If you’re thinking of selling, you’ll likely connect with people who want to help. Some will be agents and some will be investors. Check out this blog post to read about 3 ways to tell real estate agents and investors apart in Detroit and help you understand why you might want to work with one versus the other. Are you considering selling your house? You might be approached by a bunch of different people who all offer to help you sell. But not everyone who offers to help will help in the same way. Some are agents, others are real estate investors and they’ll help you in different ways. Making the best choice for you will depend on your situation. It’s very important to be able to know the difference. Continue reading to learn about some ways to tell real estate agents and investors apart in Detroit.
List Versus Buy
The easiest way to tell agents from investors is to ask what they are going to do with your house – list it or buy it. An agent will list your house on a listing service and they’ll try to find a buyer. They might need to show it to several people in order to find one buyer. An investor, on the other hand, isn’t going to list your house – the investor is a buyer and they will buy your house from you directly. (That’s what we do at Detroit Fair Offer – we’re buyers and we buy houses in Detroit. If you want to sell your house quickly, click here and enter your information to find out how much we can pay).
Timeline To Sell
The next way to know the difference between an agent and an investor is to ask about their timeline to buy. An agent won’t know because they have to find the buyer first. In many cases, they might be looking at 3-12 months during which they’ll show the house to multiple potential buyers. An investor, though, will know exactly how long it will take to buy your house since they’re the ones who will buy it. They will have an exact timeline (which could depend on you and how quickly you want to sell).
Commission Versus No Commission
This one is crucial! An agent makes their money when they find a buyer and then you have to pay them a commission on the house (which could be somewhere around 6% of the sale price… or $6,000 on a $100,000 house).
An investor, however, isn’t listing your house so there aren’t any commissions. That’s because an investor will make money by either renting the house to a tenant or fixing up the house and selling it… so they make their money in a different way.
If you’ve read this post and decided to see what an investor can pay for your house, get in touch with us. Our we buy houses Detroit program has helped hundreds of property sellers.
