Are you willing to discount your commission? Absolutely not! You get what you pay for. Let me ask you a question…if your employer came to you after twenty years of exceptional service and you made them a lot of money and made a lot of happy customers, and they asked you to take a pay cut, would you?
I’m sorry but I value myself and my clients higher than that. However, there are enough discount Realtors out there to choose from. I’m just not one of them. I negotiate for you, not me.
For most people, a home is the largest investment they will ever make. If I was a discount Realtor, how much value would I put on you, the home you want to sell, or the home you want to purchase?
If you choose me to be your Realtor, how long would the listing agreement be for?
I only take listings for three months at a time. 99.9% of other Realtors have you sign a six or twelve month agreement. I don’t want the listing if it sits on the market. That’s a tell tale sign that either I’m not doing my job or it’s the wrong time to sell, as there are not enough buyers in the market.
If your home is priced to be included in the luxury home market, we can evaluate at the end of the three month listing agreement to see if it’s worth extending the listing another three months.
I have a 50+ point plan that I like to execute. If it doesn’t work, I will have no desire to waste any more of your time or mine.
What are the rules for buyers considering the NAR settlement that went into effect October 1, 2024?
To simplify; the buyer now has to sign a buyer-broker agreement with the agent of there choice before viewing a property. That agreement has to include the commission amount the buyer is willing to pay the buyer’s agent at the successful close of escrow.
However, what the industry statistics are showing, is that at the end of escrow, the buyer is contributing very little or no money at all to the buyer agent commission. The main reason is; the buyer asks for the seller to pay it when submitting the offer on a property.
Prior to the NAR settlement, it was common practice the seller paid both the buyers agent and sellers agent commission. In reality, that hasn’t changed, just the method has.
