This week, a homage, sort of, to agents. In the last issue in this space, we took them to task for the rather dubious case they had just tried to make in their Real Estate News for using their services.

But what agents say in print and for public consumption is one thing; what they say in private, or believe in their heart of hearts, may be something entirely other.

We received another indication of that
recently. A ComFree client called our office to say her home had just sold. She was pleased with how things had gone and revealed she had her agents to thank.

She had put a conditional offer through
this agent on a house, which meant hers
had to sell before she could get her new
home.

But rather than put the house up for sale
on the agent's listing service, her agent
advised her to list with ComFree.

Agents are businessmen and women who
are there to make money. They make sound business decisions. They operate out of selfinterest.

This agent knows he won’t have a pay
day on his client’s purchase until her house sells. He knows that price is the most important factor in a successful sale and that by not having to factor in a real estate commission his client can price her home more competitively. He knows that private sale is his best hope to realize the commission he could lose if someone else comes along and makes an unconditional offer on the home his client has the offer on.

He knows ComFree is the best way to go
private. A real life testimonial from a real
estate pro.

This isn’t the first time we’ve heard of a
agent recommending ComFree. There have been others. A few months ago we carried the account of one of our clients who had sold her condo and cottage through ComFree, saving about $18,000.

The circumstances were similar. She had
bought a home through a agent who then advised her her best chance to sell her place and net what she wanted was with ComFree.

Whatever they might say to the contrary
when it suits their purposes, agents know that eliminating the commission not onlyhelps you sell, but walk away with more money in your pocket.

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