Are you really saving going FSBO?

I'm not going to go into the different studies about whether or not using an agent gets you a better price or not...that data's out there and it's valuable reading. What I'm going to discuss is more the "life" or "stress" costs that both the FSBO and non-lawyer-using property seller faces.

I just have a few real estate transactions going right now where the clients are so stressed out and panicked essentially because it's a lot of work to go FSBO and on the legal side they don't know what they're doing. Sometimes it's a personality thing and if you're sort of edgy/nervous to begin with then you may want to keep the stress down. Particularly if there's both a buy and sale involved...that's double-trouble and I'd bet most real estate lawyers would cut their fee for doing two transactions.

I think it's a great skill (beyond just selling real estate) to know where you're weak and get outside help in those areas...you can't be successful doing everything yourself!