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find listed here some of the more progressive Wichita real estate agents who
have turned to the Internet as a means of putting local residential properties
before a national home buying audience.
FSBO - Selling Your Home FSBO (for sale by owner) – Is
It Worth It?
by Marc Sisk
FSBO, what is it? FSBO means For Sale by Owner, and
it’s a term that’s generally referred to when you’re selling
your home without soliciting help from a Realtor.
 FSBO, whats the benefit to you? Youll save
thousands of dollars in commissions if you sell your home this way. However
there are some headaches youll have to deal with and here are just a few:
1) Unqualified borrowers you may negotiate a deal in good faith just to
find out the potential home buyer couldnt obtain the financing for purchasing
your home.
2) Sunday shoppers just looking on a nice day.
3)
Insulting Offers someone offers you a ridiculous price trying to buy your home
way under market value thinking you dont know your homes value.
4) No
shows and late night phone calls nothing more frustrating.
Do you have
the time and patience for this? Is it worth saving thousands of dollars? These
are a couple of questions you must ask yourself before undertaking such a task.
If you dont have the time and patience and have plenty of equity in your home
then it is worth it to you to hire a realtor to list your home. An experienced
realtor will have the resources to sell your home with little or no hassle to
you, but as in anything else interview your prospective realtor and make sure
your comfortable with him / her and the company they represent.
If you
do have the time and patience for this then here are some suggestions for you
to try:
1) Make sure you advertise your home in the local newspapers
classified section (you must get exposure for your home; having a sign out in
the front yard is not always going to get you enough exposure).
2) Set
up some Sunday open houses to advertise too. You need to get people inside your
home. Make sure its cleaned and pressed. The biggest turn off to a buyer is to
look at a home thats dirty; this just makes sense if given the choice would you
buy a filthy dirty car or one that has been cleaned up?
3) Contact a
mortgage loan officer. He / She might have someone theyve pre-qualified to buy
a house, but they havent found one yet. Plus, they might have an FSBO program
in place to help you sell your home.
Try these suggestions you might
sell your home in a reasonable time table and save yourself thousands of
dollars. If not, you can always go ahead and list your home with a realtor and
get it sold. Whatever you choose to do; good luck in selling your home.
Author Marc Sisk; I specialize in working with FSBOs and can list your
home on a nationally advertised website which will not only capture potential
home buyers from all over your area but will enable you to solicit out-of-state
buyers as well. Ill provide a professionally designed sign with a phone number
that goes to a 7 day a week call center so your potential buyer(s) can have
their questions answered without calling you, info tube and custom color flyers
that can be printed from any computer.
Marc has been originating all types of mortgage loans since
1998. His web site’s title is Mortgage Calculator | Refinancing Home Loan
| Mortgage Lender. By being an affiliate branch of a large mortgage lender Marc
is able to originate mortgage loans in most of the United States, visit his web
page to see if we’re licensed in your state.
Additional Articles about FSBO...
Selling Your Home - A FSBOs Guide To Keeping It
Safe
Selling your home as a FSBO, you need a guide to keep safety in
mind when prospecting potential buyers. The real estate industry has seen a
problematic climb in assaults towards realtors, and so is the...
Why FSBO Homes Get More Buyer
Interest
As the red hot real estate market cools off, homeowners are
finding the demand for their properties slowing down to traditional
levels.
Should You Sell
Your Property as a FSBO?
One of the biggest issues that arise with FSBO
sellers is time. Selling a home takes time.
Truth In Advertising for FSBO
Sellers
When selling your home for sale by owner, you will be handling
your own marketing. This leads us to the issue of what you put in your
marketing materials in relation to your home. |
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