I have been watching the market that we bought in for about 1 year. In most cases I knew the houses for sale and sold better than our local agent. However our agent has provided more services then I thought we would get!!
Example the seller’s listing agent on many occasions attempt to pull a fast one in which I think the listing agent was the master mind. 1. When we agreed on a price the listing agent said the terms for closing costs were not valid that we only agree to a price excluding closing costs. My agent wouldn’t send over the purchase agreement until they agreed to pay closing costs. 2. The listing agent sent paper work that basically said the seller wasn’t responsible for last year’s taxes….by the way this was a foreclosure…My agent shut that down right away…
My point is the listing agent would have screwed us had we decided to proceed without an agent.
