Which means a highest and best price available, if you are a seller. And in these days of new web tools offering instant offers, when you peel away the details, what it comes down to is this: You are basically selling your home to a pawn shop for quick money, and in addition, paying a fee of up to 10 percent for the right to do so.
That's a higher commission fee than is charged in the vast majority of home sale transactions. SUBSTANTIALLY higher. Let that sink in for a moment.
So why use a Realtor, instead of an all-tech transaction? Besides experience, knowledge, and being an unwavering advocate for our customer? How does one define advocate? I have frequently used the phrase that I go to war on behalf of my customers. Further, why utilize the skills of an individual Realtor or Realtor team that has honed its transaction expertise through the trenches over and over again?
Here are just a few reasons to consider the benefits of an experienced agent:
- With the web or app approach, there is no one to spot problems early on and un-wrinkle them before they materialize.
- The web or app transaction can't walk skillfully through inspection issues.
- Legal hang-ups? How does the website or app wade through the hurdles with your attorney or your closing agent's attorney to smooth out any issues?
- Survey issues, issues regarding elevation certificates, wind mitigation and other challenges are routinely handled by experienced Realtors every day. Potential roadblocks tend to pop up at the worst time.
The seasoned Realtor has the skillset to hurdle these headaches on behalf of their seller, and routinely do so.
A lot of sellers will say their the transaction was easy. Again, we tend to help make it so and smooth the road so the buyer isn't faced with a myriad of eye-popping bottlenecks.
The bottom line: There is no substitute for experience.
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