Selling our house

[Eritex Inc.]

Oh damn.....well that sucks....nix that idea. I've bought and sold several houses and always negotiated the fee of my agent.

Ya, the listing/sellers agent makes 4% and the buyers takes the rest. If you have the % at 6 or less, the buyers agent will not show or try to get their buyers to put in an offer your house because they know they are getting less commission compared to the house down the street that is at 7%.

 

[JeremyH]

Wow....that info isnt published with the listing of a house in this state.

 

[Eritex Inc.]

Wow....that info isnt published with the listing of a house in this state.

It is here if you are in the MLS.

 

[JeremyH]

Well damn. Either way, dont let that agent railroad you into dropping your price so he can get it sold quickly. Make him work for you.

 

[Eritex Inc.]

Well damn. Either way, dont let that agent railroad you into dropping your price so he can get it sold quickly. Make him work for you.

Ya, I told him the price that puts us right in the middle of the comps that he and I have found, not below all of them.

 

[Eritex Inc.]

Well, since my last post I have not heard from my agent...at all. I have called and talked to his assistant that is a wealth of BS and snarky attitude. I have left messages for the past 2 days and still nothing. I finally called the manager of the branch mt agent works at and told him I am done. We dropped the price 3.5% from the original price and have had NO showings for a month. I know the agent I am signed with now is going to say it is price but we were getting 1 to 3 showings a week for 3 months at $194,500.00, we should have gotten 1 showing in a month at $187,500.00.


I am so tired of this crap....

 

[crcoppens]

Ya, the listing/sellers agent makes 4% and the buyers takes the rest. If you have the % at 6 or less, the buyers agent will not show or try to get their buyers to put in an offer your house because they know they are getting less commission compared to the house down the street that is at 7%.

Wow, it works different where I live, the commission is generally 5% and the buyer and seller agents split the commission. My wife is actually an residential agent as well as sells developments for large investment firms. I am not sure if someone already mentioned this but one of the things she does with some of her listing is have a staging company come in and set up the property to look like "eye candy" to perspective buyers. Other times she has home inspections done prior to listing so the results are available as well as she has a company come in and do complete floor plans of the property to be put up on MLS as well as handed out at the open houses. Maybe you could discuss some of those ideas with you new agent?

 

[JeremyH]

I finally called the manager of the branch mt agent works at and told him I am done.

Dont worry, there will be plenty of people willing to take his place...

 

[Eritex Inc.]

Latest update...

I fired my last agent for being a D-bag back on 12-9-2010. In that time we have been looking for a new agent but had yet to pick one when out of no ware we got an offer today. We have to meet with a family member tomorrow who is a broker and will handle the legal aspects of the sale but it looks like we will be moving in about 3 months"thumbsup""thumbsup"

 

[fred0000]

wow, if that house was here where I live i'd pay you more then your asking price, you cant even buy a shithole in crack-ville for less then 200,000 around here.
i'm not adding to much, but based on the pics in the first post it defenatly looks showing ready, i'd have to sum it up to poor market/bad time to sell.... I need to move where you live, **** houses are cheap. that house would be like $350,000+ here... even if it was located in crack-ville.

 

[Krakker]

whoo-sa Gerame, whoo-sa.:ror:
Hope it all works out for ya.

 

[4xFord]

Congrats buddy I hope you get them under contract asap. "thumbsup"

 

[Eritex Inc.]

Just heard from my agent/broker, the counter has been excepted and a closing date is set for the middle of March!!!!!!!!!!

 

[EvilTwin v2]

Congrats! I know that was a long time coming!

 

[JeremyH]

Very cool! Good to hear!

 

[DickyT]

Glad to hear you are getting out finally!

 

[jason]

Moving to Misery now?

 

[Eritex Inc.]

Moving to Misery now?

Maybe. Kara found a place down in Alabama that she wants to go look at:shock:

 

[jason]

 

[Duuuuuuuude]

Thats funny until you get lost out in the middle of hillbilly country and actually hear banjos. I still get chills thinking about it.