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If you’re selling, did your realtor meet the appraiser and point out all the reasons the house is worth more than just its sq footage and beds / bathrooms? Did they hand pick the comps and send / hand them over to the appraiser?

When I was on the buy side the sell side realtor didn’t do anything and was frankly too busy to even show up … house appraised 15k low and the seller and I split the difference.

Just sold a home and my realtor did all these things and it appraised.

YMMV, but knowing what you’re doing and giving a damn goes a long way IMO

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