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rockhillmanor
Aug 18, 2014Explorer II
NYCgrrl wrote:Ray & June wrote:
We are in the same situation. Our house is under contract, due to close tomorrow, and we have to be out on the 22nd of this month. We've spent the last 3 weeks throwing away, giving away, selling and donating 39.5 years of accumulated "junk".
We've ordered a new Itasca from a dealer just next to the Winnebago factory. It is expected to take 8-10 weeks to build, so we're living in our 21 foot class C for about 6 weeks.
I'm excited about being "homeless" and even more excited about being a full-timer. One more week!
I've been involved in a private deal for the last few months and it's been going nowhere. Checked out the market yesterday and a neighbor with a similar residence just went into contract for a price that is almost double what I was trying to sell my space at!! Going to defer my dream and see how the R/E market play out. Can't hurt and gives me more time to make an RV and TV choice.
Get a new agent! Obviously your neighbor had a better agent.
I went thru 4 of them. Don't ever sign the part that says you give them a year for the listing. They will list it and forget it.
I never give an agent more than a 3 months listing contract to sell. They p and moan about it but tough cookies I found giving them a limited time makes them get off their duff and work at showings and selling it. OR I give it to another agent.
They really don't care if they sell it personally. They just keep getting listings and throw them on MLS it's a number game for them. Let another agent sell it for them and they take half the commission and they don't ever bother showing or advertising it for you.
Want to sell you house fast? Add to your contract that there is a bonus commission of $3,000 to your LISTING agent if they sell it.
Boy does this light a fire under their butt to advertise, advertise and hustle to show YOUR house every chance they get to sell it fast to get that bonus! Sad to say that money still talks. It was what I did and gee, go figure, the amount of showings on my house by that agent quadrupled.
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