I don`t own your home, you do!
As I sat at a listing appointment yesterday, I wondered why the sellers kept insisting I help offset the costs of staging and repairing their home!
It seems odd yet, they wanted me to assist them financially with the repairs of this home in order to gain a new listing..
A strange request but an occurrence that seems to be happening more often than not!
Sellers in today`s Topsy Turvy Real Estate market believe the agent they hire, "lower their commission structure because the price of homes across America have dropped, pay for the staging of a home, due in part because it`s considered part of the cost marketing a home and help with minor repairs in order to have the home sell in a timely manner.
This strange occurrence seems to be part of the "New Trend" of sellers who feel our job is to not only to work for them,but to assist paying for them as well.Nice concept,i guess!
Hence you`re either part of the actual sale and the responsibilities of assisting them or you`re not!
I decided not to accept the offer .
My attitude is simple "I don`t own you`re home, you do!"..
Our job is to market and sell a home,many sellers are at a point where they believe it`s a "Team Effort", therefore part of the costs of saleability are your`s mine and ours.
There are a few Realtors actually "Buying" into this new concept,agreeing to assist these sellers in order to gain the listing.
Whether they`re actually kicking in financially or with Muscle is an entirely different story.
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