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Originally Posted by notfarnow
The "no service" realtor thing is very intersting to me... we will probably see that up here within a year or two and I think it will really help consumers. I'd be intersted to hear about the "mechanics" of your arragngement. Was he to book showings, negotiate offers, etc? Or merely list it on MLS and have all inquiries & offers go through you?
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Flat fee up front.
Around here, selling realtors do not show the house, buyer's realtors do, so that didn't change.
Lock box for the door.
He said that he would handle negotiations, but other realtors tell me that he NEVER returns phone calls. So if we got an offer through him, we'd never know.
MLS listing. He slapped something together with sentence fragments and no punctuation. This was the primary thing I paid for. He promised to update it when requested, but he rarely made the updates as requested, or in a timely manner.
He gets no additional compensation if the house sells. The contract says in big bold letters: "MAY BE CANCELED AT ANY TIME FOR ANY REASON AND A FULL REFUND WILL BE ISSUED."