{"id":423,"date":"2021-01-27T15:14:26","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T15:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agentstory.com\/a\/?p=423"},"modified":"2021-08-04T09:59:10","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T15:59:10","slug":"can-you-negotiate-with-real-estate-agents-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agentstory.com\/a\/can-you-negotiate-with-real-estate-agents-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Can You Negotiate With Real Estate Agents?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Yes.<\/strong> When you sell, you will usually pay a commission of 6% based on the sale price of your home. However, you <em>can <\/em>negotiate a smaller amount. There are times that a real estate agent may not negotiate, especially if they need to pay high broker fees. You might be able to negotiate a lower fee if you already have a buyer or you assist with the marketing. Best practices include taking the time during initial interviews to find the right agent for your needs instead of thinking about commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"related-articles\">Related Articles:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/agentstory.com\/a\/?p=1148\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Can You Negotiate with Real Estate Agents?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/agentstory.com\/a\/what-first-time-sellers-should-know-about-real-estate-agent-commissions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What First-Time Sellers Should Know About Real Estate Agent Commissions<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yes. When you sell, you will usually pay a commission of 6% based on the sale price of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agentstory.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agentstory.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agentstory.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agentstory.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agentstory.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/agentstory.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1652,"href":"https:\/\/agentstory.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423\/revisions\/1652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agentstory.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agentstory.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agentstory.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}