A listing agent represents the seller, marketing the property, advising on price, managing showings, and negotiating offers in exchange for a commission, typically a percentage of the sale price paid from the seller's proceeds.
Log in to followI'm selling a tenant-occupied single family rental, probably worth around $310k, so I can put the money somewhere that doesn't call me about water heaters. Two quotes on my desk.…
I have my license coming and no book of business at all, so I've been pricing out two ways to spend the first 18 months, and they behave very differently. Seller side plan: pick a…
Six sales a year, average around $340k. Listing side runs me about 2.5%, call it $8,500 a sale, $51k a year going out the door. That's a full renovation budget on one of my smalle…
I've been reading listing agreements for practice because I want to understand the service side before I ever sign one. The commission line is easy to read. What the seller gets f…
I walked four open houses in my area on Sunday as a nosy visitor. Two had maybe six people through in two hours. One had a line at the door and the agent working the room hard. On…
I asked an agent for a blank copy of her listing agreement so I could read one before I ever have to sign one for real. The term line says twelve months. She said that's just what…
A neighbor two streets over is selling a 1960s split level and her listing agent has told her she doesn't have to offer anything to the buyer's side, so she's planning to offer no…
Cosmetic gut on a 1,450 square foot ranch wrapped last week, photos are shot Friday. My agent wants to post it as coming soon for six days before showings start so the first weeke…