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FSBO vs Realtor Sells - How to calculate percentage differance

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Real Estate Agent with Long & Foster - Rockville Centre MD 531256
I have seen a great deal of information claiming different success rates that FSBOs have.  Does anyone know of a reliable way of making this calculation?
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Bill Osburn

Ken Bowers Team

Long & Foster - Rockville Centre

795 Rockville Pike

Rockville, Maryland 20853

301-908-6865

Anne-Marie Castillo
Keller Williams Realty - Greensboro, NC
Only that which I've seen from NAR.  I don't know if there is a really good way to calculate it.  I have noticed the different rates as well.  I would honestly say that I don't believe it's that high a success rate.  The people that I have known that successfully sold their own homes knew someone who definitely wanted to buy in their neighborhood (neighbor's brother who wanted a house there, friend of a friend, etc.).  When I was trying to sell my townhome in Laurel, MD before moving to NC and before I was a realtor, that's what I did.  I just asked everyone I knew if they knew someone who was looking for a home.  A friend of a friend of a friend came by to look at it, but he didn't buy.  Eventually, I had my realtor sis list it due to time constraints.
May 04, 2007 10:42 AM