Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Let For Sale By Owner's sell in peace -

Yesterday, I listened to a customer tell one of our wonderful customer service representatives that he was tired of having Realtors call him 5 times each day trying to scare him, telling him he will fail, asking to list the house, etc. Simply put, this is childish activity and down right unethical. I understand agents need to make money but they should not "scare" people into doing something - it is not good business and it is morally wrong.

For Sale By Owner customers have the right to sell their homes without an agent AND without being bombarded with scare tactics. This would be like eBay.com telling someone they can not sell their furniture at their Church Bazaar (or garage sale). Or, a travel agent calling a customer and telling them they will not pick the right hotel at the right price at Walt Disney World when they book on-line, without an agency. Or stock brokers telling good, hard working citizens they can never buy and trade their own stocks on-line, that it is too dangerous!

Life has risks. I understand this, as do our important and respected customers on ForSaleByOwner.com. Risks bring reward. These hardworking citizens are empowering themselves to be successful and improve their financial security. So please let every For Sale By Owner seller - regardless of where they are advertised - sell their home in peace. Thank you.

4 comments:

fireball said...

Well said!!!! We are selling our home through "ForSaleByOwner.com". The sellers showed the home. Then two different agents showed our home to two different buyers. Both buyers bought other homes but were very interested in our home. One made a low ball offer and seller countered but the buyer's counter was still a low ball recession offer. Both real estate agents expected full commission if they closed the deal. We refused to pay full commission but would pay something. Last offer was rejected by seller. This has made us very uneasy if our home will sell using For Sale By Owner.

Houston FSBO said...

We have had customers encounter the same type of Solicitation here in Houston, and have come up with what we think is a great idea, and it has worked well for our customers. If/When an agent calls trying to bring a buyer to your home, be upfront with them - tell them you have priced your home to sell without a commission, but you will be happy to allow them to bring their buyer in, but the posted sales price will be inflated 3% to cover any commission. That way the Seller is happy that their home will sell and the agent will get what they want most - their commission.

Everybody wants to be a listing agent - guaranteed $$ - But if they don't have a buyer, they will typically stop the harassment knowing you would be willing to pay a buyers agent.

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This is truly unethical and dangerous too. This is unavoidable behavior of agents. I agree with you and your services to allow owners to sell in peace and of there own choice.

chrisc1599 said...

I completely agree! I am tired of agents using unscrupulous tactics to get for sale by owner people to list with them.
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