FSBO vs Realtor

You could fsbo until April and then get a realtor when you move. Yes, some realtors will cut their commission, but you usually get what you pay for. Doesn't mean they can't or won't sell your house. I would advise renting unless the area being relocated is familiar or you.

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You can also pay to have your house listed in the MLS even if you are FSBO. To me that always sounds like a good idea. The people I bought from were FSBO and were MLS listed, that is how I found it. The transaction was so much easier and faster without a Realtor involved.

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You can do this as well. The transaction being easier and faster without a realtor is of course absolutely incorrect.

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Would like to sale as quickly as possible and maximize profits

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I wouldn't expect to make a profit after living there only 18 months. Maybe I'm wrong.

do it with FSBO and list is on MLS with them. that's what i did and i've got a lot of looks.

also it will drastically reduce your price point because you don't have to pay a selling realtor 3%, and you might get lucky and do the sell directly with the customer and not have to pay the buying realtor 3%.

i am in the middle of selling mine now that was listed through FSBO. Ours has been on the market for about 6 months. Two more homes came up in my neighborhood using a realtor at 6K higher than mine. I called my realtor that i plan on using for my next purchase and asked what she thought about me raising my price. She said to raise it to cover the commission and add to the listing that we would be willing to pay a buyer agent 2%-2.5%. This was last friday. I changed the listing friday night and had two realtors call saturday morning. They came look Sunday at around 11:00. Offer was made at 1:00 on sunday and house is pending sale. So what i'm saying is when you don't welcome agents, you limit the pool of potential buyers. Be willing to work with an agen at 2% commission and just raise the price of your house to cover than expense.

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You will need to pay capital gains tax on any profit since you have not lived there for 24 months

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Not if rolls the funds into another property.

Realtor will tell you that he wants to sell low to generate quick interest which means no maximization of profits.

I'd FSBO that beast, but that's me.

I've signed two contracts on two homes in less than a year, and both builders hated me. I've done a ton of mortgages in the past so I have all the info I need to take care of things. But YMMV in that department so perhaps a realtor is necessary.

In short, good luck, I have no opinion.

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work related purposes

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that is the key.

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Realtor will tell you that he wants to sell low to generate quick interest which means no maximization of profits.

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to your dumbassery