For selling your house, it may be a good option to hire an agent, to do the job on your behalf. Because, it may be a good choice to sell a house or to buy a house, by taking services of an agent. But, again there may be choice to be made between a discount agent and a full-service agent. A full-service agent is one, who will offer his services, and take his fees as commission, which is generally 6% of the price of the house. Whereas, a discount agent may take his fees at a lower rate, but they may offer fewer services as compared to full-service agent. It will be better, if you choose a right agent, as this transaction is a huge one, and you may like to save money.
Commission charged by full-service agent, includes services like, direct mail, MLS listings, online marketing, custom website and signage. Although, you may hire different teams for different tasks, but, it may take more time and it may be required to maintain coordination between the teams. A full-service agent will manage all the tasks on his own and there will not be need of coordination. Whereas, a discount agent will charge discount real estate commission, which may be lesser than that which is charged by a full-service agent. Also, the services offered by discount agent will be fewer than the services of full-service agent. Discount agents may offer different marketing packages, and you can choose any one of them. This will save your money, but it is possible that you have to do some of the tasks on your own.
You can choose the agent according to your availability of time and money. If you are able to spend lot of time for searching for buyers and deal with them, to sell your house, then you can sell the house without taking services of an agent. If you are not worried about saving money and time then you can hire a full-service agent to do this task for you. If you want to keep balance between time and money, you can hire a discount agent.
