Why I Pay When Your Home Doesn't Sell On Time.

Every seller I meet has the same quiet worry, and almost nobody says it out loud on the first visit.

What if it just sits there?

It's a fair thing to worry about. Sitting is expensive. You keep paying the mortgage, the taxes, the insurance and the lawn service on a house you've mentally already left. You keep the place showing-ready for people who never come. And the longer it sits, the more buyers assume something's wrong with it — which is when the lowball offers start.

Here's the part that always struck me as backwards: through all of that, your agent's pay never changes.

Sell in nine days, they earn their commission. Sit for nine months, they earn the same commission. They took the same listing photos either way. The risk of a slow sale is carried entirely by you.

So I decided to carry some of it myself.

The Boss Guarantee

If your home isn't under contract within 60 days of going live, I take $1,000 off my commission at closing.

In writing. As part of the listing agreement. Not a handshake, not a "we'll see how it goes."

Sixty days, by the way, isn't a number I picked because it sounds generous. Homes in Clermont are currently averaging about 67 days on market. I set my clock faster than the market average on purpose. If I'm going to promise something, it should require me to actually outperform.

Why I'd do that to myself

A fair question. Three honest answers.

First: it makes me tell you the truth about price.

This is the real reason, and it's worth understanding, because it changes what you get out of me.

Plenty of agents win listings by agreeing with whatever number the seller wants to hear. It's the easiest way to get hired and the fastest way to lose you money. The house sits, you cut the price a month later, you cut it again, and eventually you sell for less than you'd have gotten with an honest number on day one — after paying four extra months of carrying costs for the privilege.

When my own commission is on a clock, I can't afford to flatter you. I have to tell you what your house will actually sell for, because I'm the one who pays if I'm wrong. That makes me a worse salesman at the kitchen table and a much better agent afterward.

Second: I've met too many people it happened to.

A lot of my work is with homeowners whose listing expired. I sit in living rooms and hear the same story: it was on the market four months, six months, longer. Showings dried up. The agent stopped calling. And when it was finally over, that agent walked away having lost exactly nothing.

Those sellers lost months of their lives and thousands in carrying costs. The person they hired to prevent that outcome had no stake in preventing it. That's not a knock on any individual agent — it's a knock on how the arrangement is built.

Third: I don't expect to pay it very often.

I'd rather be straight with you than pretend this is some enormous sacrifice. When a Clermont home is priced correctly and marketed properly, it usually goes under contract inside 60 days. That's the point. The guarantee isn't a gamble — it's a statement about how confident I am in the process.

And on the occasions it does pay out, $1,000 is a fair price for having been slower than I promised.

The three conditions — and why they exist

The guarantee has three requirements. I'd rather show them to you here than surprise you with fine print later.

1. We price it together. We build the market analysis side by side and list within the range the data supports. If you want to list well above that range, I'll still work hard for you — I just can't guarantee a timeline against a number the market disagrees with.

2. We present it right. Professional photography and reasonable showing access. I can't promise speed on a home buyers can't see.

3. We follow the plan. On day one we write out a week-by-week strategy, including any scheduled adjustments. I need us to actually follow it rather than drifting into "let's wait and see."

Notice what those three have in common: every one of them is something that genuinely makes your home sell faster. They're not loopholes. They're the actual job. The guarantee just gives us both a reason to do it properly.

What this really is

It's not a gimmick, and it's not a discount.

It's alignment. For sixty days, we want the same thing with the same urgency, and I've got money riding on it alongside you. That changes how I price your home, how hard I push the marketing, and how quickly I pick up the phone when something needs to change.

You shouldn't have to hope your agent is motivated. You should be able to look at the paperwork and see it.

If your last listing expired

Then you already know exactly what I'm talking about, and you have every right to be skeptical of the next agent who tells you this time will be different.

So don't take my word for it. Ask me to put it in writing. That's the whole idea.

Thinking about selling in Clermont, Winter Garden, or anywhere in Central Florida? Let's start with the honest number. I'll build you a real net sheet at three different prices, so you can see what actually lands in your pocket — not a figure designed to win your listing.

Find out what your home is worth today — it takes about 60 seconds.

Or just call or text me at 315-335-4622 and ask how the guarantee works. I'll walk you through it, conditions and all.

Troy Boss, REALTOR®
LIFESTYLE International Realty
Clermont · Winter Garden · Central Florida

The Boss Guarantee applies to residential listing agreements where the three conditions above are met, and is documented in writing as part of the listing agreement. "Sold" means under contract within 60 days of the MLS live date. The $1,000 reduction applies to Troy Boss's commission at closing. Conditions apply — full terms provided in writing at listing.