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[quote=Anonymous]I have a possible relocation for work happening early next year and it pains me to think how much we'll have to pay in realtor fees (again). Our house in VA is probably worth about 600k, so even with a "break" in fees at 5% (for both combined), that is still 30k for a house that hypothetically should sell pretty easily. I do see some value in working with an agent, but certainly not this much. Last time I sold a place I feel like I did more work showing it than my agent. I wish there was a better way to adjust the fees based on the amount of actual work performed.

And is a 600k house really and harder to sell than a 400k house in theory, or a 1.2M house vs an 800k house? The idea that commission is a percentage of the sales price still frustrates me to this day.

I would consider FSBO and use a lawyer for the contracts part, but it just seems so uncommon that most people don't bother looking at these listings...and then you still have the buying agent fees.

Perhaps I'm way off in my thinking, but I've been depressed thinking about this lately. Any new creative ways to sell a house these days that aren't so hard on your equity?

I'd much rather use that money on a vacation...or two or three for that matter![/quote]

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