OT: Selling Home By Owner

I tried this as well but I eventually got impatient and listed with a realtor. The house sold the first day it was listed.

After the experience I had with my buyers, I would NEVER try to sell another house myself again. There are too many laws and regulations that I can't keep up with. I'd rather just transfer the risk of fricking up to a realtor and be done with it.

I sold my first house in Lafayette using FSBO in 2009. Had to go through all the junk calls but ended up being well worth it. Almost all of the agents just wanted to list it. Told them I would pay them 2% for a buyer. They never brought a buyer. Took few months to sell, but saved 12k. House flooded with 3 ft water in 2016. Paperwork is not difficult. Buddy who was an agent in BR helped me with any questions.

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Anyone have success doing this? Homes in my neighborhood generally sell pretty quickly as it’s a convenient location in EBR. Does anyone have experience with FSBOBR? We put the house up last weekend and have gotten bombarded with phone calls from realtors.

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In the process. Will close in the next week or so. Over the years, people I work with have become aware that I had the property and some of those have been house hunting. When I decided to sell, I let those folks know. One of those people and his wife are buying it. Network selling.

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Paperwork is not difficult.

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Contact a real estate attorney and they will put together the contract. All you have to do is sign off (maybe more than once if amendments are made) and then the lender/closing attorney will handle the rest.

I sold our house in Baton Rouge fsbo. Basically got an appraisal and put a sign out. Sold easily. Buyers mortgage company gave him all the paperwork he needed. Title company handled the rest. Easy easy.

Negotiations were easy. Just the appraised value is this. No problems.

sold ours in 3 days. The trick is declutter, then when you think you've done enough, declutter some more. It took us 6 weeks to get rid of stuff, set up, and take pictures of each room. Then when paid a guy a flat fee, somewhere around $500 to list our house with an MLS number on realtor.com. The house, with great pictures, was listed on several websites including realtor and we started getting calls immediately. Sold for what we were asking for (which was more than what it appraised for) before our for sale sign was even delivered. The trick with the MLS number, you have to at least offer the buyer's agent a small fee or they won't show it to their clients, in our case $2000 if they brought us the buyer. You set up the appointments and show the house yourself. There are free disclosure forms and sales aggreement forms available online. Would do it again. If it doesn't sell after a few months, you can always try a realtor then. It all depends on how fast you need to sell it, and if your asking price is not outrageous.

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My wife (no pics) is an agent. She always tells people to try FSBO first. Sometimes it works...

I'd suggest you try it out and see. Keep that commission $$$ in your pocket if you can. If nobody calls you but realtors though and you're tired of waiting, THEN get a realtor.

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Yeah same situation for me. Close family friend said to give it a shot on FSBO first. For the amount you save, I recommend doing the research and asking friends for advice.

We got on Zillow and trulia for free. I saw where you can get realtor.com which is the MLS for a flat fee. Does that put you on sites like CJBrown or it is just realtor.com?

Are you offering 2% to a buyer that comes along with an agent?

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The house sold the first day it was listed.

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This isn't good.

Your realtor either didn't know the value of your home or they may have scammed you with a buyer that worked with them.