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Originally Posted by Sliver
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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Correct, very rarely does the listing dealer show the house anyways. A good realtor will dig to find out from the realtors showing your house what people liked and disliked in the viewings. Other than providing good feed back from other realtors and giving good advice on selling price what can a realtor really do to get an offer on your house? Once an offer comes in is when your realtor is going to earn their commission.