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Originally Posted by BigRichard
The wife and I are about to put the house on the market. Houses in our area are selling in a couple of days of being put on the market so we are not going to get an agent. We believe we will be able to sell very easily without one. My only question is the buyer's agent. Can you state the buyer has to cover his own agents fees? My wife(with her brother and sister) sold their mother's house by just stating they were not going to accept anyone with an agent to avoid the fees. They sold her house in a very short time. I didn't know if that was the best route or if you could just say agents are fine as long as they know they have to cover the fees. Anyone know the best way to handle this?
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In Boston area things were selling like hot-cakes with people offering more than listing price even. So I tried to do without an agent and didn't get good bites. One I got was a Pakistani who said all the wiring had to be redone, which was nonsense. He was just doing that to justify his low ball bid as if he was in some bazaar in Islamabad. Switched to an agent, and it sold in about 2 days for asking price and no less.
Then on another, a neighbor made an offer in under 2 days, but the then-hubby had hired a friend as an agent and didn't know yet. So had to give the commission to him. Don't think I needed an agent for that one.