not show up, nor would we receive a call, we had to call them to find out if there still was a showing. When we lowered the price it took 2 weeks to get updated flyers, updated on-line info. The only thing that was changed properly was the MLS. We asked to remove 1 particular pic, not enough space to explain, the day that the contract expired it still was not taken off, nor was the advertising changed. We are priced right, fresh paint new floors, GREAT LOCATION, ready to move and motivated. I am bothered by the 35,000.00 I will pay for what? To get on the MLS?
2006-12-18
12:54:52 ·
update #1
I feel I need to clarify a few things.The many agents that received there license when the times were good, have NOOO idea on marketing techniques. They were used to that when you put it on the MLS, you got calls to show. Its sold. If it did not sell, you hear the markets not good.
Everything from the flyer to the on-line advertisments were unprofessional, no true information. We would get a call to show, and my own agent would not show up, nor would we receive a call, we had to call them to find out if there still was a showing. When we lowered the price it took 2 weeks to get updated flyers, updated on-line info. The only thing that was changed properly was the MLS. We asked to remove 1 particular pic, not enough space to explain, the day that the contract expired it still was not taken off, nor was the advertising changed. We are priced right, fresh paint new floors, GREAT LOCATION, ready to move and motivated. I am bothered by the 35,000.00 I will pay for what? To get on the MLS?
2006-12-18
12:55:28 ·
update #2