Browse Forums Real Estate Re: Anyone sell their own property (no agent)? 21Dec 10, 2009 2:09 pm How the hell did I become a senior member!? I know nothing! Re: Anyone sell their own property (no agent)? 24Dec 11, 2009 2:06 pm How the hell did I become a senior member!? I know nothing! Re: Anyone sell their own property (no agent)? 26Dec 12, 2009 4:15 pm How the hell did I become a senior member!? I know nothing! Re: Anyone sell their own property (no agent)? 32Dec 29, 2009 5:56 pm Josh_G If the agent does in-fact they have people on the books give them a 2 week agreement to get them through, that’ll sort out the BS`ing agents from the genuine one. Best real estate advice I've ever come across. Don't be afraid to deal with an agent; as in "do a Deal" with them. If they tell you dream stories to get your business, coming up with a tactic to get them to follow through on those promises is the best strategy. Saves you peace of mind, money and heartache. - Land registered 27/11/09, settlement 22/01/10 - Currently doing the rounds of display homes. Re: Anyone sell their own property (no agent)? 33Dec 29, 2009 6:03 pm Josh_G, you are spot on. It's the people in this world who have had one bad experience, or have had one lucky break trying to sell their own home (such as people in this thread who conveniently disappear) that like to 'bash' real estate agents and the service they provide. If the service was not necessary, it would not exist. Re: Anyone sell their own property (no agent)? 34Dec 29, 2009 6:16 pm I don't have anything against real estate agents (which is probably a good thing consider i have a few very good friends who are agents!!). There's good ones and there's bad ones. However they're pretty biased as to who can sell your house the best. An agent will say that "they" can (i take it JoshG is an agent as well as you Dilla?) If i ever sell my place i'll do it myself. So many people i know have sold their own houses with minimal effort, and the savings are brilliant (i know that i would have preferred to keep the $13,000 that I paid to my agent for selling my home). viewtopic.php?f=31&t=22766 - my build thread! Time waits for no man. Unless that man is Chuck Norris. Re: Anyone sell their own property (no agent)? 35Dec 29, 2009 6:29 pm Biased or not, they know what’s actually sold for what price, when it sold and how many day’s on market it took to sell. As a private seller, you cannot use http://www.realestate.com.au which as we all know is one of Australia’s biggest tools in selling property. So, you’ve just lost a potential 80% of buyers by not being able to use that. You’re now limited to public price classified ads, and private seller web sites, which don’t really generate that many hits/enquiry to be honest. Would you rather sell your house in 4 weeks? Or 8 weeks? Remembering you have the power to limit the agreement and “barter” hard due to the influx of cut price agencies and agents offering to pay some or even all the marketing. Not to mention an agent, by law has a duty of care TO YOU. Not the buyer. I guess the main point I was making is, very few people like dealing with the owner direct. If you are someone who won’t get offended easy, give it a go as there is no denying you do in fact save money.. To a degree. Whether you get the best price in the shortest time is another story Re: Anyone sell their own property (no agent)? 36Dec 29, 2009 6:33 pm Josh_G As a private seller, you cannot use http://www.realestate.com.au which as we all know is one of Australia’s biggest tools in selling property. I don't deny that reaestate.com.au is a fantastic website. Unfortunately it suffers a slight problem of never being kept up to date (as in homes being taken off the market/sold etc). Either way, I believe more and more people will turn to selling their homes themselves and realestate.com.au will start to cater for them. viewtopic.php?f=31&t=22766 - my build thread! Time waits for no man. Unless that man is Chuck Norris. Re: Anyone sell their own property (no agent)? 37Dec 29, 2009 6:46 pm Jodie80 Josh_G As a private seller, you cannot use http://www.realestate.com.au which as we all know is one of Australia’s biggest tools in selling property. I don't deny that reaestate.com.au is a fantastic website. Unfortunately it suffers a slight problem of never being kept up to date (as in homes being taken off the market/sold etc). Either way, I believe more and more people will turn to selling their homes themselves and realestate.com.au will start to cater for them. I can promise you, that www.realestate.com.au will never in the immediate future have an option for private sellers to list properties for sale in the same section that real estate office’s list them. I know for a fact what the 2010 upgrades are and the money they make Vs what they would lose if that option was available make's it not a viable business move. It’s a contracture agreement that all real estate offices MUST keep their stock up-to-date. Failure to do so, re listing an old listing (that wasn’t a genuine new listing), bait advertising (not putting sold on a sold people) and the likes can face removal from being able to use the site. www.realestate.com.au has a zero tolerance policy, consumers are encouraged to list/report any concerns and complaints, plus a property that is genuinely sold, not just under contract must be listed as sold, otherwise Fair Trading can and does have a felid day with issuing fines. Re: Anyone sell their own property (no agent)? 38Dec 29, 2009 6:49 pm And you work for? viewtopic.php?f=31&t=22766 - my build thread! Time waits for no man. Unless that man is Chuck Norris. Re: Anyone sell their own property (no agent)? 39Dec 29, 2009 6:55 pm I don’t pay to advertise on this site, so will not be posting business names I am connected to. I have no personal connection to www.realestate.com.au, but can assure you that private sellers will not have that option, fact not fiction. Re: Anyone sell their own property (no agent)? 40Dec 29, 2009 7:02 pm To give you an idea of the sheer amount of money www.realestate.com.au makes, to have business banner advertising in an inner city Brisbane suburb cost’s approx $25k PA. More in higher population suburbs, the pricing in certain area’s in Sydney for example far exceed most incomes of people. This isn’t even taking into account what the subscription costs are, guaranteed top spot subscription, feature property subscription costs and so forth. The amount of money the big franchise office’s spend with them are just plain scary. 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