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When the time comes to sell your home, some people consider completing the sale of their home without the help of a real estate agent. You can work to sell your own home and complete all of the required paperwork by yourself, but there aren’t number of distinct advantages to hire a real estate agent when selling a house.

Here are some of the advantages that you can experience by getting a realtor to list and sell your home, rather than sell it yourself as a private seller.

Knowing your local market: getting a fair dollar for your home comes with knowing your local market. A good real estate agent with experience in your market will be able to tell you on appropriate listing price that will surely have your home sell. If you list your price as too high for your area, your home could sit on the market for months if not years. If you list your price too low, you could be missing out on potential earnings from the sale of your home. With the help of a real estate agent, you can properly appraise your home and get a fair value for it.

Connections: real estate agents will have many connections within the real estate community such as from working with other agents. Having a real estate agent that can work to speak with other real estate agents about your home will help it to sell faster. A buyer’s real estate agent will have a variety of different buyers all looking for houses at the same time and as a result they will be attempting to find the perfect home for their clients. If your seller’s real estate agent can get in contact with a variety of other agents in your area that have clients looking within your neighbourhood, you can work to sell your home much faster.

Avoiding legal issues: in the offer process for your home, you may need to submit a counter offer or have somebody look over the initial offer so that you are not agreeing to unreasonable terms. A real estate agent will make sure that all of the paperwork that is filed with the home is compliant with the current state laws. Without a real estate agent’s help, you could be vulnerable to a lawsuit or you may even end up losing out on potential income from your home.

Marketing services: in order to sell the home, you need to let people know about your home by marketing your home across real estate listings. Real estate agents will generally have many forms of marketing at their disposal and can work to get the word out about your house. You may find advertising and listings about your home in many papers, on many websites and more. The marketing services really do help when you are trying to sell your home.

These are just a few of the advantages that you can experience by having a real estate agent sell your home.