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Disruption in the Real Estate Industry
Real Estate Market DisruptorsTechnology has changed just about every facet of our lives.  From how we purchase products to how we get information to what it is to be "social" in today's' world. 
With closing costs, staging, agent fees, and other expenses, selling your home can cost over $10,000 easily. For many home sellers, the biggest expense when selling your home is the Realtor’s commission.
Traditionally, a seller will hire a real estate agent to work with the buyer’s agent to sell the home. When the house closes, the seller’s agent receives a commission. Although there is no “standard commission” traditionally, the average commission on a house is 6% with 3% going to the buyer’s agent and 3% going to the seller’s agent.
This is a large sum of money that is taken out of the home’s purchase price. If there were no real estate agents involved in the process, theoretically, the seller would be able to keep that money.  But although that seems to be the case in theory -- there is a ton of value by hiring a Realtor. 
Technology is Changing the Real Estate Industry Now, we are in a new era of real estate. Technology has created new ways for houses to ... more

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