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Originally Posted by designer300z  I'm not the type of person to say that it can't be done without an agent, but there is a reason and a value for my services, and I believe that some agent's services are more valuable than others. I've seen first hand listings that have sat on the market for months without a bite. In many cases, if it's priced right, the fact it was not marketed/promoted well was prohibitive to it ability to attract a buyer. |
You describe perfectly the benefits of a sellers agent. And I think your commission is commensurate with the sellers desires. However, given the proliferation of online services, information, and advertising, I could see the realtor profession going the way of the travel agent.
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“People aren't just contracting me to post it on the MLS and stick a sign in the yard. They're hiring me to get it on craigslist, trulia, zillow, hotpads, kajiji, century21.com, localism.com, teambenya.com, yahoo, google, wall street journal, homes.com, excite, house.com, justlisted.com, juno, and a few dozen others.
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Quite a few of those advertising mediums are already accessible to the seller. The others could possibly be opened up by fixed prices services.