The standard commission of a real estate agent is around 6% of the house price. That could be quite a lot if you take it out of the selling price of the house. For example, you are going to sell your house for 100 thousand dollars; 6 thousand dollars of it would go to the realtor. Will it be worth it? Maybe you’ll think of why not do your own advertising and searching of house buyers. Now that could be a lot of work.

Imagine calling a day off from your job just to entertain potential buyers. You should not say no when an interested buyer calls so whether you like it or not, you have to entertain them and show them around the house, without 100 percent assurance that they’re going to buy it. And imagine all your effort and money you will spend in advertising. It could be exhausting and pretty expensive, don’t you think? Now you do the calculation.

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