Selling your house yourself

[Akzle]

You're being far too generous. You're implying that he's bought a house.

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i think what your faggotry means to imply is "have i ever assumed the role of a legal person holding fee simple title to property"



.. but y'now. jews and shit.

[Mully]

I was keen to have a go myself, but the wife was a bit nervous. (we're currently listed).

Pay for the photos yourself, and choose a good provider. Most are shit photos. Dress the house well.

We're on track to pay $30k to the agent, and I'm sure we could have done it ourselves.

[F5 Dave]

Sfunny how people get conditioned by convention.
I had an agent call me up and (this was when it wasn't common) incredulously ask if I was trained in the legal aspects of house sale. I admitted, No. But my lawyer was and was a lot smarter than him. (Agents do like a 4 day course).
Got a bit huffy. Inferred I'd get a lot less money or not sell and the conversation ended. He was wrong on both counts.

[neels]

But my lawyer was and was a lot smarter than him. (Agents do like a 4 day course).

Been there and done that, had our lawyer call and tell us a purchase was off because the agent had fucked up the contract, I ended up having to explain what he'd got wrong.

Since then I've learned a bit, and pretty much every time buying and selling have had to tell the agent how the contract should be written up so it actually works.

[Laava]

There is a lot of people that do not want to go down the private purchase route and will approach a real estate agent instead of the owner direct. We had a property for sale and listed it privately about 8 yrs ago when the market was a bit slow and depressed. In the end we listed it with LJ's and the lady that bought it almost straight away said she had seen it advertised privately but didn't want to purchase without a land agent. End result, she paid the same price and we lost out on the commision. Meh, that is how it goes with some folk!

[Mully]

End result, she paid the same price and we lost out on the commision. Meh, that is how it goes with some folk!

Mmm, some friends of ours, who weren't even on the market, got a knock at the door from an agent with someone who wanted to buy.
And she'd put them in touch as long as they signed a contract with her...

[Autech]

House is almost ready so will be listing soon. Convinced wife to give it a try, anyone wanna buy a house? Lol


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[russd7]

House is almost ready so will be listing soon. Convinced wife to give it a try, anyone wanna buy a house? Lol


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naaaa not in CHCH, don't know what yous fellas have one up there but somit goin off, fire an brimstone an all.

mind you, seems to have fixed the problem with all them mountain bikers that were tryin to keep up that cost us ACC payers

[speedpro]

There is a lot of people that do not want to go down the private purchase route and will approach a real estate agent instead of the owner direct. We had a property for sale and listed it privately about 8 yrs ago when the market was a bit slow and depressed. In the end we listed it with LJ's and the lady that bought it almost straight away said she had seen it advertised privately but didn't want to purchase without a land agent. End result, she paid the same price and we lost out on the commision. Meh, that is how it goes with some folk!

Whatever price you were asking you didn't get while trying to sell privately. You DID get it with the agent, minus commission. I wonder if you could have sold privately for the asking price minus commission.

I haven't seen an unhappy vendor in our office yet after a sale has gone through. I'm not selling, I'm on the property management side and sit out front.

[haydes55]

My parents just sold 2 houses in Auckland privately, just 2 trade me ads and 2 months. Saved themselves about an average annual income.

Every man and his dog seems to be training to be a real estate agent. Easy short course and potential to make silly amounts of money doing fuck all. The real estate agent who I bought my house through probably put in less than 10 hours work to sell the house. We were the second people to view, we saw the house on trade me, we phoned her off the trade me ad. They vendor could have done it himself and saved thousands.

[YellowDog]

Lots of predators out there looking for dumb private sellers to screw over. They'll say anything to buy as cheap as they can and they are not always agents themselves. Some have done well with private sales, particularly those able to express themselves and whom don't mind talking to people. Many however really screw it up and end up going to an agent, after a few months of failure. 'Buyers are Liars' is the phrase banded about. The problem is that 90% of homeowners (some agents too) don't understand why their house is or isn't sell-able and rely on being lucky, which they sometimes are. Sure, it may well be better than the $1.2m Hobsonville Point rabbit hutch, where you can hear your neighbour taking a dump, but it still may not be sellable. Also, get one thing wrong and you can have your arse sued off. Even 20 years down the line, you can have your arse sued off. There are some very complex areas of law involved and provided you declare everything to the agent, the screw up becomes their problem.

If you are going to do it yourself, make sure you get a lawyer approves every word of your advert. There's a dumb bitch in Torbay, who advertised her 174sqm dwelling on a 585sqm section, as a 220sqm dwelling on a 750sqm section. Apparently the agent, whom failed to get the listing, provided the new owners with all of the information they needed.

There are many desperate agents around willing and able to provide a low commission fee and help avoid the potential of a future time-bomb

[jafagsx250]

naaaa not in CHCH, don't know what yous fellas have one up there but somit goin off, fire an brimstone an all.

mind you, seems to have fixed the problem with all them mountain bikers that were tryin to keep up that cost us ACC payers

I'm surprised Brian tamaki hasn't said something controversial about gays n them causing divine intervention on our sinful as society haha.



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[F5 Dave]

I can't imagine paying someone stupider than I am, which let's face it, is pretty stupid, to be responsible for the sale of my biggest asset.

Fuk off.

[Grumph]

naaaa not in CHCH, don't know what yous fellas have one up there but somit goin off, fire an brimstone an all.

mind you, seems to have fixed the problem with all them mountain bikers that were tryin to keep up that cost us ACC payers

I'm surprised Brian tamaki hasn't said something controversial about gays n them causing divine intervention on our sinful as society haha.

The problem's the Canadian Anglican Bishop. She's holding up the rebuild of the cathedral. As a one -eyed cantabrian born and bred - and an unbeliever - I'm well aware how integral the cathedral is to the wellbeing of the area....
I've heard that she's doing a bit of a land agent act too - wants a new admin center for the Anglicans rather than a cathedral.

I'd be checking where Cassina was when the fire started....

[Ocean1]

I can't imagine paying someone stupider than I am, which let's face it, is pretty stupid, to be responsible for the sale of my biggest asset.

Fuk off.

Aye. A friend once dabbled as a pro, having already had all the requisite paperwork, etc. Only for as long as it took him to get a proper job, understand.

One of the reasons he gave for the temporary nature of his effort was, (and this was '95 odd, having been redundified) that the number of registered agents in major cities had long since exceeded the number of properties sold per year.

He did OK, but his level of effort was all that made it pay decent wages. The average agent is in the game because it's close to a substantial stream of cash and they didn't stay at school long enough, (or did so involving underwater basket weaving) to earn as much for as little effort anywhere else.