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“For sale by owner” (FSBO) is touted as a great way to save thousands of dollars when you sell your home. The standard real-estate agent’s commission is 6% – that’s $15,000 on a $250,000 home. Even after cutting that savings in half so you can pay the buyer’s agent, acting as your own seller’s agent will surely be worth the savings, you think. Here are eight reasons why you should think again.

1. Buyers’ agents may not want to show your property to their clients. In a for-sale-by-owner deal, the buyer’s agent knows there won’t be a professional on the other end of the transaction, which can mean numerous headaches. Even if a client insists on seeing your home, the agent might discourage making an offer, citing the hassles and risks of trying to close the deal without a professional representing the seller.

“There are only two reasons why I show an FSBO: There is no other inventory available or the price is ridiculously low,” says Bruce Ailion, a realtor with RE/MAX Greater Atlanta. Every experienced broker has been burned by an FSBO transaction where the seller did not pay the full commission, or any commission at all, to the agent who brought the buyer, he says. In addition, he says, “FSBO sellers are viewed as unrealistic, unreasonable and difficult sellers whom professional realtors have rejected.” But there are buyers’ agents who will show your property under the right conditions. Philadelphia realtor Denise Baron of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach says that as long as she has a signed buyer’s agreement stating that when she shows an FSBO her agency gets paid, she is confident.

“I also have an agreement signed beforehand by the owner who is selling their own property or home,” she says. The agreement states what percentage fee the seller will pay the agent. The agreement also clarifies that the agent is only working on behalf of the buyer, and that as a buyer’s agent, she has a duty to disclose to her client all information the seller provides to her, such as the need to sell by a certain date.

2. It’s harder to keep your emotions out of the sale.

Selling your home is typically an emotional process. Having an agent keeps you one step removed and makes you less likely to make stupid mistakes such as overpricing your home, refusing to counter a low offer because you’re offended or giving in too easily when you have a deadline for selling your home.
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