We FSBO'ed our house and had a lot of interest.
On about day 10 a realtor called us with an offer
from her buyer. The offer was an insulting low ball
offer....not even close to the comps in the area.
We decided, due to the urgency of our situation to
make a more realistic counter offer which the buyer
accepted. My wife was furious at the dealings leading
up to the counter offer. And, after talking to people in
the area, says we still accepted too low of an offer. I am
of the opinion that due to the urgency of our situation
and the market we did OK just to have this part of an
undesirable situtation taken care of. Leave it at that.
We are almost broke due to the situation that precipitates
the move and the move itself....My Wife says we FSBO'ed the
house for a reason and not to give the low-balling agent anything
as a 'tip'(?). I want to give her at least a gift certificate to a nice
restaurant but dont know if this will get into any ethical issues with
her home office. I cant give her even 1% at this point but I do
want to give her something. Is this not in bad taste and ethical
or she we just finish the deal as-is, cheepo style?
Thanks in advance !