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TAKE MY ADVICE… USE A REALTOR®!

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  1. Exposure: Your home will simply not be seen by the majority of buyers looking to purchase (you’ll miss the best price due to missing the bulk of people willing to
    bid on your house). Most people search MLS, your house won’t be on MLS (limited marketing). The great majority of buyers use agents, agents will not be showing
    your home as an option.
  2. Price: How do you know you’re asking the right price for your property? Perhaps it’s too low and you loose money, or it’s too high, and no one makes any offers
    and you loose money. With Grapevine everyone knows there is no commission payable, you attract bargain hunters who will ‘split’ the commission savings with
    you. Now your 5% margin or error has been eroded to 2.5% (ie: on a 300k asking price that’s only $7500, perhaps with the proper exposure and the right help you could have been offered $310,500…. YOU LOOSE $2,475. ($294,975 net w/ Realtor, $292,500 net w/out.
  3. Safety/Privacy: Do you know how to screen potential buyers? Do you want people you don’t know ‘casing’ or rather walking through your house? Would you allow access to your $300,000 home and your family to anyone that wanted to walk around for a one time savings of $7500?
  4. Time: The only thing we can’t buy more of is time… I don’t know how many people I know that have tried to sell their home on their own and to do so have
    cancelled weekend plans to host an open house where no one shows up. (Again limited exposure), do you know the questions to ask to ensure the buyers are qualified? Are you around during the day to arrange and supervise appointments? (now is one of the only chances you’ll ever have to actually buy back some time)
  5. Legal: This is probably the largest asset you’ll ever have in your life… do you trust your self to remain emotionally unattached in the negotiating process? Can you (who sells a home perhaps once every 5 or 6 years go toe to toe in negotiating with a person who does this for a living? Are you a lawyer? What happens if the
    buyer decided to sue you a year after closing? What if the buyer backs out of the contract?

If you needed to invest $300,000 dollars would you try to do it without consulting a financial planner? If you needed a $300,000 surgery would you try your hand at that? How about if you needed to sell a $300,000 home? The free market is the greatest indicator of value in the world, and I know lots of very successful agents, and these people exist for a reason. Don’t be lured by the promise of easy money, take my advice; let me introduce you to one of our ‘bank approved agents’ who will take care of everything.

– Shawn Woods, AMP.

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