You have several million dollars of land (that you've failed to generate any offers on) and you're worried about paying a RE agent a few %?
Ok.
I mean, I get that it sucks to pay for something you think you can do yourself. But so far, you... can't. Didn't you post about this several months ago as well? Why didn't you cough up a few thousand for a flat-fee MLS listing back then?
-W
I decided to put some signs up and see if there was any local interest first. The neighborhood is a peninsula, so a few signs covers the entire area. I had had a lot of interest, and nobody besides builders, said the prices were out of line. I didn't see any reason not to DIY first, and I'm not in a big rush. But, we just purchased a home across the lake so I won't be living down the street anymore. Also, I don't want to be foolish and miss out on the Spring buying season.
Also, we've cleared another property nearby and need to sell it too. Which just adds to the idea that I could use a bit of help.
The house I'm moving from needs to be sold too....
I forgot about asking this a few months ago. I was waiting to get the deeds straightened out on the first 3 lots, which had originally been 2 lots that we did a recombination to create a third lot. The survey work, and deed work took a little longer than it probably should have, because I'm learning on the fly & also because it was a little tricky figuring out how to manouver around some original deed restrictions. But the result was I was able to create another lot.
Maybe I come off as being cheap about the RE commissions, but I just wanted to take a stab at it first myself to make sure I wasn't giving away an easy sell. I mean a neighbor could have easily stopped by and made an offer. (There are guys with helicopters & exotic cars in the neighborhood. So, it wouldn't have been a surprise.)
Besides, we're all into Vanguard here because it's only .04% We all understand how fees add up.
