How Much to Pay Realtor for Paperwork?

[Kathryn Bowden]

How much should I pay a realtor to do the paperwork only on a sale.  Or should we consider just doing it ourselves.  We've received an offer on our primary home that is acceptable to us.  It is a cash offer, so there would be no time or energy spent with a bank by the realtor.  The buyers are also taking it as-is based on their own inspections.  The buyers don't want to work with a realtor.  We actually bought this house directly from the owner before us and we did our own paperwork through the only title company in town.  And I have done so a couple of times in my past buying or selling.  But I also am old enough and wise enough to want to be sure we are protected with all t's crossed and i's dotted (mainly because this is a rural property with acreage).  I was a paralegal in my past, so I am generally good with legal paperwork.  I have a realtor I really like, who was expecting to list our home.  She is also working with us on buying another place, as well as selling another investment home we have.  She has not been here yet to visit our house, run comps, or done any work revolving around the sale of our place besides preliminary conversations.  What are your thoughts on this?  The cash offer works because it would NOT include a realtor's commission.  Also, there are issues we could potentially run into with a bank loan if we list it, not to mention all the time and energy, so the cash offer is helpful in a multitude of ways for us.  Any thoughts on how to deal with this with our realtor are much appreciated.