Selling a house without an agent

[BigRichard]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

my wife is an agent. She says no Buyers agent will want to show the home to a client knowing they wont get paid and have to cover their owns fees.

Good luck.

The agent would get paid, it would just be from the buyer and not me.

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by BigRichard

The agent would get paid, it would just be from the buyer and not me.

Seller always pays the fees. Your the one with the product. The agent is doing you a favor and bringing you a buyer and you want to try and hose them over?

[BigRichard]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Seller always pays the fees. Your the one with the product. The agent is doing you a favor and bringing you a buyer and you want to try and hose them over?

Once again, the agent gets paid it just wouldn't be me paying them. If it is true that seller always pays fees then I will just post it as nobody with agent need apply.

Seller always pays fees... where is that written? That is more or less the question. Legality vs how you feel about something.

As long as it is legal, I can do whatever I want.

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by BigRichard

Once again, the agent gets paid it just wouldn't be me paying them. If it is true that seller always pays fees then I will just post it as nobody with agent need apply.

Seller always pays fees... where is that written? That is more or less the question. Legality vs how you feel about something.

As long as it is legal, I can do whatever I want.

Well like i said earlier, this would deter alot of buyers agents from showing the home to clients then.

[Chief Roundup]

Originally Posted by BigRichard

Once again, the agent gets paid it just wouldn't be me paying them. If it is true that seller always pays fees then I will just post it as nobody with agent need apply.

Seller always pays fees... where is that written? That is more or less the question. Legality vs how you feel about something.

As long as it is legal, I can do whatever I want.

The normal % that a realtor gets or splits is either 6 or 7. So you are asking that the buyer pays your $100k and then also pays the other $6 or $7K. Why not just ask for $110,000 and not have to worry about any of the BS and have a licensed professional cover your ass because you are most likely not knowledgeable with all the legalities.

[Valiant]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Seller always pays the fees. Your the one with the product. The agent is doing you a favor and bringing you a buyer and you want to try and hose them over?

That is not true. Especially in this market.

[BigRichard]

Originally Posted by Valiant

That is not true. Especially in this market.

That is really the question, is it legal for me to state that the buyer has to pay his own agents fees? My wife said they looked it up when they sold their moms house and you couldn't do that but I can't find anywhere it says you can't.

[-King-]

Originally Posted by BigRichard

The agent would get paid, it would just be from the buyer and not me.

Why would the buyer or the buyer's agent want to get into that? Even if the agent was okay with it, soon as he tells the buyer that the buyer will be paying realtor fees, he'll be fired before he can even finish the sentence.
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[BigRichard]

Originally Posted by -King-

Why would the buyer or the buyer's agent want to get into that? Even if the agent was okay with it, soon as he tells the buyer that the buyer will be paying realtor fees, he'll be fired before he can even finish the sentence.
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I don't think you realize how hard it is for the buyers right now in my area. They can't even get into see houses because the day they are listed they are sold. People are paying premium prices for houses in my area and they will do just about anything to get into them. There are people posting everywhere looking for houses in my area. It isn't really the other way around.

Edit: This is exactly why we are selling now. It is actually a little ahead of when we wanted to sell it but because the market is so awesome for us we figured **** it, we can live in an apartment for a while if need be. Don't want to miss out on the money train.

[-King-]

Originally Posted by BigRichard

I don't think you realize how hard it is for the buyers right now in my area. They can't even get into see houses because the day they are listed they are sold. People are paying premium prices for houses in my area and they will do just about anything to get into them. There are people posting everyone looking for houses in my area. It isn't really the other way around.

That's how it was in my area when I bought 2 months ago. If my realtor was trying to get me to pay his fees, I'd have either not went to see the house or tried to get another realtor.
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[Bewbies]

For every one time that works there’s 500x it doesn’t.

Use Redfin or something if you can and want to save money. Doing it yourself is like trying to be the 1 in 1,000,000. Really.

[Skyy God]

Mahomes with the most TDs thru 2 games in NFL history.

[BigRichard]

Originally Posted by Cave Johnson

Mahomes with the most TDs thru 2 games in NFL history.

What does this have to do with my house?

[BryanBusby]

You're going to have a harder time, but it's doable. It really depends what you think your house is worth.

[Fat Elvis]

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?

If you have to ask this question in the first place, you're probably better off letting a professional sell your house.