Selling your Costa Mesa home yourself is responsible for most FSBOs (“For Sale by Owner” offerings, pronounced “Fizz-BOW”). It’s the arithmetic that comes with selling yourself that seems at least worth considering—the attractive notion of avoiding paying commission dollars to a real estate brokerage. Real estate commissions in California are negotiated—usually 5%-6%. For a home that closes at $300,000, the idea is for a thrifty FSBO seller to pocket $15,000 to 18,000. Actually, no—at least for most sellers. Since 87% of buyers choose to hire a licensed Costa Mesa Realtor® like TheL3 to represent their interests, that agent can be expected to (0 comments)
Buyers’ agent, sellers’ agent. In every Costa Mesa real estate transaction, the differences are easy to understand, right? Not quite. A potential linguistic trapdoor can lie right around the corner. For openers, that sellers' agent may also be called the ‘listing agent’ – both mean the same thing. The ‘trapdoor’ is a further complication that comes into play once a contract is in place -- after which the buyer’s agent may also properly be called the ‘selling’ agent! The potential confusion between seller’s agent and selling agent doesn’t usually have much (0 comments)