Newguy – One thing, you never answered my question about whether you actually told or asked your sales agent to show you any new homes. I am still kind of curious about that.
I think everyone made alot of good posts and it seems clear to me at least that it is more of a situation of “to each his own”… Rustico noted how he offers reduced commission and rebates buyers commission, there are guys like me that list homes for 1% commission and rebate buyers commissions, there are Help U Sell brokerages, there are guys like Jeff Karchin that put your home on the MLS for like 500 bucks and let you negotiate the deal with buyers. There are websites like forsalebyowner.com as well. There are full service traditional brokerages as well.
Once more, there are all kinds of alternatives out there. Different use s for different buyers and sellers.
