Are You on the Edge of a Dunedin Short Sale?

When you’re on the edge of being upside down on your Dunedin home, and you’re thinking of selling and your asking price allows you just barely enough wiggle room to pay for closing costs including Realtor commissions, what do you do?

Most homeowners opt for these two sure-to-fail options:

1)  Attempt to sell a Dunedin FSBO (For Sale By Owner) to save on commissions entirely

2)  Attempt to find a low cost “budget” agent who may cut their 6% commission to perhaps 5%.

In this Pinellas Real Estate market, more than ever, this is THE KISS OF DEATH!

It’s enough to make a caring, knowledgeable, professional Palm Harbor Realtor with the skills to get the job done want to cry. 

Palm Harbor home sellers:  You don’t want to hear this but you deserve the truth:  Time is of the essence in this market.  Sure, a low budget agent can slap a sign in the yard, put your house on the MLS at a discount fee, do ZERO marketing, and pray.  Yet, offering a discount commission to buyers agents isn’t going to get you many showings (they have to survive, too, and they are going to show the 95% of listings that offer 3% or more commissions before showing yours which offers less). 

Sure, you might sleep well for a few nights beleiving you saved $1500 or so on the sale of your $150,000 house, but chances are you sold your heart, soul, credit rating and your future to the lender.   

If this is you, know that we are in the process of gathering testimonials from people that we’ve been talking to for the past couple of years.  Testimonials of people like you who once opted for the no-budget or low-budget plan when they still had wiggle room, and, today, are seriously upside down.  Now we’re successfully doing short sales for them – that could have been avoided!  Some aren’t even talking to a Pinellas Real Estate professional and are facing foreclousre.

It’s heartbreaking and it’s still oftentimes avoidable!   This is not the time to go it alone or with an inexperienced agent without a track record of results.  THESE ARE SERIOUS TIMES.  That is said with all of the love in the world to you and yours.   Feel free to call us at (727)366-0324 or contact us here for a confidential assessment, and time willing, a clear path out.