No Upfront Fees, No Sale No Fee, Cancel Anytime: What Those Promises Should Look Like in Writing

Hidden fees almost never look hidden. They look like small, reasonable line items with names like transaction fee, compliance fee, marketing fee or administrative fee. Individually they seem minor. Together they can add up to real money, and you usually meet them for the first time on the settlement

You Already Found the House. Why Pay a Full Fee to Search for It?

Think about how you actually found the last home you liked. You found it on Zillow, Redfin, Realtor.com, Homes.com, or at an open house on a Sunday afternoon. You found it yourself, on your phone, probably before you spoke to anyone.So the honest question is this: what are you paying a buyer's broke

Commission Is Negotiable — Have the Conversation Before You Sign

There is no standard commission rate. There never has been one. Commission is negotiable, it always has been negotiable, and the only reason it often is not negotiated is that most sellers never bring it up.Why the conversation gets skippedBy the time fees come up, you have usually already met the a

It's Your Money: What a ½% Listing Fee Actually Saves You

Most sellers never really look at the commission line until they are sitting at the closing table. By then it is the single largest cost of the sale — usually larger than escrow, title, county transfer tax and repairs combined. It is worth looking at it much earlier than that.The math nobody walks y