Hi Folks - if you were selling your house and wanted to get the highest possible offer, would you list as just below a major whole number (like $799,995) or at/over the whole number (like $810,000) ?

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Below so you get included in more searches

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Do like eBay and put for $.99 and get a large audience to bid up 😉

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To get the highest possible offer you need the highest possible price and wait for the market to catch up. Go for $1.5m and wait a few years.

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^this. You pay big money for a gold advice like this.

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The number slightly below $800K is good for when people search on Redfin, etc. with filters. Beyond that, I don’t think this is like buying milk at the grocery store. People’s budget is dictated by the bank and their own desire to spend. Moving it $10K in one direction or the other won’t matter

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Depending on location and market

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I thought putting below would attract more buyers because that's the baseline.

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Ask your agent

Agents do not provide strategic advice. They hold hand through home search and facilitate administrative side of closing deal.

Edit: They do not provide valuable* strategic advice. And I have built a sizable real estate investment portfolio so lots of experience with them. commercial brokers are different. They can add value

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