Selling a Home with a Real Estate Agent!
Why Should I use a Real Estate Agent to Sell my Home?
Selling your home is a big decision. Chances are it’s one of your largest assets for which you have built up a lot of equity. Now that it’s time to sell, you want to make sure you keep as much equity as possible. We’ve put together an article on the top 10 Reasons to use a Realtor®.
Many people think, and it’s natural to do so, that saving money when selling your home is the best route to go. This is the same reasoning that causes people to sell their home for sale by owner vs. using a Real Estate Agent. People want to save money. However, statistics show that using a Realtor will net you, on average, 25% more than selling on your own. Here is how sellers save more money with a Real Estate Agent.
Here are the statistics.
Did you know that the founder of forsalebyowner.com tried to sell his New York apartment by himself? After 6 months with no success, he enlisted the help of a Real Estate Agent who raised the price $150,000 and sold the home relatively fast!
Craigslist, Byowner.com, also use Realtors® to sell their properties, because they are smart business people who understand it’s about how much you NET not about how much you save.
Should I sell my House with a Realtor?
This is a question everyone asks themselves once they have made the decision to sell. I will never talk anyone out of trying to sell their home for sale by owner if that is what they want to do. Selling with a Real Estate Agent is not for everyone.
If you have the time, effort, and energy to be able to market and sell your home the way an Agent will than by all means, give it a shot!
The above infographic shows 10 Reasons why Selling with a Realtor® will net you more Money. CEOs of major corporations sell their homes with Agents because they know their time, efforts, and energy are better spent elsewhere. An Agent knows the best ways to market, sell, and procure buyers. They will also keep you out of the courtroom!
Did You Know that 89% of FSBOs will Fail?
The majority of For Sale By Owner’s will fail when they try to sell their home without an Agent. Bill Gassett, of MaximumRealEstateExposure.com has written an article as to why FSBOs fail.
Setting the wrong price, and marketing the home in the wrong facets are the main reasons why a For Sale By Owner will fail says both Bill, and statistics via Realtor.org.
If you want to learn the ways of marketing your home properly it’s going to take you years of trial and error. It will also take a lot of wasted marketing dollars as it is a Realtor’s job to always be experimenting with what works and what doesn’t work.
Still want to Sell your Home on your Own?
There are many ways in which someone can sell their house by themselves and have success. If you’re a for sale by owner in North Carolina we have put together a great guide to help.
A lot of people have tried to sell their home’s by themselves and understand just how hard it is. There are many obstacles that you will need to overcome during the sale of your estate, whether it’s clearing titles, or ensuring buyers don’t take advantage of you during home inspections.
If you spend your time shopping around for the right Real Estate Agent you will know for a fact you are in good hands when you find the right one. This person will stand out from the other Agents because their marketing sets them apart, and it’s visually apparent. Chances are their statistics will prove that as well.
Finding someone you can work with when selling your house is equally important. Make sure that Realtor® is someone you’ll work well with!
If you have any questions please feel free to reach out and we will be happy to assist you as best we can with the sale of your home.
