Oh yes, Lenora, FSBO is done a lot in Germany…but of course we don't have the same abbreviation. I never sold real-estate in America, so I'm not familiar with the terms. And yes, I speak fluent German.

Selling privately in Germany is not difficult, because as soon as the seller has a buyer, then they go to the notary, and he does all the paper work. Real-estate agents in Germany don't have as much authority as they do in the States. Our job is primarily getting buyer and seller together. The contracts and so forth are all done at the notary for which he gets 1,5% of the sales. We don't get as high commissions as the real-estate agents do in the States. We usually just get a commission from the buyer, and that is 3,5% of the sales price.