u/June_fern

Hi all,
I'm looking for some honest input from local realtors. Posting anonymously as a seller, trying to understand what active marketing/outreach efforts are standard practice in today's market.
Our home has been listed for about a week at a competitive price point. We've had strong online engagement and good open house turnout, but no offers yet. The home is professionally staged at our own expense and has received consistently positive feedback from everyone who has viewed it.

Our current marketing has consisted of:

-MLS listing translated to portal syndication (Zillow, Redfin, etc)
-For sale sign (which was installed 3 days late after listing went active)
-2 social media posts on IG by the agent the day before and day of the listing going live
-One email blast (that contained other listings) to the agent's list that had minimal response - also sent late, 3 days after the active listing.
-An open house was hosted by their colleague, not the listing agent itself. Only received a single text as a "brief" after each open house.

I'm curious what other experienced realtors would do beyond this for a motivated seller who genuinely cannot reduce their price and needs to sell relatively quickly?

Specifically curious about:

-Direct outreach to other buyer's agents
-Targeted outreach to specific buyer demographics relevant to the area
-Agent-to-agent networking beyond the MLS hot sheet
-Week 1 strategy with client, week 2 strategy and so on, with client, proactive vs "we'll just wait and see" or "be patient" approaches?

Not looking to throw anyone under the bus, genuinely trying to understand what's reasonable to expect so we can have an informed conversation with our agent. Thank you in advance

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