Hi Kathy,
You've pointed out some of the reasons not to sell on your own but I think you missed two other very important reasons:
1) The legal blanket that comes with listing with an agency. Sellers rarely know all the legal issues required to sell their home and can get themselves in trouble that won't necessarily end with the closing.

2) The safety blanket that comes with listing with an agency. Buyers are vetted and prequalified before they are ever allowed into a home.  There are unscrupulous people out there casing homes to take advantage of the lack of safety precautions.

I'm glad Carol Williams added this to her weekly Saturday post or I would have missed it. I love that you added attitude to the mix - it's so true! Being a jerk might mean your house will not sell!

Hi Kathy Jackson - that is so much to think about.  The reader should be saying by now "Let me call a professional."

You've share some great reasons to not try to sell on your own. Just because the market is HOT does not make it easier as an unrepresented seller. And with Covid and any local or state requirements and restrictions it's even more complicated. Are you ready for the legal liability?

GREAT post on this topic. Too many forget that a market can turn overnight and the shoe is now on the other foot.

Great tips.  Thank you for sharing.