Readers offered a range of responses that tended to revolve around the wealth-building effect of homeownership
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Note security risks, unlikelihood of attracting serious buyers and their arguable obsolescence, readers suggested
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Readers emphasized that, even though agents charge commission, sellers can still net more by hiring one
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There is the hard 'no' — and much, much more
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One option is to simply agree to this stipulation. Another is to return fire with some conditions of your own. Of course, you could also just say, 'Nope' (in a number of ways)
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Asking to see the other agent's math and emphasizing an ethical obligation to disagree can be effective ways to counter this common objection. (Stay tuned for a new survey question Wednesday!)
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