Peter

"I am curious. What did you and your Realtor agree to when you decided to work together? "

We agreed to have a brokers open ASAP to get feed back from realtors.

We agreed we disliked opens but he had one to try to 'get traffic'.

We agreed the buyers would be pre qualified before any offers are presented.

We agreed to view homes on the market with the realtor to arrive at a price. (as well as solds on paper)

We agreed it would be listed on over 200 websites. We agreed to using many pictures on line.

We agreed it would be on Craigs List.

We agreed to lower the price in 30 days if we did not have an offer. (but we have had no showings)

We agreed to reevaluate the marketing in 30 days if it has not sold.

We already purchased (closed - waiting for us to move into) another home - we are relocating out of state - job.

The road in front of our house is closed and the busy road 1 mile away is closed. Our realtor is surprised we have had no sign calls! When we interviewed realtors, all 3 of them said online advertising was the way to go - newspapers are dead. Apparently over 80% of homes sell via MLS.

Where are the realtors like you in Minneapolis? - Wed Sep 24 2008, 16:57

Scott - Thanks for the reply. We toured 6 for sale houses in the area with the realtor before pricing ours - we also had an independent appraisal done before hiring a realtor. We have a unique hobby farm and found one similar (as can be) which sold in 45 days market time. Is it pricing? Could be because of the market.

Just curious - Why would realtors alienate us if we offered a higher commission than a listing agent offers? - Wed Sep 24 2008, 15:28