 Re: Ok now what?
Honestly, having gone through a sale ourselves very recently, I'd just go with the realtor. Consider it buying a service. You're paying for the sales, marketing & negotiating services of a realtor. There's no way I could have done what our realtor did for us, as far as getting buyers in and generating interest the way she did. Not to mention having her as the intermediary in the price negotiation. Her services were invaluable, and worth the money. We ended up paying 3.9%, and our selling price was $495,000, so you can do the math as to what the services cost. But, she also helped us get a higher price!
We sold in 3 1/2 weeks. Thanks in large part to her. There were 2 other houses in the neighborhood who started out as FSBOs, but ended up listing with an agent. We listed after they did (as FSBOs) and we sold before they did. |