<human>: Hey PF,

My brother and I co-own a house and we have been renting it out for a little over a year. Our tenant hasn't been doing a good job paying rent and some of our family has recently moved and are looking for a house in that area. We both live out of state and aren't interested in being long-term landlords so we figured selling would be a good idea.

Our family is pretty well off and is looking at our house as a temporary living space. They are wanting to give us $15,000 to $20,000 less than the current estate value. They argue that the house needs some money pumped into it before it will be sell-able.

Since then we've looked into using a realtor and if that would give us more value. I'm not sure if it would be worth the time/effort of using a realtor. From a purely financial perspective would it be worth pursing a realtor?

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<bot>: When selling a house it is worth the time/effort to use a realtor in hopes of getting the maximum value out of my home?