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Originally Posted by milt
Broker or agent? I can't imagine a broker that lax. Talk to her boss, unless she somehow is the boss. But, you don't have a lot of room to negotiate.
To sell a house quickly and for a good price it simply has to be the best in the category. Fresh paint, clean carpet, clean kitchen and baths and lots of flowers. You have to do your part. Around here, real estate agents are rearranging furniture, removing some or entirely furnishing the house with their own inventory, including paintings. There is a lot of subliminal stuff going on in doing this. My cousin sold a dog for full price after the Realtor re did almost the entire thing on his dime taking the expenses out of the escrow. It was a dog and pony show, for sure, but it worked.
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Spoke to my attorney. I'm pretty much stuck with this buyer/broker combo for the 180 days.
House was freshly painted 7 months ago before it went up, has new carpets, I have a cleaning service and landscaper so the house and yard are immaculate.
I think we made a mistake with the broker we decided to use. They have a prominent presence in the local area and are known for handling premium properties which ours is.
They do not have a presence elsewhere on the Island.
From what I understand there is so much inventory that brokers are not finding the need to show MLS houses out of their network.
It would explain why houses in our area that went with the big box nationals have already sold. Houses that were in the same price range but not in the same condition as ours or with less features than ours.
They had a lot more eyeballs on them.
Live and learn.
Signing with Prudential tonight. They contacted me 2 weeks ago. They have been watching the property and were surprised it had not sold. They claim they can move it inside of 3 months and get me more than my current asking price.
We'll see.