I sold 355 acres in Eastland County about 6 months ago without using a realtor. Just post it yourself on Lands of Texas and be willing to show it when necessary. Pretty easy and you’ll save a bundle in broker commissions. A good percentage of buyers don’t have representation so you have a good chance of paying zero broker commissions.

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I would say the biggest difference is marketing. As an agent our firm would obviously market the property for you. However, the con to that approach is you pay a commission. Also for all of the equipment there is a specific section in the farm and ranch contract to include all of your equipment with the sale. I would also say a pro to the situation is you have someone representing you to talk with the other agent representing the buyer which generally makes coming to a agreement somewhat easier. It's somewhat of a tug and pull system I'd say, but using a agent makes your work less of an issue.

What county and direction from town? Some places are highly sought after and some sit on market for years regardless if you have a realtor or not. Guys up road been on market 6 years now. Our place would sell in no time. Sounds like you might be in a great area if you bought it recently.

After twenty years in the title business I will never trust, hire or believe a real estate agent. That is all.

Yes, Lands of Texas does charge a monthly fee. Around $100 I believe.

There are good and bad folks in life. Realtors are no different.

We recently sold our house and we were looking for over a year both for new and the market for ours. I'd like to think I was very in tune as to what was going on. We found a house and our offer was finally the one picked (nature of the market in North Texas)...we moved and sat down with the realtor to get ours sold.

They point blank asked me what I thought we should list ours at. I gave them the numbers and provided 4 comps that recently sold in our neighborhood. They said their comps were very similar but they thought they could get more and asked if I'd let them list it 10k higher than what I said. I told them if they thought it would sell there and we'd get offers...let's go. They did and 3 days later I'm signing an offer that was full ask with very little requests. Shocking part is it appraised, still not sure how that was pulled off.

Long story but my point is they earned their money and messed with stuff I didn't have too, like staging, negotiating the deal, etc. A good realtor is worth what you pay him and a bad one sucks...just like everything else.

I will say the folks we had the hardest time with in our two deals was title. That wasn't a shot at Cast as he appears on this forum to be a good dude, just stating my experience. TRID disclosures suck and I know the regulations more than the average Joe and it appears there are a ton of title and lenders that view those as guidelines versus regulations

Talk to your neighbors first. See if they have an interest. my neighbor wanted to sell his place and I suggested he talk to one of our other neighbors. He closed in three weeks. His equipment, furnishings and four wheeler was included.

Sold my ranch in 5 days with no realtor right now its a sellers market, ive done 3 or 4 deals now you really have to be more careful.when buying and ask the right questions.

you can contact me and I can help you answer these questions.

If you like to gamble, you could always try an Exclusive Agency Listing. You sign with a broker, but you only pay the broker if they bring the buyer to the table. You also still have the opportunity sell it yourself without having to pay your broker.

That's a good thought. Would that typically be a 6% commission for them if they did bring someone to the table? What do you see as the gamble?