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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ask her to send you a blank contract. We've bought 3 houses this way. You are no idiot![/quote]

We also just bought a house without agents - except in our case the seller was not an agent either. Make no mistake, it IS much more work for both parties. and it's more important to remain amicable/non-contentious since there is not agent buffer, but overall we do not regret it. Agreeing to price was easy. We were both on the same page WRT what the house would "go for" and then we took off 3% since they didn't have to pay our agent and kept 3% for themselves since they don't have to pay a listing agent.

The harder part was arranging for inspections, etc and then agreeing on the repairs that needed to be made. Our seller had a very high opinion of the condition of his house (it was very well maintained for a 21 year old house) and was kind of in denial and rude to our inspector about hidden things that were wrong. Not super major stuff, but not exactly minor either. We worked it out, but mainly bc my husband negotiates deals for a living and does not find haggling to be awkward, unlike me.[/quote]

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