Please Help~ Can a FSBO work for us??

[MikeJaquish]

Originally Posted by Byron1022

The seller can take control and set the tone of the contract. When I was going through the motions of the sale of my house, the buyers lawyer sent my lawyer a contract with their stipulations, I TOOK SOME OF THEM OUT AND PUT SOME OF MY OWN IN. Take it or leave it.

WHEN YOU GO INTO A CONTRACT YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE DEMANDS, REFUSE DEMANDS, PUT IN YOUR OWN WHAT EVER.........people somehow get the idea they have to abide by what OTHERS demand of them and sign the contract NOT SO. It is your money and your life!! HAGGLE AND DEMAND.....you will always find someone that will meet you all the way or half way because it benefits them as much as it does you.

Well...

The seller can attempt to take control and set the tone of the contract. And the seller can succeed, fail, or much more commonly, settle for middle ground.

That is the sport of negotiation.

[OscarTheGrouch]

My question would be what is your home worth? If we are talking a $500k house, using a traditional agent will cost you $15,000 in which case there would be a significant saving in using either an a-al-carte agency or an option like Redfin. If we are talking a $100k house, then the saving is only on the order of $3000, which would be a reasonable price to pay for a traditional agent.