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- Get the facts and evaluate the pros and cons of selling on your own. There are several competing sources that track the results of FSBO sales. Read as much as you can before you put a sign on your lawn.
- If you are thinking of selling on your own, prepare, prepare, prepare:
- Be prepared to foot the bill of marketing your home online and locally.
- Read about ways to screen buyers for safety and qualification purposes.
- Create a contact management system that helps you set up and keep track of showing appointments.
- Follow up with everyone who sees your home through email and phone.
- Be prepared for buyers who won’t qualify and buyers who won’t show up to the appointment. It happens in this business.
- Decide if open houses will be apart of your marketing plan.
- Contact a Lawyer who will eventually draw up and review a contract for you. Get his or her fee.
- Buyers who shop FSBO may be inexperienced or the opposite. They may be looking to save the same amount of money that you are saving on commission.
- Keep your home in show room condition.
- Be ready to negotiate.
- Understand what you have to disclose about material/and or latent defects in reference to your home.
- Be Prepare to treat selling your home like a second job. If you have to be willing and able to take time away from your other activities like work or family time.
- We accept FSBO listings on our site. Simply sign up for an account and add your home details. Quick Tip: If you offer a commission to a buyer’s agent, you might sell your home faster.
- The market is forever changing and even though you might theoretically save on a commission, you may want to call a licensed realtor to provide you with a market evaluation of your home. Often this service is free and most realtors will be happy to do it so long as you make an effort to hire them once selling on your own no longer makes sense. Sign up for a Market Analysis with one of our affiliates.
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