Comments on: Is it better selling a home on your own if you find a buyer? http://www.realestatehomesales.net/blog/real-estate/is-it-better-selling-a-home-on-your-own-if-you-find-a-buyer/388/ Real Estate and home sale topics of general interest Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:07:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: J. Philip Real Estate http://www.realestatehomesales.net/blog/real-estate/is-it-better-selling-a-home-on-your-own-if-you-find-a-buyer/388/comment-page-1/#comment-715 J. Philip Real Estate Sat, 04 Apr 2009 18:44:43 +0000 http://www.realestatehomesales.net/blog/real-estate/is-it-better-selling-a-home-on-your-own-if-you-find-a-buyer/388/#comment-715 Sometimes. Just understand that in terms of negotiating the price, navigating the home inspection, appraisal, screening/prequalifying the buyer, and about 100 other things that can and sometimes do throw an expensive wrench in the works, you are on your own. There is negligible "legal" protection, it just comes down to who the best person is to steer the transaction to a close. If you really do have a bona fide buyer, find a really good agent and offer them 1% to steer the thing across the finish line. If the deal dies, you'll at least know it wasn't for lack of competence on your end, and you may have found the right agent to list it with. Sometimes. Just understand that in terms of negotiating the price, navigating the home inspection, appraisal, screening/prequalifying the buyer, and about 100 other things that can and sometimes do throw an expensive wrench in the works, you are on your own. There is negligible “legal” protection, it just comes down to who the best person is to steer the transaction to a close.

If you really do have a bona fide buyer, find a really good agent and offer them 1% to steer the thing across the finish line. If the deal dies, you’ll at least know it wasn’t for lack of competence on your end, and you may have found the right agent to list it with.

]]> By: Wrenched http://www.realestatehomesales.net/blog/real-estate/is-it-better-selling-a-home-on-your-own-if-you-find-a-buyer/388/comment-page-1/#comment-714 Wrenched Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:37:16 +0000 http://www.realestatehomesales.net/blog/real-estate/is-it-better-selling-a-home-on-your-own-if-you-find-a-buyer/388/#comment-714 If you are sure you can do all of the paper work correctly to protect yourself from all legal eventualities then go for it...if you have any question as to any legal liabilities you had better use an agent, then their license, broker and company have the liability for making sure you are protected. If you are sure you can do all of the paper work correctly to protect yourself from all legal eventualities then go for it…if you have any question as to any legal liabilities you had better use an agent, then their license, broker and company have the liability for making sure you are protected.

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