FSBO (For Sale By Owner) - Selling Your Home Alone is a mixed bag. On the positive side you can potentially save
tens of thousands of dollars in
Realtor fees, depending on the value of your real estate.
On the other you can end up being stuck with your home and unable to sell it all, or losing money because you don’t know how to command market value.
It takes skill, knowledge and sometimes plain old fashioned luck to sell real estate, and some are better at it than others.
So, educating yourself about the “dos” and “dont’s” will have a direct bearing on how successful you will be in getting your house sold!
Yes, it absolutely is and may be easier to do than you think. But it is not for the uninformed seller who thinks that all they have to do is establish a price and stick a for sale sign in the yard. You must educate yourself before venturing down the FSBO path, or it could be disastrous.
Establishing the value of your home can be very tricky. Because you have an emotional attachment to it and a natural bias you may tend to overestimate its market value. It doesn’t mean you can’t do it, but it may be challenging to think of it as an at arms length transaction based on what the market will bear, and not what you think it’s worth.
Here are several things you can do to make sure you price your home right.
Want More Help? You might find what you're looking for at a “FSBO” website that specialize in helping home owners sell their homes for sale by owner. Some even offer prebuilt websites to compete with Realtor listing websites.
These sites are popping up almost daily and are growing in popularity, largely in response to the rising costs of housing, and the associated Realtor fees and commissions incurred when selling a home. It’s the new wave of home selling without the benefit of a realtor, but as noted there are risks associated with selling FSBO, and often unexpected costs, too!
Despite that, people wanting to sell their homes FSBO are no longer limited to sticking a homemade sign in their front yard, and/or just running an ad in their local newspaper. For a fee they can get as much internet based services to sell FSBO that they need.
Still, be wary and aware of the risk of taking advice from any internet website; not all are ethical and honest. My rule of thumb is never to buy anything over the Internet if I can’t reach somebody to talk about the product before I but it.
If you have difficulty reaching an online business to talk to a rep before ordering their product, or services imagine the frustration you’ll suffer when you try to reach them for support after buying it.
Here is a typical outline of services that many websites promote online, but sellers beware.
These are just a few of the many services and options available to a FSBO. When done right you can potentially save tens to thousands of dollars in Realtor fees. When not well thought and carried out it can become a nightmare. However, when done right it's both possible and likely to sell your home your and save thousands in realtor fees!
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