Strategy for selling a house - what is the best way to proceed?

Taking the sale into your own hands is not an option for you?

After all, the buyers (that was the case with us) have the incentive to "pay a little more if needed" since there are no broker fees.

If I were you, I would list your house online for > 395K and try it yourself. Depending on how the market is in your area, the house will sell quickly.

Everything else is handled by the notary...

Otherwise, the investor is interested in paying as little as possible, so I would try to recover the promised rent waiver through the sale.

If you don’t want to deal with anything at all, then the broker is obviously the right option.

Taking the sale into your own hands is not an option for you? After all, the buyers (as was the case with us) have the incentive to "pay a bit more" if necessary since no broker fees apply. If I were you, I would list your house online for > 395K and try it yourself. Depending on how the market is in your area, the house can sell quickly. Everything else is handled by the notary. Otherwise, the investor is interested in paying as little as possible, so I would try to recoup the promised rent waiver through the sale. If you don't want to deal with anything, then of course the broker is the right option.

There is also the option to post the listing yourself and have viewings/negotiations carried out by another suitable person. Two families in my circle of acquaintances did this and then threw a nice, big stone into that person's garden. Such a person can be found if you want it that way.

At the moment, the fee can still be split. We didn't pay any, only the buyer. He knew that. And in the end, we even received more than originally calculated. But of course, this is just another perspective.

@Pinkiponk recently also sold her house, maybe she can give a few tips? As far as I followed it here, it also went quickly for her.

On the second attempt, yes, so she will also be able to talk about what she learned from the unsuccessful first attempt.

Taking the sale into your own hands is not an option for you?

Yes, I could do it myself too. I have already sold 2 houses.

But currently it is really, really difficult to determine the purchase price. I have really observed the market for a long time and have seen everything from "they must be crazy" to "oh, that is a cheap price." Since I have difficulties with that, I called the realtors for an assessment :)

I don’t want to quote unrealistic prices and then possibly have to adjust the purchase price..

The investor bought the neighboring house in 2015 and took over the existing tenant. The former owner had told his tenant that the house was sold for 260k.

That was 5 years ago. The [ETW] from 2009, in which we still live, has doubled in value.