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Do You Really Want To Sell Your House Without A Realtor?

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Real Estate Agent with The Top Team @ Charles Rutenberg Realty 255 Executive Dr, Plainview NY 11803
What If I Want To Sell My Home Without Hiring A Professional Realtor?

Here Are 11 Reasons Why You Might Want To Hire A Professional Realtor And NOT Try To Sell Your House Without One!
 
1.  Pricing ~ The most important step is pricing your house properly. If you charge too little, then you'll always wonder if you lost money on the deal. If your price is too high you won't get consumers or other Realtors to see it. The longer it stays on the market, the more consumers might wonder what's wrong with it?
 
 
2. Understanding The Market ~ You need to understand the Real Estate market, especially your own neighborhood ~ A Professional Licensed Realtor should have years of experience with laws, contracts, forms and negotiations. Your Realtor can give you up-to-date information on what is happening in the marketplace, and the price, financing, terms and condition of the competing properties. These are key factors in getting your property sold at the best price.
 
3. Availability ~ You have to be willing to be available to show the house at different hours of the day to make sure everyone that may be interested in it will get to see it ~ If you hire a Realtor, they will schedule the appointments, and show it on your behalf and you won't miss any showings.
 
4. Generating Traffic ~ How can you generate traffic for your house and be able to get the word out about it?  ~ An experienced Realtor will not only list your home on MLS, but will have other resources and marketing strategies for increased exposure for your house.
 
5. Answering Concerns Properly ~ Can you be available to answer questions by phone, email, text, meet-ups and be sure you are answering them correctly? ~ Buyers may not respect your time and may want immediate answers to their concerns. By you answering any of their concerns in the wrong manner, can be a deal-breaker.
 
6. Criticism ~ Can you be patient and understanding with criticism? ~ You will need to be able to handle all different types of personalities and be able to keep your "cool" under pressure, even with non-qualified buyers. You need to have patience and the right temperament for criticism, questions, and repeat showings, and can you pre-approve a buyer? Remember that buyers are not looking to be your friend.
 
7. Will You Be Pushing Buyers Away ~ If you sell your house on your own, buyers will be looking for a deal from you. If a Realtor was listing your home, you can expect to get the highest true market value for it ~ Some sellers may believe their home is worth more and will remove many potential buyers because it's not priced competitively.
 
8. Relocation Buyers ~ If you don't use a Realtor, how are you going to attract out of state buyers? You might be eliminating a whole group of buyers that will never see your house because relocation buyers won't know about it.
 
9. Professional Networking ~ Realtors network with other professionals in the industry, many who can provide services that you may need.  Realtors can give you a list of references with whom they have worked and provide background information to help you make a wise selection.
 
10. Contracts ~ Another important function of a Realtor is to make sure that all the paperwork is handled correctly. Do you want to get through all the stress of listing and selling your house or condo and then find out something that could have been avoided but is now a deal-breaker?
 
11. Closing ~ Can you close the sale of your home without be overwhelmed?  Your Realtor should be with you throughout the entire process and is the best person to objectively help you resolve any unforeseen issues and move the transaction to closing!
 
 
Selling Without A Realtor Is A Challenge. Remember, a great Realtor will work with you through every step of the home buying process to save both your time and your money. Real Estate transactions involve one of the biggest financial investments most people experience in their lifetime so shouldn't you have the best possible advantage in selling your house?
 
 Lawrence & Sheila Agranoff are Long Island Realtors who strongly recommend hiring a Real Estate Professional to assist you with the sale of your house.

All agents are not created equal. When you want to sell your house on The North Shore Of Long Island,
call the Realtors who list and sell in Nassau and Suffolk County...Lawrence & Sheila Agranoff  - Cell 631-805-4400.
 
 
Do You Really Want To Sell Your House Without A Realtor?

 

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Comments(12)

Gabe Sanders
Real Estate of Florida specializing in Martin County Residential Homes, Condos and Land Sales - Stuart, FL
Stuart Florida Real Estate

Excellent post, Larry and Sheila.  Many FSBO's think they can save the commission.  But, it's the bottom line that really counts.

May 30, 2016 08:36 PM
Jennifer Mackay
Counts Real Estate Group, Inc. - Panama City, FL
Your Bay County Florida Realtor 850.774.6582

Great post Lawrence "Larry" & Sheila Agranoff. Call 631-805-4400 (c)  - it smazes me every time I see a For Sale By Owner sign go up that people just don't understand the issues they face.

May 30, 2016 08:38 PM
Andrew Mooers | 207.532.6573
MOOERS REALTY - Houlton, ME
Northern Maine Real Estate-Aroostook County Broker

Like surgery, can't be that hard once you get the hang of it right. Hand me that steak knife will you and turn up the volume on that how to video, the phone app on how to FSBO like it's 1999.

May 30, 2016 09:41 PM
Scott Godzyk
Godzyk Real Estate Services - Manchester, NH
One of the Manchester NH's area Leading Agents

Your blog goes great with my blog today Lawrence "Larry" & Sheila Agranoff. Call 631-805-4400 (c) have a good Tuesday

May 30, 2016 10:52 PM
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

This is very good reading for prospective home sellers.

Have a most productive week.

May 30, 2016 11:30 PM
Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

Larry & Sheila, I think here the biggest obstacle would be the appraisal, and how to provide comparables and upgrades.    Great post.

May 30, 2016 11:35 PM
Amanda S. Davidson
Amanda Davidson Real Estate Group Brokered By Real - Alexandria, VA
Alexandria Virginia Homes For Sale

Larry and Sheila, this is such a great post and I hope it gets featured. It's penny wise and pound foolish to do a FSBO. Experienced agents sell homes daily while a seller might sell a couple in a lifetime. When it's likely one of life's biggest investments hiring a professional is a must.

May 31, 2016 12:19 AM
Dan Tabit
Keller Williams Bellevue - Sammamish, WA

Larry & Sheila, 

This is an important post. I've taken over a few failed attempts at FSBO's when the seller realized too late that there is much more to know and do than what it seems.  Sometimes some of the damage done, can't be undone and the seller ends up with a worse result than if they had hired us the first time.  

May 31, 2016 03:13 AM
Sally K. & David L. Hanson
EXP Realty 414-525-0563 - Brookfield, WI
WI Real Estate Agents - Luxury - Divorce

There is that temptation when the market is HOT to believe in the DIY method...and ooooohhhh the liability !

May 31, 2016 05:01 AM
Noah Seidenberg
Coldwell Banker - Evanston, IL
Chicagoland and Suburbs (800) 858-7917

Excellent points Larry & Sheila. I could use your blog to point out to a potential client who wants to go FSBO why that is a bad idea.

May 31, 2016 07:48 AM
Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

I will bookmark this post and share it with others. Thank you for the post.

May 31, 2016 08:41 AM
Lou Ludwig
Ludwig & Associates - Boca Raton, FL
Designations Earned CRB, CRS, CIPS, GRI, SRES, TRC

Larry and Sheila

Realtors provide a very valuable service to consumers.

Good luck and success.

Lou Ludwig

May 31, 2016 01:07 PM