Benefit #1: A Good Real Estate Agent Will Professionally Market Your Home
As with almost any service that is professionally available you go to a real estate agent to help you do a much better job than you can do yourself. Some people spend 2 hours changing their own oil at a cost of $10 for oil and a new filter instead of spending $20 at a Quick Lube. Depending on how much their time is worth this may be a cost savings. For people that don’t have the inclination or the time to do this themselves it is way more cost effective to go down to the local mechanic shop to have it done. It is not that much different when it comes to selling your home.
When you list your home through a real estate agent he or she will quickly enter it into the MLS (Multiple Listing Service) and place it into their own company website. A lot of what the agent will do is behind the scenes yet it is very important. Things like phone calls to potential buyers, arranging and marketing open houses, follow up with open house visitor, fielding phone calls and web inquiries, web postings, and other methods to market and promote your property.
Agents will create a marketing plan to get your home sold. Specific methods will vary depending on which real estate agent and which real estate company you pick, but overall a good real estate agent will do all the work for you.
If you decide to go it alone you will have to do most of this work. Some companies that offer help kits to sell your house on your own can do a lot, but you will still have most of the work to do yourself. It is my firm belief that a good real estate agent will save you, not cost you, money.
If you think otherwise I would love to read your comment and your reasons. Thanks for reading. Have a great day.
The Housing Ecologist
As with almost any service that is professionally available you go to a real estate agent to help you do a much better job than you can do yourself. Some people spend 2 hours changing their own oil at a cost of $10 for oil and a new filter instead of spending $20 at a Quick Lube. Depending on how much their time is worth this may be a cost savings. For people that don’t have the inclination or the time to do this themselves it is way more cost effective to go down to the local mechanic shop to have it done. It is not that much different when it comes to selling your home.
When you list your home through a real estate agent he or she will quickly enter it into the MLS (Multiple Listing Service) and place it into their own company website. A lot of what the agent will do is behind the scenes yet it is very important. Things like phone calls to potential buyers, arranging and marketing open houses, follow up with open house visitor, fielding phone calls and web inquiries, web postings, and other methods to market and promote your property.
Agents will create a marketing plan to get your home sold. Specific methods will vary depending on which real estate agent and which real estate company you pick, but overall a good real estate agent will do all the work for you.
If you decide to go it alone you will have to do most of this work. Some companies that offer help kits to sell your house on your own can do a lot, but you will still have most of the work to do yourself. It is my firm belief that a good real estate agent will save you, not cost you, money.
If you think otherwise I would love to read your comment and your reasons. Thanks for reading. Have a great day.
The Housing Ecologist
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