From: ehcorp1@lycos.com
Newsgroups: alt.invest.real-estate
Subject: Re: Commission fees
Date: 25 Jun 2004 07:25:48 -0700

"Richard Miller"  wrote in message news:...
> If I have a $200,000 house I am try to sell. I will generally pay a $12,000
> commission or else I sell it FSBO (For Sell by Owner). However I will end up
> paying $6,000 to the buyers broker which is a 90% chance of that happening
> because buyer or going to use a broker to buy a house since they aren't
> going to pay for any commission anyway, why not use one.Then I have a
> thousand dollar cost of advertising, Attorney, and so on. I guess I can end
> up saving $5,000 if I don't do something stupid. Can anyone advice me or
> comment on what I said?
> 
> Thank You
> Richard


Reducing your price in an amount equal to the commission will net you
the same amount of dollars but you'll be far ahead of the game if you
escape dealing with low life slimeball re-agents.

Just my opinion.