Serious, I'm Not Playing Around

This is no TV playhouse, this is Real Estate!

Realtor Myth #3 - 90% of Private Sellers end up listing with agents when they get serious.

When your doorbell rings do you shudder at the thought of another real estate agent going door to door to "help out" people selling their house? Do you really need anymore phone calls or letters telling you how agents justify taking your money? Worst of all they use stats from when you were watching Saturday morning cartoons.

Truth - More and more people are selling privately. How do I know? I talk to home sellers every day. When I look at how many listings PropertyGuys.com has versus previous years, it cannot be denied.

In the last 3 months (Nov - Jan) here in Waterloo Wellington, stats show that PropertyGuys.com boasts a 53.98% list to sell ratio, meaning more than half the number of clients listed for sale have sold. Realtors for the same time period......39.39%. Even more impressive when you look at how things have flip flopped from the same time last year (47.3% for PropertyGuys.com and 64.17% for the Realtors)!

PropertyGuys.com phones are ringing off the hook with expired MLS clients. People are realizing that in light of the drop in market price that they need to reduce their costs. With real estate commissions being the largest piece of those costs, Private Sale makes more sense than ever before.

Next time your doorbell rings I hope it's not a SALESMAN!



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