FSBO pricing question

[Susan H.]

(Cross-posted to local RE forum)

I've been communicating informally with a person who lives in my neighborhood. She's a Realtor and co-owns (with son) a rental close to one of my own. She's thinking of selling (not yet on MLS) and said she'd give me a selling price after running comps (reasonable). Her quoted price was right in line with comps and I told her I'd like to schedule a time to see property with my agent. She then said she was not going to pay any Realtor fees and would go FSBO. Said if I wanted to involve an agent she would quote a different price.

Is this a normal practice?

[Jon Holdman]

Not really. Normally a FSBO seller would still pay fees to get the property on the MLS and would pay the buyer's broker fee. OTOH, its also not normal for a buyer to be directly in contact with the seller and then bring in an agent after the deal's already negotiated.