Hi,
I'm an agent with Fairfax Realty. I've read through all of the comments from everyone. Some of the comments are absolutely correct but also depend on an individual.
Yes sure, every single one of us can spend as much time and do enough research then we all can do the job the real estate agent can do. However, getting the job done doesn't mean you have the best of it.
For example, any body can take a little time out to learn how to paint a house. After finish painting the house, I'm sure it looks pretty nice but how is it compare to a professional painter? If you know someone who have just painted their own house for the first couple times, look closely at the wall, you'd see residual of paint (lines of extra paints) on the wall.
Home owners can sell their houses themselves, but let's look at this together.
Home owners selling their own homes.
The house will only expose to a small % of buyers due to limited resources and time.
Real Estate agents selling home
The house will expose to if not all then the majority of buyers because most agent already have an inventory of buyers and buyers that are able and ready.
so which which house will sell faster and for more money?
There are also other aspect of negotiations and marketing skills and the current market knowledge that the well a trained real estate agent possess that is beyond any homeowners could reach in a short period of time when trying to sell their own houses.
If you're a buyer, as some folks mentioned, you don't have to pay anything. The sellers would have already agreed to a set an amount that will be paying for the buying agent when listed with the listing agent.
A lot of time, you'll be able to find houses on the internet by yourself, however there is a lag time, so when a perfect house are up on the market, by the time you see it, it's too late.
If you'd like, this is what I would be able to help you with.
1. I have the technology, that I can set up to send you houses that meet your needs and wants up to the minute or daily, which cost you nothing but save you lots of time surfing the net.
2. I can help you get pre-approval for financing - so you know exactly what kind of house you can afford - This is very important, some buyer need up to 20% down, some only need 5% down, and some can buy a house with zero down, so depend on the needs and qualification of an individual buyer.
3. I'm here to help, all my services are FREE to you. You can contact me at
tungmai@mris.com so I can further assist you.
Thank you
Tung