There are pros and cons to selling your home by yourself. On the one hand, you can save some money. But on the other hand, you might not get as good of a price for your home, and you might not have as much help in terms of getting your home ready for sale or finding a buyer.
Here are the Top 5 Reasons to Choose a Realtor Over for Sale By Owner.
Marketing
When you sell your home yourself, you will need to do all of the marketing. This includes learning new skills and putting them into action. When you hire the Blue Coast Team, you don't just get one realtor. Instead, you also get an administrative staff to help with organizing. You also get a photographer and videographer to take pictures of your house that look good. And then there is a media editor who will polish the pictures for everyone to see.
You will get a social media manager to promote your home. We will advertise it on social media channels and create ads for Google, Facebook, and YouTube. The marketer can also make radio ads about your property. And if you want to stage the house, we can do that too. This means that you have a team working to help meet your needs. This team includes specialists who can help get you the results that you want.
Qualifying Buyers
Second, you are not likely skilled in qualifying buyers. When working with a Blue Coast Team realtor, you will have an agent working to qualify all those who want to see your home. We know the right questions to ask to make sure a buyer is qualified, motivated, and serious about buying.
Many FSBO sellers find themselves wasting time with buyers who can't even get the mortgage loan from the bank to buy your home. This happens when you do not have enough qualifying.
Helping to Prevent Legal Issues
You have to be careful when selling a home. This means knowing the law and following it correctly. There are many legal documents that must be filled out properly. One important thing to watch out for is disclosures. Sellers must tell potential buyers any information that is relevant to the sale. If they don't, the sale could fall through and cause legal issues.
We know what to look for when we are selling a home. We also tell our clients what they need to disclose. We work with some good lawyers who can help us answer difficult legal questions.
Price Negotiation
When you work with a realtor, the negotiation process will be more streamlined. This is because the realtor will know what to do and what not to do in order to get the best deal for you. If you are selling your home on your own (FSBO), then all of the negotiations will be up to you.
To avoid buyers and sellers meeting, realtors need to do something. They should not let people meet because sellers often give away information that is very important in the negotiation process.
If you're the seller, and the buyer's agents know about something that is important to you such as a timeline or needs, they can use this information to their advantage and negotiate a better price for their clients.
Effort
If you are working full-time and have a family, it might be hard to sell your home quickly by yourself. Selling a home takes a lot of time and effort, which people who work during the day might not want to do. Working with a realtor means that someone else will take care of the showings and open houses for the seller, along with the myriad of other things we do for our clients.
We at the Blue Coast Team give our clients honest feedback because we know how to get the job done. We have systems and plans in place for every step of the home selling process.
