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Occasionally, a letter arrives from a reader of my syndicated column, asking for full instructions on how to sell a house without using a broker -- return envelope enclosed for my reply.
But when someone asked Louis Armstrong for a definition of jazz, he answered "If you...
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Tired of having THIS conversation with your listing agent?
Agent: "Those people who went through your house the other day decided to buy a different property. Their agent said that they liked your house, but it just wasn't what they were looking for."
Seller:"Wait a m
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When you were in hot pursuit of the "American Dream" you were excited about the future and owning your own home -- researching neighborhoods, searching MLS sites on the internet, viewing homebuyer’s magazines full of appealing homes that were just "minutes from the beach"...
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Meeting With Realtors
So you’ve decided to sell your home and have a fairly good idea of what you think it is worth. Being a sensible home seller, you schedule appointments with three local listing agents who’ve been hanging stuff on your front doorknob for years. Each...
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There are several different types of listing contracts, but very few of them are used. The "Exclusive Right to Sell" is the most common, but there is the "open listing," the "exclusive agency listing," and the "one-time show."
Open Listing
The "open listing" is mostly us
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Your house should always be available for show, even though it may occasionally be inconvenient for you. Let your listing agent put a lock box in a convenient place to make it easy for other agents to show your home to homebuyers. Otherwise, agents will have to schedule...
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