We have dealt with many Realtors, in different states.
Few our our dealings were really satisfactory, and when we finally came to the point where we were looking for our homestead, I did try the local Realtors. I tried with them for two years, but everything they listed was too expensive.
When I finally broke down and began calling the telephone numbers listed on hand written signs, I found an entire different world of land transactions going on, at half the price.
The MLS shows nothing in my area for even twice what I paid. Yet today I know of a dozen properties for sale, for far less than anything the Realtors would ever list.
Around here nobody wants to give a percentage to a realtor. And nobody wants to deal with Realtors trying to bump the price, to gain a larger commission.
At my last land purchase, I did the closing via a lawyer and it cost me a flat fee of $200. No escrow, no escrow account, no points.
I paid under $1,000 per acre for riverfrontage forest land, some is below the flood stage, most is above the flood line.
Realtors around here would insist that no such deals exist. Whereas I see them every week.
