That was my plan as well.
I have talked to a lot of “Realtor's” and many if not most do not seem very knowledgeable about various subjects that you would think might be relevant. It feels like many acquired their knowledge from watching popular TV shows.
That is why I interviewed realtors. One of the questions was to provide a written outline of the sale process since we had owned the house for more than 20 years and so many things had become more complicated and potentially contentious or litigious.
You want a pretty one to do the selling but an old experienced one to be the lead agent if you do hire one. The one I got last time was both and she made a LOT of money at it in her business.
We were in a falling market that I expected to get worse, it did, and I wanted to get the place sold and move on with our lives into retirement. While other properties languished we put some money and effort into it, priced it realistically and sold it in just over 30 days. I was irritated with the offer but didn’t quibble over a few grand.
That was my wife’s dream house and I am sorry she had to leave it. Circumstances have left her with a nice nest but not nearly as nice as the one she had and I’ll spend the rest of my life trying to make up for that.