I think sometimes sellers are unrealistic about the market & how much money they SHOULD get for their properties. They blame the realtor for not selling. Yes, there are instances where a REA takes a listing & does nothing to market it. However, most of the time the property sits due to PRICING. Everything has a price. Even if the house sits on a busy street, it becomes appealing at a certain price point. IMO, many times what happens is that the sellers just "use" the REAs for the expense of full marketing costs, while not budging with their price. They keep changing realtors in hopes that the next one will sell their house for the price they want. Finally, it sinks in( the sellers) that the house is overpriced. Now, the sellers are willing to work with realtor #3 because they're worn out & beaten down....when all along it was the price, not the realtor. I'm sure others have similar experiences, whether their friends, family or neighbors were unrealistic in their expectations , but they blamed the realtor. Moral of the story: Price your home realistically. If you have a good agent, WORK with them & don't make fools of yourselves by listing with every agency in town. By switching to 3 different agencies, buyers may think YOU have a problem or you are hard to work with. JMO, of course.

As a buyer, and having had a 3rd offer on a 3rd home accepted, I can give you a bit of info from my perspective, may not mean much since I'm on the other side and I'm just giving you some info on my situation. The home we just put in an offer on last Friday (final acceptance yesterday) has been on the market for over 10 months, was listed mid January. I saw it around the end of March, beginning of April. I dismissed it due to a few reasons, one was the price, but also due to what needed to be updated in it, and another issue was my furniture that I wanted to keep, I didn't think it would place well/correctly in the master bedroom-few other reasons, but nothing major. Since that time, I put in and had contracts on 2 other homes, both of them failed inspection and I had to walk. Also, since seeing this home I even drove my Mom by the outside during the summer, just to point it out to her, her response was "Yuck, I don't like it at all!" After my last round of looking at homes and not finding anything, I suggested going back to this home. The realtor didn't want to take me back but reluctantly, we went. Nothing has been done in the house since I saw it, it's the same exact way, with maybe the exception of a framed piece of art being off the wall. From what I was told, there hasn't been a single offer on this home in the entire time it's been up for sale. The price has been lowered 4 times, and still nothing. The house is clean, but does need to be updated. What my Mother thought was "Yuck" about the house was the outside, the curb appeal - there is none. This house has ZERO charm, but as my Mom saw, it has a lot of potential. I was told the listing agent is the one who sold them the house originally. The location of the house is excellent as far as being easy to get to and near everything - not sure about the schools as it's not important to me, I'm beyond that time of my life. I think with a little landscaping, this house would have had more activity, but I think that alone may have been the point where someone didn't look any further at it. It's been painted, but other than that, I'm not sure what the sellers could have done to make it more presentable and not have to put in a bit of money. The kitchen needs updating, new flooring, but that's going to cost. Maybe in the long run, they should have spend some money doing it as it may have cost them at the end. It may not be anything the realtor is doing/not doing. It can easily be the economy. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink, as they say. But I can tell you, I've searched daily on the MLS listings to keep up with the latest new listings and the latest price changes. It's rare that I see a home newly listed sell quickly since there's so many homes on the market, but when I see a price drop, I'm seeing things move. Homes that were on the market for a long time are finally moving. Wish I could see your listing - would love to give you my 2 cents with me being on the other side. Why not post some of the pics from your listing, maybe you could get some feedback from doing that from those on this board. Below is the home that we are buying, as you can see, no curb appeal at all! It sorta looks like a trailer, though it's not. One thing, we were a cable show where they go in and spruce up homes that aren't selling - then they bring back buyers who previsouly saw the home before and just some minor and minimal costing updates made the world of difference for many. I was in awe of some of the things they did - makes me wish I had cable!!!!

Duece Lee - have you made any moves toward doing FSBO? I too am considering this and started a similar thread. Since posting I have found a local lawyer which will likely cost $1000 or less. I also plan to bring two agents by my house, get their opinions, etc. Plus I may need them if FSBO doesn't work out. I tried taking some pics of my home and they look terrible. I'm going to use another camera and throw them in Photoshop if things don't improve. Anyway, best of luck.

Growing up visiting my grandma's house, I have fond memories of her wooden secretary desk. It went to my cousin's family. Back in the day they were a dime a dozen in antique shops, not so much anymore. I still have a soft spot for them, but am "desked out" in my current space so will probably never have my very own.