It is time to move, and a seller is looking to get a good price on their home. Any money they can save in fees and taxation might be an added benefit too. If they could sell the property quickly, that would be an even sweeter deal. This is where paying for home sales assistance might prove to be a benefit in the seller’s favor.
The Mistakes of DIY Sales
As a rule, people who are not savvy about the real estate market will lose lots of time and money trying to sell their homes themselves. Often these individuals are not aware of the need to run comparables and other relevant computations which helps to properly evaluate what similar homes of the same type are selling for in their market. In addition, if they skip out on an agent or company representing them, then they will inevitably need an attorney to help with purchase contracts and any special filings anyway. This is why it is best to consider paying for home sales assistance instead of taking the DIY approach.
Access to the MLS
When paying for assistance to sell a home, it is important to realize that a broker or real estate agent has prepaid access to the Multiple Listing Service (MLS). This tends to provide them with an avenue to marketing homes for sale to a ton of buyers a seller would not otherwise have access too. This further ensures that the seller will more likely find a buyer within a reasonable amount of time willing to pay the price the seller is asking on contract–causing a seller to not take a heavy loss during negotiations.
A Paid Professional Knows the Market
Unless a seller regularly sells homes, chances are they do not have a proper feel of the home market in and around the area of the home they are attempting to sell. As a consequence, this can make it difficult to market their home. However, a professional agent or company that sells tons of real property in the area will have a system in place for evaluating the offering price of a home that is field-tested. And paying for their assistance can take the guesswork out of this half of the marketing process while improving the sales potential of the home being added to the market.
Working With Agents Who Are Also Investors
In some cases, a home can be moved quickly at the offering price of the homeowner. Often this involves a company or real estate agent who is also a kind of home investor. Because they have an extensive hand-picked list of other home buyers and real estate investors, they can often make a quick 24-hour sale, with a guarantee to by the home at full market value if it does not move quickly, and more easily guarantee the full price the original owner of the property wants to redeem on the sale of their home. In these scenarios, paid listing agents may reduce their fees considerably to save the seller even more money.
There is a feeling of relief after closing has come to an end. There are no more papers to sign, the money for the home is on its way into the seller’s bank and the anchor that ties a person to an area, their old house, is no longer holding them back. It is a new beginning of sorts, and one that many sellers approach with open arms as a new chapter of their life can now start.