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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think you are hearing naysayers from the burbs, where I guess this isn't as common.  In desirable neighborhoods in DC, we get at least one of those letters a quarter.  As a PP said, I find it flattering, show it to my husband, and then it immediately goes into recycling because we're not planning on moving.  I don't actually think there is an harm in it if it's a neighborhood norm.  That said, I pay slightly more attention to letters from the known handful of realtors who handle much of the traffic in our neighborhood. Random realtor who is sending a bad form letter is less interesting and seems scam-like.  Along those lines, I'd definitely only use a realtor who specialized in the particular neighborhood.  They are the ones who know the scuttlebutt and who might be moving and who is aging and who was tempted last year but didn't sell but might be ready this year.  [/quote]

I'm 13:41 and I live in the suburbs.  [/quote]

13:41, how many letters did your realtor send?[/quote]

Honestly, I'm not really sure.  I want to say around 70-80?  And 2-3 responses (one was not a house we would want but we looked at the other two and bought one of them).  At first I was impressed that my realtor was willing to put in so much work for us but in the end, I realized that it's a way for her to promote herself in the neighborhood and she ended up representing both sides on the transaction so she collected double commission (plus the commission on the house we sold).  So, smart business move for her, only one realtor to deal with and worked out for both seller and buyer.[/quote]

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