With the widespread popularity and accessibility of real estate portal sites, it’s easier than ever before to sell your own home without a real estate professional. Selling “for sale by owner,” or FSBO, can save you money. However, there are some serious advantages to working with a seller's agent when selling your home.
Real estate is all about networking. Real estate agents are able to find and recommend other professionals like home inspectors, contractors or home stagers and will also have access to more buyers. When you hire a real estate agent to help sell your home, you get your listing in front of far more potential buyers than you would just by posting on a portal site. They might show the listing to people who aren’t browsing FSBO listings at all. Most successful real estate agents also have the experience and marketing know-how to make sure your home gets the best and brightest exposure through social media, open houses and more.
Selling a home includes a lot of negotiation. Real estate agents who have a lot of experience in negotiation will have the skills and the savvy to manage and counter any offers from potential buyers. They also know how to talk to other agents. A qualified buyer is likely working with their own agent committed to their client’s needs. Therefore, you’ll be much better off if you have your own professional representation to help you navigate the transaction. Some home sales are quick and friendly, but some can get very complex and even contentious. You won’t want to face the possibility of aggressive price negotiations, bidding wars and other complications without a real estate agent on your side of the equation.
Simply put: selling a home is a lot of work. It can be as demanding as a full-time job, and many FSBO sellers get overwhelmed. Staging your home, scheduling needed maintenance, hosting open houses and completing piles of paperwork are only a few of the tasks you’ll be facing without a real estate agent. If you hire a real estate agent to help you, you’ll make selling your home their full-time job. An agent can handle all the scheduling, marketing, negotiating and clerical details of the sale for you. Since they have so much experience, the process will not only be easier for you but likely a lot quicker than if you tried to do all the work on your own.
Saving money is always a worthy goal. However, there are some things it’s much better to hire a professional to help you with. Selling your home is a time-consuming and complex process that real estate agents have the training and experience to complete on your behalf.
Rossi Real Estate Services LLC is a boutique real estate brokerage firm that provides close personal attention to buyers and sellers in the Capital Region and surrounding areas. “Typical” is not a word that clients use to describe Rossi Real Estate's approach to home buying and selling. Building upon years of experience, Rossi Real Estate employs creative marketing approaches, combined with a vast network, to quickly sell homes. By creating home floor plans, professional photography, and online marketing videos, Rossi Real Estate is able to depict home layouts and professional marketing to potential buyers before stepping foot in your home; this saves the seller valuable time by attracting only those buyers who have greater interest in the home. Additionally, by employing targeted online marketing, Rossi Real Estate targets buyers searching for homes just like yours.
Joe Rossi, the Principal Broker at Rossi Real Estate, builds upon over 12 years real estate experience in every transaction. Joe zealously advocates for his clients by combining his diverse background in law, finance, complex negotiation, and management, with compassion and exemplary communication skills creates. He explains transaction details and guides his clients through every step of the buying and selling experience. Furthermore, Joe listens to his clients’ wants and needs. In a recent transaction, the buyer profusely thanked Joe, stating he was, “[T]he only one in the transaction that was capable of communicating with the sellers in a way that ensured we were able to close on our dream home”.
Our real estate practice includes leading professionals, all of which are NYS Licensed Real Estate Sales Associates: Joseph R. Rossi, Ryan Hart, & Dustin Cogswell. Their experience includes work at a fortune 100 company, military operations, and technical recruiting.
If you're looking for a real estate broker who goes above and beyond the industry, who genuinely cares about their clients, and who will drive results, contact Rossi Real Estate Services LLC today.
The Stuff our attorneys make us include...
In accordance with Real Property Law §442-H, Rossi Real Estate Services LLC implemented a Standardized Operating Procedure governing client engagement. As such, prior to any engagement, Broker:
1. Requires a buyer to produce identification if the identity of the buyer is not readily known through a personal relationship with the broker or licensed sales person;
2. Requires an exclusive agency agreement (i.e. exclusive broker agreement) prior to engagement with any buyer;
3. Does not require pre-approval for a mortgage loan; however, a pre-qualification letter for a mortgage loan or, for cash buyers, proof of funds is required.
Although Broker may not require certain information, a seller of real estate may require this information prior to showing the property and/or as part of any purchase offer.