Hi Everyone!
So I had an agent which I am very unhappy with (lets just say he put my property on auction and it was the only property in my suburb ever to pass in, but worst, I didn't even have registered bidders! in a crazy hot market). After taking down my ad (preparing to move to a different agent), I contacted him again and he convinced me to keep him on board and he will relist my property "from scratch" at his own expense (so it would be on top - but a normal ad, it's already going 'down' the list). In the weekend he pushed me hard to sell to someone at a price I wasn't comfortable with, who was in return making 'today or nothing' statements. It even got to a point where he yelled at me. I decided at the end not to sell and planning to move to a different agent.
My question is this: In the contract I paid a certain amount for advertising (which I will probably pay). He might be saying now 'but I paid a week ago and now you take it off etc'.
1. Can he demand monies for advertising done that he said he will take on his own expense? in any case I did not sign anything.
2. What is the REAL cost of advertising for a week on Realestate.com.au, domain.com.au etc? I am pretty sure its not as expensive as he puts it out to be.
3. What would you do if you were me regarding the property? I want to sell but it might be good to take it off the market for a few weeks and then put it again for auction with a better agent?
Thanks guys
So I had an agent which I am very unhappy with (lets just say he put my property on auction and it was the only property in my suburb ever to pass in, but worst, I didn't even have registered bidders! in a crazy hot market). After taking down my ad (preparing to move to a different agent), I contacted him again and he convinced me to keep him on board and he will relist my property "from scratch" at his own expense (so it would be on top - but a normal ad, it's already going 'down' the list). In the weekend he pushed me hard to sell to someone at a price I wasn't comfortable with, who was in return making 'today or nothing' statements. It even got to a point where he yelled at me. I decided at the end not to sell and planning to move to a different agent.
My question is this: In the contract I paid a certain amount for advertising (which I will probably pay). He might be saying now 'but I paid a week ago and now you take it off etc'.
1. Can he demand monies for advertising done that he said he will take on his own expense? in any case I did not sign anything.
2. What is the REAL cost of advertising for a week on Realestate.com.au, domain.com.au etc? I am pretty sure its not as expensive as he puts it out to be.
3. What would you do if you were me regarding the property? I want to sell but it might be good to take it off the market for a few weeks and then put it again for auction with a better agent?
Thanks guys