Purple Bricks

[New2Elk]

Has anyone here used Purple Bricks instead of a standard realtor to sell their property? If so, how has this process worked out for you and would you recommend going this route? Any issues you ran into with this process? Any information and personal experience is greatly appreciated.

[Purple Farmer]

Originally Posted by New2Elk

Has anyone here used Purple Bricks instead of a standard realtor to sell their property? If so, how has this process worked out for you and would you recommend going this route? Any issues you ran into with this process? Any information and personal experience is greatly appreciated.

If you know what your house is worth and it's highly desirable combined with having the time to show it and you won't take offers personally have at it, if not hire a realtor.

[Jamie]

Originally Posted by New2Elk

Has anyone here used Purple Bricks instead of a standard realtor to sell their property? If so, how has this process worked out for you and would you recommend going this route? Any issues you ran into with this process? Any information and personal experience is greatly appreciated.

Purple bricks is just "WELIST"
WELIST couldn't make a go of it out here now this company from England has taken them over with the same Biz model.

From a Realtors stand point, my clients(buyers) have always had a tough time dealing with WELIST. Most won't bother to go see houses listed in such a fashion. If we do go see a specific house listed like this clients tend to use it as a comparable to buy the one down the street. Then add in the BS for a professional who is used to working with other professionals and you end up with a house sitting on the market. Personally, I don't care. If I can find the right house for my clients and its priced correctly, I will deal with all of the hassles.

[SamSteele]

Isn’t Purple Bricks just ComFree with a new name? Been around for a while if that’s the case.

[Jamie]

Originally Posted by SamSteele

Isn’t Purple Bricks just ComFree with a new name? Been around for a while if that’s the case.

Your right. Com free/We list/purple bricks. All the same company.

[New2Elk]

Thanks everyone for the responses. Been busy getting the house ready for photos and viewing. I ended up going with a realtor after looking into it a bit further. Might be a little more cost but also a little more piece of mind.

[Kim473]

Neighbor has listed with purple bricks for about 2 months, I have only seen a couple people look at it in that time frame. I like Remax.

[Jamie]

Originally Posted by Kim473

Neighbor has listed with purple bricks for about 2 months, I have only seen a couple people look at it in that time frame. I like Remax.

Realtors have a hard time showing those properties.

[Jamie]

Originally Posted by New2Elk

Thanks everyone for the responses. Been busy getting the house ready for photos and viewing. I ended up going with a realtor after looking into it a bit further. Might be a little more cost but also a little more piece of mind.

You made the best call. Good job.

[Dean2]

I have bought and sold dozens of properties over the years. I have dealt with a large number of realtors on one or both sides of the transaction and done many non-realtor deals. Of the realtor involved deals, there are two realtors I respect a lot, one has passed away, and one I thought was okay. The rest were douche canoes of the first order.

The only way they sell properties faster than you can on your own is by lowballing the list price. Remember, you drop your price $50 thousand it all comes out of your pocket but only costs them $1,500 off their 6% on first 200K and 3% on the balance commission. They are well invented to sell fast and cheap. The games they will play with sellers and buyers are varied and often used. They make used car salesman look like saints.

Do you really want to pay $20,000 for some pictures, a lawn sign, maybe one open house and an advert in the paper, all of which you can easily do or hire done for far less. Outside of that what does the Realtor do to sell your home? Rarely is the listing realtor the guy that sells the house too. I can see paying 3% and 1.5% to a realtor that actually brings you a buyer and I would include those terms in the advertisements but I would never pay for a listing realtor.

Just my thoughts based on my experience with Realtors.

[Weedy1]

Originally Posted by Dean2

Do you really want to pay $20,000 for some pictures, a lawn sign, maybe one open house and an advert in the paper, all of which you can easily do or hire done for far less.

I bet I could get billboard space for less.