If you’re looking to sell your house or investment property in Baltimore without using a real estate agent, we can help.
Although we do cooperate with brokers, sometimes it’s best to avoid paying someone to be in the middle. We at Baltimore Housing Source Inc will help you get the most for your property quickly.
After all, paying 5-6% of the sale of a property in a commission is a lot of money. In certain situations, Maryland brokers and real estate agents can be very useful and earn their commission. Not always. We have direct relationships with real estate professional which enables us to tackle any situation to help you reach your goal.
How Do I Sell My House Without An Agent in Baltimore?
There are a few ways to avoid paying high commissions in your Maryland sale.
First, there’s a tricky custom that you’ve gotta know about.
In most sales in Baltimore, roughly half of the commission you pay as the seller goes to pay for the buyer’s broker.
Doesn’t make much sense, right?
Why should you pay for the agent on the other side of the table?
Truthfully, it defies logic – it’s just what’s typically done.
You can use that to your advantage in a few ways.
First, factor in the commissions paid when you’re looking at the comparable sales. If the properties similar to yours sold for prices that included commissions, take that into account.
Don’t underprice your property – be aware that a savvy buyer may expect to take a discount too. If you’re doing the work of one agent, you can expect to save that money. Investment funds have corporate buyers who offer you a company formulated offer for your property. We in turn offer a fair offer for your property and it’s neighborhood personality.
Sometimes in Baltimore, buyers who aren’t represented by an agent won’t remember to negotiate the buyer’s side commission out of the price for themselves, so don’t remind them if you don’t want to pay them. Just don’t be surprised if it comes up during the negotiation.
You may want to consider offering 2.5% to buyer’s agents who will bring their clients to show your property. Sure, it’s a lot of money. If you’re pricing your property including that commission, you can always negotiate a better deal for a purchaser who comes without an agent.
On the other hand, if you don’t leave room for the buyer’s agent’s commission, you’ll be excluding most of the buyers in the market in Baltimore.
Over 90% of transactions happen through the MLS – that’s the Multiple Listing Service. It’s the main database that all the brokers in Baltimore use to access information for their clients on the houses, condos, land and investment properties for sale, along with data on the sold prices.
Once upon a time, you had to pay a full commission to get your property on the MLS. Now in Baltimore, there are a few brokers who will charge you a fee just to list your property on the MLS. Often, you spend a few hundred bucks and you only pay a commission if the sale closes.
Compared to the cost of a newspaper ad, the MLS is a cheap way to market your property to a very wide audience. So we at Baltimore Housing Source, Inc have access to the MLS to insure our clients get maximum exposure the more eyes you have on it the quicker you get a legit offer for your property. We all know that’s the goal.
All the major real estate search sites like Realtor.com, Zillow, Yahoo Homes, etc. get data from the MLS. Chances are good that when you submit your listing in Baltimore to the MLS, information on your property will end up on most of the major sites within a few days. This will insure maximum exposure which will in turn increase the number of views and offers.
Each of those sites sells ads. They’ve got packages that let you pay to enhance your listing, feature it at the top of the search, and a lot of other bells and whistles that might or might not get an interested buyer to buy your property. But once you receive the offer we have years of experience that ensures your transaction will go as smooth as possible. We have seasoned real estate professionals that have seen everything.
Advertising is a gamble. Sometimes open houses in Baltimore Maryland can be a great way to sell a property, and sometimes they’re a waste of time. Same with newspaper ads, craigslist postings, fancy signs – sometimes they work, and sometimes they don’t. The traditional marketing technics do not fit every property, we have a unique approach to every property.
To effectively sell your property on your own, you have to market it well.
Putting up fliers and signs around your neighborhood can generate some calls, and there’s a lot of free websites where you can post information. But often just putting up flyers and an open house isn’t enough if your house doesn’t appeal to the average home buyer. Buyers are more knowledgeable in todays market and require more to spark their interest.
In theory, real estate agents charge big commissions because they have to spend a lot of money up front to advertise your property. By advertising lots of properties at once, they expect to get more phone calls – and obviously, they’ll make good profits by selling lots of houses. But the compensation is a direct connection to the time that they put in the transaction that’s not visible.
Certain properties might require thousands of dollars in advertising expenses before the right buyer happens to see the ad and call. This is a process that we go through everyday with our clients , we ensure everyone is on the same page. We make sure that our clients expectations are exceeded in all situations.
If you want to avoid paying any commissions, you can also sell your house to investors like us for CASH
We offer fair prices for properties – and we can close fast (in as little as 3-5 days if you need to).
Sometimes we’ll purchase Baltimore houses, fix them up, then rent them out… sometimes we’ll fix them up and sell them to other people looking for great homes in the area, and a lot of other reasons, too – but we love to hear from people like you who are thinking of selling anywhere in Maryland. We focus on helping our Veteran community in any way we can. We ensure that no veteran is left behind.
We’re investors who care a lot about Baltimore.
We close fast and pay cash in as little as just 3-5 days. Give us a call now at (410)775-6573 or fill out the short form over here.