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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When we sold our last house for $715K, the realtor paid for staging (2013).  It was my understanding that a certain price point the realtors cover it.  I'm not sure what price point that is.  [/quote]

You paid for it through your realtor's fee, which you could possibly have negotiated to be lower.[/quote]

FWIW - we met with 3 realtors and considered the fees for all of them when deciding which one to pick.  [/quote]

Did all three offer to stage? If one or two weren't going to stage, did they have lower fees?[/quote]

Almost all agents charge 5% nowadays. The ones that charge 4% do the bare minimum. I'm not going cheap on selling my house.[/quote]

Lots of agents who charge 5% do the bare minimum too. That was our experience selling a parent's place.

Unless your place is a real pit in a horrible school district, it will probably sell itself in this market. Why throw thousands of dollars away on your feelings and a persuasive realtor.[/quote]

It truly sounds like you've had some dud realtors while the rest of us have done our research and found people that will do work for the same amount of money. Next time, do a little more work in selecting an agent that meets your needs. We made sure to ask what was included in each realtor's service - the vast majority of them said they would coordinate contractors or give us a lockbox so we could do that coordination ourselves, many of them included a house cleaning, and some also included staging and yard work. We wanted the most bang for our buck, so we went with the ones that (a) we knew were familiar in the area and (b) offered the most services. Very happy with our choice. We *did not* go with the lady who was like "I sell all the houses in your neighborhood" because while she did sell the most houses in our neighborhood, we knew her service was all about selling quickly which included pricing low (and she didn't offer free staging). [/quote]

Never change, DCUM.

A whole thread about why you shouldn't pay your agent to coordinate contractors, housecleaning, yard work, painting or ANYTHING else. And other threads about how 5% commission isn't worth it, and maybe not 4% either.

And here's either a realtor (most likely) or somebody who really needs their hand held, blaming somebody else for not sucking it up and paying 5%.[/quote]

PS. You're talking to more than one person. There are more than one of us who have had bad experiences or just understand the economics of going with the realtors' lender or contractors, also the kickbacks. [/quote]

Why on earth should I care if my realtor gets kickbacks from people whose services she paid for? She paid for staging, landscaping, cleaning - I don't care who she used as long as it looks good and I don't have to pay for it.

We used our own lender and contractors, so no kickbacks there.

Keep going, though, feel free.[/quote]

DP. Ffs! Your realtor did not pay for those things. YOU paid for them, through her fee. This is basic economics. [/quote]

FFS right back at you. We're talking about kickbacks, sweetheart. I paid a 5% commission. I was going to pay that amount no matter what. So why should I care who my realtor used to stage the house, clean the house, whatever, I don't care if they're getting kickbacks, I'm paying 5% no matter what. Why are you too stupid to understand this???[/quote]

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