re: Question for realtors... Am I being selfish?

I'm a Realtor so I'll take a shot at answering this question.

An old saying in real estate is that if a house doesn't sell it has to because of one of the following three things: Market Conditions, Price, or Exposure. One thing you control (price), one thing the Realtor controls (exposure), and the last thing cant be controlled by either of you.

First thing, you said in the post that you are a little high on price. You need to fix that first. An overpriced house doesn't sell. Seems simple and it is.

Second thing, you need to make sure that your Realtor is doing their job to get the house sold. Did the Realtor hire a photographer to shoot the pics or did they do it themselves with a cheap point a shoot camera? This is so important! Houses with great photos online sell for higher prices. It's been proven. Is your Realtor also using unconventional places like Facebook and Craigslist to increase the exposure of the house? Are they doing Open Houses? Realtor Open Houses? Make them work for their money.

Finally I'll give my two cents about the FSBO idea. I'm not anti FSBO. In some cases it's a great option. But, if you are thinking of thinking of dropping the price of the house the amount of his commission you wont be saving any money when you sell and you'll be losing valuable exposure even a bad Realtor provides be not being listing on the local MLS.

You aren't being selfish at all. Sounds like you priced the house high so that after paying Realtor fees you'd still walk away with some money in your pocket to show for all the mortgage payments you've made. Unfortunately, that's not always possible.

Good Luck to you!