I had some very good questions today from a woman who is planning to list her house with us. She wanted to double check on a couple of aspects of our program. She wondered whether agents would actually show her house once she listed with us.
I assured her that the agents definitely show our listings just as often as they show other homes. They are guaranteed commission on our listings just as they would be a listing of Prudential, ReMax, or any other company. As far as agents are concerned our listings are not "For Sale By Owner", but are real MLS listings with commission attached to them.
With technology being what it is they wouldn't dare not show our properties. Their buyers have already seen our listings on CutTheCommission.com, Realtor.com, CTReal.com, Zillow.com, Homes.com, Yahoo.com, Trulia.com and every other real estate website in existance. The agent knows that if they don't show the house the buyer will call the owner directly to see it.
So what the heck... if the agent doesn't choose to show the house it saves you the 3% commission when the buyer comes to you directly :-) But the agents are smart enough to realize this, so Yes, Virginia, The agents will show your house. Besides, we've been around for 23 years now, so our listing program is nothing new to the agents. They're familiar with how we work and are glad to have some extra inventory to show and possibly make some money on.
In the meantime you, the smart seller, save half the traditional commission or all of it if your home sells without a Buyer's Agent. Sweet......
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