Who pays the real estate agent?

ast week I was discussing the market with a potential real estate client. I was a little shocked when she asked me how much I charged to help find a place.

I had made a big mistake! I had assumed she knew it would not cost her anything for me to assist her. So I wanted to place a small post that explained the most common "payment" arrangements in the Brevard County Florida real estate market.

• If you are looking for a rental property that is listed in the MLS, the owner pays the "renter's agent," not the renter.

• If you are the buyer of a property that is listed, the seller pays your buyer's agent. [Even if you are interested in a FSBO, your agent may be able to negotiate the seller paying their fee.]

• If you are the seller of a property, you will be paying your seller's agent and the buyer's agent.

If you are considering any transaction involving real estate, call a real estate agent and discuss the process and cost.

The bottom line: get represented!

Gary Waters, Florida licensed real estate agent, Century 21 Baytree Realty, Rockledge, Florida. Call me directly at 321-693-3850 or email me at agent@moving2brevard.com. Please read my other blogs, Florida Homes for Sale, and, Observations from a Viera Florida Real Estate Agent.

The number one real estate headline....

I noticed in yesterday's paper a common theme among many of the real estate advertisements. Now I will admit I did not count each and every one but there did seem to be one that stood out....

"REDUCED"

Although the word "reduced" may not have shown up in every ad it was evident...Some ads mentioned "make an offer" while some just exclaimed the seller's "motivation!"

Either way, the word is definitely out. Sellers in Viera, Rockledge, Suntree and all of Brevard County Florida are motivated!

Gary Waters, Florida licensed real estate agent, Century 21 Baytree Realty. Please read my other blog at www.moving2brevard.blogspot.com

A couple of good real estate articles by Gary Waters, Realtor

I have been busy trying to stay on top of all my Internet blogs and social networks....Facebook, Plaxo, Linkedin, Activerain. At the same time I have been posting to several of my blogs.

Here are a couple of my latest (and greatest?)...

I will not be an Angry Old Person...I won't...I won't...I won't
Financial Disaster Teaches a Lesson

Gary Waters, Florida licensed real estate agent, Century 21 Baytree Realty, Rockledge, Florida. Call me directly at 321-693-3850 or email me at agent@moving2brevard.com.

Moving to Viera Florida

Viera is the "best kept secret in Florida" according to one of my clients! I don't know if I would say that but it does offer some of the best living in Central Florida!

If you are considering a move to Florida then Viera deserves a look. As a full time real estate agent with Century 21 Baytree Realty in Rockledge, Viera is one of the primary areas I market. Need more information on Viera? Call me directly at 321-693-3850 or email me at agent@moving2brevard.com.

Please read my other blogs for more information on Viera.