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Selling your home yourself? nsfw added for help
Posted on 4/24/14 at 10:02 pm
Posted on 4/24/14 at 10:02 pm
Any tips or tricks I can find on the money board? Where and how to advertise without using a Realtor? Help may be rewarded with some NSFW pics.... 
This post was edited on 4/25/14 at 6:08 pm
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Posted on 4/24/14 at 10:57 pm to EyeOfDaTiga1
-I used owners.com to sell my last house.
-Have open houses if/when houses down the street from you have open houses, especially if they are listed with a realtor
- keep in mind that the house down the street from you that's listed with a realtor is probably priced 3-6% higher to account for realtor fees.
- one thing that I think helped is to include a floor plan on the flyer, if possible. My wife created one in Excel, and while it wasn't to exact scale, it gave people an idea of the layout.
- realtors are going to bug the shite out of you and make you think you'll NEVER sell your house without them. Don't listen, but do offer them a flat rate commission if they want to show your house.
-Have open houses if/when houses down the street from you have open houses, especially if they are listed with a realtor
- keep in mind that the house down the street from you that's listed with a realtor is probably priced 3-6% higher to account for realtor fees.
- one thing that I think helped is to include a floor plan on the flyer, if possible. My wife created one in Excel, and while it wasn't to exact scale, it gave people an idea of the layout.
- realtors are going to bug the shite out of you and make you think you'll NEVER sell your house without them. Don't listen, but do offer them a flat rate commission if they want to show your house.
Posted on 4/25/14 at 7:09 am to LSUGUMBO
your second point doesn't make any sense. A house is worth whatever it is worth regardless of whether or not a realtor is involved. Houses aren't worth extra because an agent is involved. The rest of your advice is great
Posted on 4/25/14 at 8:40 am to LSUGUMBO
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realtors are going to bug the shite out of you and make you think you'll NEVER sell your house without them. Don't listen, but do offer them a flat rate commission if they want to show your house.
Posted on 4/25/14 at 8:42 am to bobaftt1212
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your second point doesn't make any sense. A house is worth whatever it is worth regardless of whether or not a realtor is involved. Houses aren't worth extra because an agent is involved. The rest of your advice is great
then why are realtors involved at all? And I agree with you that if you research comps and understand the market you can price it right.
realtors are really expensive advertising agents.
Posted on 4/25/14 at 9:26 am to Mr.Perfect
I would agree with you on sellers agents. Buyers agents work much harder for theirs! The primary benefit to a sellers agent is they list the house on the MLS and put a lockbox on the door letting other agents show your house. Other than that I don't see a benefit. I surely don't see a 16500 benefit on a 275k house. I don't see how they do any more work on a 275k house than they would on a 100k house but you pay them 10500 more for the "service"?
Posted on 4/25/14 at 10:16 am to LSUGUMBO
Good advice from Gumbo. I used FSBO.com and added pics on the web listing. Ran a couple of ads in sunday paper. The house sold in 2 months. Getting true comps is not hard to do. Go look up recent home sales in your neighborhood at assessors office (if they list purchase price-DONT use assessed value) or the clerk's conveyance records. Add one of those tubes on a stick and have the copies of home details and contact info on it for people to take.
The buyers called me a year later asking me to take the listing off of the website. I did from the website I listed it on right after it sold. The listing got picked up by a lot of other websites and they had people knocking on their door all the time wanting to look at the house over a year after they bought the house
The buyers called me a year later asking me to take the listing off of the website. I did from the website I listed it on right after it sold. The listing got picked up by a lot of other websites and they had people knocking on their door all the time wanting to look at the house over a year after they bought the house
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Posted on 4/25/14 at 10:26 am to EyeOfDaTiga1
I recently sold my home without a realtor. I sold it by just telling everyone in the neighborhood that I was moving out during regular mailbox conversation. had two different neighbors wanting their relatives to take a look and one of them bought the house. All we did was rent a big climate controlled storage unit and move over half our stuff out, painted, cleaned it up nice before showing it. We landed on a price by looking and seeing what other comparable houses were selling for in the area.
In summary decluttering, putting on airs, research and putting a sign in the front yard are a good place to start trying.
In summary decluttering, putting on airs, research and putting a sign in the front yard are a good place to start trying.
Posted on 4/25/14 at 10:33 am to bobaftt1212
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A house is worth whatever it is worth regardless of whether or not a realtor is involved.
This is true, but I think people tend to inflate the price of their house because they know that there's 6% coming off the top before they get their profit/equity out. As a prospective buyer, I expect houses FSBO to be a little cheaper since I know that they aren't paying the 6% commission.
If I have a $200,000 house that I want to get $175,000 out of, I'll list it at $200,000 with a realtor, but maybe only $193,000 by owner. It may not make sense, but that's the way that people think.
Posted on 4/25/14 at 10:50 am to LSUGUMBO
and people selling FSBO expect to make 3-6% more
Posted on 4/25/14 at 10:59 am to LSUGUMBO
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It may not make sense, but that's the way that people think.
no... you are spot on. thats why it is crazy. And what feeds the problem is the buyer thinks, Oh, no big deal... the seller is paying the commission. Most buyers cannot wrap their head around the fact that they are actually the one paying it all because it is their money going to the sale/mortgage.
Posted on 4/25/14 at 11:05 am to LSUGUMBO
I can't fathom how people would think like that. When we sold ours we sold it for the same cost the other homes sold and those all sold with realtors. Like you guys said a house is worth what it's worth. I have heard people say that FSBO buyers tend to think they should get it 4-6% lower because it's "by owner" but that defeats the whole purpose IMHO.
Posted on 4/25/14 at 12:24 pm to BeerMoney
It really isn't rocket science. It's marketing and price it correctly. I got a little more than comps were selling on MY street. Get rid of the crap in your house and clean it! Neutral paint and less furniture to allow buyers to imagine their crap in your house get a storage unit to keep your stuff in.
get a storage unit to keep your stuff in. Posted on 4/25/14 at 6:13 pm to fatboydave
Thanks for all the help fella's. I posted it on owners.com and spread the link through facebook and craigslist for now. Any additional help is greatly appreciated. As i promised here are some nsfw for the help. More help I get the more pics I'll post. Hope this isn't out of line. I just wanted to deliver.
Posted on 4/26/14 at 7:56 am to EyeOfDaTiga1
In !!
Posted on 4/26/14 at 2:36 pm to BearCrocs
Ok I was able to list it on Zillow, Owners.com, and Craiglist. Any other free options before I start thinking about using an agent?
Posted on 4/26/14 at 3:27 pm to EyeOfDaTiga1
Damn....got change up the rotation tonight
Secks first then dinner for the mrs.
Secks first then dinner for the mrs.
Posted on 4/29/14 at 9:36 pm to nelatf
FSBO.com Which package did you use to list? There were 3 available.
Posted on 4/29/14 at 9:48 pm to EyeOfDaTiga1
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