Well, I had a traditional Coldwell Banker agent try and sell my home. She charged the full 3% commission and we offered 3% to the buyer’s agent for a total of 6. She did all of this:
-Professional virtual tour with 12 photos – and she hired a guy who charges $400 to do the tour, he brings in lights and everything to make the pictures real professional
-MLS
-Union Tribune
-Open houses (5 in 3 months)
-Broker caravan (1)
-Realtor.com premium listing
-Craigslist
-Email blasts to agents
-Networking with other agents in her office
etc
etc
etc
And of course #2 – Location.. Good location in University Heights….
Did it sell my home? No!
Why? Two problems…. I think because she didn’t encourage me to agressively price my house, and we aimed for the sky, and in the end if I would have just priced it where it’s at now, it probably would have sold, but now it’s stuck and I’m going to be lucky if I don’t end up having to do a short sale or hold onto the place for the next 10 years while I wait for the market to recover. 🙁 Second problem, square footage is way too small, it’s a 2BR 1 bath, but only 650square feet… OOPS!
So, I think what most people are saying on here, price it right, and make sure it shows well, and I think you’ll get er’ sold. For me, I had to let her go, and I hired a 1% agent so I could drop the price another 10k and hopefully get it sold.
