The housing crash is tough on everyone, but it is causing a huge problem for real estate agents.  They are making no money and have no business.  To make up part of their cash shortfall, they have turned their attention on for sale by owner’s , driving them crazy with cold calls.

Real estate media writers are part of this problem.   Widely followed real estate commentators, such as Bernie Ross (good writer) of Inman News, are advising Realtors and agents to cold call for sale by owners in hopes of generating leads in a down market.  Her recent article for Inman entitled “Cashing in on FSBO’s”, illustrates why, annoying or not, many agents are dialing your home searching for their next commission check.

  Ms Ross advise to Agents :

“In today’s market, expired listings and distressed properties seem to dominate the scene. Nevertheless, there’s another source of right-now business that you can’t afford to miss: for-sale-by-owners (FSBOs).” 

If you are selling by owner and find that daily sales calls from real estate agents are disruptive and infuriating, you can take action to make them stop. 

1. List your property on the MLS.  Agents are automatically prohibited from calling seller’s whose property is listed on the MLS.   In addition to eliminating sales calls, the MLS also provides fsbo’s the best exposure and reach needed to sell their home.

2. Add your home and cell phone numbers to the “Do Not Call List“.  If you are on the Do Not Call list, real estate agents and telephone marketer’s should not call you, and they can be fined if they do.

Thank you for visiting Why6Percent.com.  We specialize in  FSBO’s real estate marketing and assist homeseller’s with an MLS and Realtor.com home listings.   Call us today at 1-800-381-9496.