FOR SALE BY OWNER vs REAL ESTATE AGENTS (PERCENTAGES)

Many homeowners find it difficult to market their own property.  In fact, 84% involve a real estate agent.  When your home is for sale and you choose to go it alone, there are many hats to wear.  FSBO, for sale by owner, is more tempting in a hot housing market.

Interestingly, about 40% of all successful for sale by owner home sales are to someone the seller knows.  Most FSBO's use word-of-mouth and newspaper ads.  It's not uncommon for someone to try to sell their home first before recruiting an agent.

When people get serious, they usually look for a top producing agent.  For some reason or another, 90% of real estate agents don't perform as well as the top 10% of real estate agents.  Bad performers waste your resources.  Excellent performers increase your chances and deliver better service.  You'll have less chance of snags, get better information, and stand a better chance to get results.

If you are seeking a cost-saving, and time-saving way to sell or buy real estate, consider hiring a top-rated, competent professional realtor to represent you.  They know the inventory better.  They know the neighborhood better.  They know how to spot problems developing with a transaction that is under contract.  They know how to fix those problems in order to keep the sale moving forward.  Besides all that, they have the multiple listing network and other marketing methods the homeowner simply lacks.

Do you know that 80% or more of all house sales are made by only 20% or less of the agents?  These agents making the sales are called Top Producers.  And yet, when you sell your home, you may get stuck with a real estate agent who may have lack luster skills or an average track record at best.  Top producers and low rung agents get the same commission.  Makes sense to hire the best! (ArticleSource:http://EzineArticles.com/?expet=George_Evergeht)

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