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Old 10-18-2013, 05:24 PM   #50
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Originally Posted by angus99 View Post
Just trying to clarify something--and I'm not bashing brokers. In fact, I'll probably use one when the time comes. I've often heard that there's no cost to the buyer when either the buyer or seller uses a broker. But if I'm a seller using a broker, I'm going to feel like my bottom-line price needs to be 10% higher to offset the broker's fee. Who ultimately pays for that? Put another way, as a seller without a broker I might feel like I have 10% more room to negotiate. Just sayin'.
Do you have experience doing this??? If you can pull it off, go for it. There are highly sought after boats that you might be able to get away doing this. That Willard 40 in the classifieds section is am excellent example. He shouldn't have any problem FSBOing that boat as long as he can get enough exposure.

To answer your somewhat rhetorical question, the market will pay for that 10%!!
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