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Frankly, you don't need a real estate agent to sell or purchase property - you already know that. People do it every day of the week - all over the country. In the area where I sold real estate, it was estimated that one in three homes that sold were sold by their owners.
Even the National Association of REALTORS estimates that nationwide thirteen percent of real estate sales are done without any involvement from an agent or broker.
An agent may tell you that a great reason to use them rather than selling "by owner" is that they can place your home in the Multiple Listing Service, and you can not. They may imply that your chances of selling without being in the MLS are next to nothing.
Balony!
Remember that up to one in 3 homes sell by owner and very few, if any, of those were MLS listed.
What I learned from owning 2 real estate companies is that most buyers look at For Sale By Owners as well as listed homes. They don' limit their search to only what is in the MLS - in spite of agents efforts to limit them to that inventory.
If you price your home right, properly clean and prepare it for sale, do some effective signage and advertising, you can sell your home yourself and save the commission. I have instructed many sellers exactly how to do so in my FSBO Tips Course.
There are many effective tested techniques based on proven emotional response marketing techniques that you can use for selling your own property. The important thing is to learn how to reduce the stress factor as much as possible by doing things in the right order.
Selling real estate by yourself isn't a free ride.
To do it successfully you will have to do a bit of work and invest a little money. That is the cost of saving several thousands of dollars.
Kevin Wood is nationally recognized as "The Real Estate Rebel" due to his controversial pro consumer viewpoint.
In his 160+ page "FSBO Tips" course, Kevin reveals a tested and proven system for saving thousands of your hard earned dollars by selling your home without using a real estate company.
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