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BLOG: 13 Things Your Real Estate Agent Won't Tell You

From hosting an open house to getting an estimate of your property's value, these real estate tips from the experts ought to help in today's tough market.

This article gives you insight into what some realty agents are possibly thinking when helping you buy or sell a home.

More than a few of these 13 points that you MAY have thought were true, surprisingly ... AREN'T. Wait to be surprised. And amused. (Note: I disagree with several of these points, like the one about always letting people in to see your home, even if they knock on your door without a realty agent.)

Read on to become enlightened in this great 13-point article assembled by Michelle Crouch from Reader's Digest Magazine for April 2012. (While there, sign up for some of the Digest's newsletters – excellent!)

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I chuckled at this first of the 13 points –it is so true! Most home sellers think the open house is about them.

  1.  Your open house helps me more than it helps you.  The majority of visitors aren’t buyers—they’re nosy neighbors—and that gives me an opportunity to hand out my card and possibly gain new clients.

Now go take a look at the rest. You'll be glad you did.

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