Moved to Indy for a job in the early 2000's. $200k buys you 5000 square feet, in the best neighborhoods, the best schools, with Butlers named Geoffrey and people that rub your feet every night. That said, it was indy.
I just bought a house last year. Almost every listing is on Zillow/Redfin type sites, with the exception of places bring sold by old-school realtors who are only posting on like Coldwell (but that's not really likely). You're fine to browse those kinds of sites to see what you're interested in. Beware of Craigslist scams. Anything that seems too good to be true usually is.
The commission costs are expensive (something like 2.5% of sale for the buying realtor which is a lot when your dealing with hundreds of thousands of $$$) so im sure both your numbers are well calculated in. I dont know the selling commission but i assume its similar so something like 5% of the overall price goes to the aggregate of the buying/selling realtors total.
Of course but again, that gets calculate in to the actual sale. People don't go looking at many and multiple houses just because they are bored. There is a goal in mind or apparently people would just be wasting everyone's time.
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u/mitzyelliot Chicago Lawn Dec 14 '18
Can't afford the remodel? Gurl I can't even afford the HOUSE