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Let's Dish on Real Estate - Does the Listing Agent Care If He Sells My House?
Let's Dish on Real Estate 
Does the Listing Agent Care If He Sells My House?
Every once in awhile I see a listing and think to myself, what was the listing agent thinking?
It's obvious the house needs some serious updating. There is furniture covering every wall. It doesn't look like the house has been cleaned in who knows how long and what's with all those plants everywhere?
I suppose all that would be okay if the house is priced right. But they are asking top dollar for this listing.
Well, here's the scoop, the thing that some listing agents don't want to tell you; they look at listings as a numbers game. They leverage listings to get more listings. They don't care if every listing sells. As a matter of fact, they know that a good number will not.
What they will get are calls from other sellers in your neighborhood because they see the agent's sign in your yard. And several calls from buyers. It's okay that the buyers don't want to buy your house. The agent is happy to find them a nicer house but they had to use your house to find that buyer.
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