Most agents like to portray themselves as experts at negotiation to impress you and win your business. They want to convince you that they are the only people who can…
last post, I wrote about the five reasons you should never hold an open home when selling your property. There is a method of showing your home to prospective buyers,…
1. They Don’t Create Competition Real estate agents argue for open homes by saying that having a crowd of people in the property all at once creates a feeling of…
“I want to sell my home.” Before you make this statement, let me explain why you need to change the way you think about this concept. If you have ever…
Not a Real Reward Firstly, a real estate commission is not tied to effort, time spent, skill, knowledge or experience. It simply reflects a percentage of the value of the…
of the investment, but no return on the investment. How many of us would make a similar investment in shares or anything else for that matter? Many people will see…
The short video at the bottom of this post by respected economist Steven Levitt of Freakonomics fame talks about researched and documented evidence for why real estate agents are simply…
OF the investment, but also a return ON the investment. In the vast majority of cases, real estate commissions give you neither a return on the investment nor even of…
1. They think that there is no other viable alternative. Some people even think that they are legally required to use a real estate agent to sell their property, while…