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[quote=Anonymous]We were in a similar position (popular area, house showed very well, tight market) and  interviewed full service/price realtor who lived in our neighborhood; another who did not but high sales volume; a redfin agent and another flat fee agent.

The first one had a good estimate of what to list the house at, had good comps but like you I could not see what 'value added' things she brought to the table. The second seemed to want our business by flattering our house, had comps that were reaches (cause this neighborhood changes greatly over several blocks) and claiming it would sell for X, which was inflated. The redfin agent went through some song and dance about 'hitting a big swath of the market by pricing it at Y" and had terrible comps (his list price was nearly 200k UNDER  the sold price). The flat fee agent gave us the most thoughtful estimate of list price, advice on what to do and not do to get ready for  market, threw in free staging, good photos, and suggested, due to the timing (early last summer, a hot time) and the neighborhood, that we list a little low as she expected to generate a lot of interest.

We had 9 offers by deadline (6 days after listing) and we sold 70 over list, with no contingencies. She negotiated everything perfectly (but it was an easy buy/sale on both sides), and even helped us out after we moved by taking care of a few issues free of charge.

I am now living in a different small city/town where there are basically no discount agents, everyone uses the same handful of people inthe business, they all take 2.5 or 3%, they dont even both with professional photos half the time and would never help stage. Its so old school. 
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