Selling costs real estate agents quote at the start rarely match what a seller actually calculates after settlement. A seller expecting to walk away with roughly ninety percent of their sale price, after commission and the obvious costs, was surprised to find the true figure closer to eighty-four pe

The listing presentation is sold as a consultation. In practice it is usually a pitch. Sellers who treat it as a consultation - who arrive with specific questions and hold out for specific answers - tend to make better agent selections. Most sellers do not arrive prepared to do that.The agen

Sellers regularly choose agents based on the logo on the board, the size of the agency, or the number of franchises operating in the region. The assumption underneath that choice is rarely examined.The name above the door is the agency. The person sitting across from the seller is the agent.

The negotiation stage of a property sale is the part sellers know least about and care most about. They see the opening offer. They see the final number. Everything that happens in between is managed by the agent - and the quality of that management is what determines the gap between the two.

The opening days of a campaign carry more weight than most vendors realise. The buyers who have been watching the market, waiting for the right property to appear, will engage quickly when something new arrives at the right price. When they do not engage - when the first week produces thin enquiry a