Honestly, though, what can a realtor really do to push a house to sell? Beyond making sure it doesn't look like a 5 year old wrote your MLS ad (isn't it nuts how many realtors have no grasp whatsoever of English?), the house is really going to sell on its own merits or it won't from what I can tell. It's not like your realtor can talk your house up at cocktail parties and stuff if it's just an average-joe house. If it's staged well and priced right, it'll go. Also if your house is priced similar to all your neighbours you may just want to go $10-15K less to clinch the deal. Somebody is going to flinch first and drop their price, making the rest of you look too expensive. You may as well be the first guy as the rest will probably have to follow suit anyway.
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