Grandpa Richard Speaks

I have sold 3 houses on my own. In one case, the buyer and I each paid for independent appraisals and then negotiated a final price based on them. In another a friend of a friend heard we were selling and we negotiated a price based on recent sales in the same part of town. [...]

I have personally always considered the % of sale pricing used to sell houses as being unfair to me as a consumer. In my case, I have sold every house I owned without the help of an agent. I determined pricing by either paying for an appraisal, or if possible, doing my own appraisal based [...]