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The For Sale Sign Make Your OwnLets look at the home made for sale sign. This will work very well if you decide not to sign on with a for sale by owner company or the company you choose doesn't supply signs. A simple but effective way to go is to buy a full sheet of ¼” - ½” plywood. Cut the sheet in half to give you 2 – 4'x4' pieces. Put a coat of primer on one side of each and then one or two coats of white outside paint. You can of course go with a dark color and then use white for lettering. After the paint is dry either layout your letters and numbers using a pencil and yardstick or you could buy a set of stencils and use those. What to Put on Your For Sale Sign The following should be on your sign: 
* House for Sale by Owner * Your Phone Number (a second cell number is optional) * The asking price * Certified appraisal available (You are going to get one, right?) Why Put the Price on the For Sale Sign? * You are not a real estate agent. * You, as a for sale by owner, have one goal. Sell My House. * A real estate agent has a different goal. Sell A House Let me explain..... When you are selling by owner you don't want to be bothered by people who are looking in a different price range. If you are on the market for $275,000.00 and a buyer drives by that can afford $175,000.00 do you want them ringing your bell? No. They not only won't buy your house, they can't. Not only is this a waste of time for you, but if it happens several times, there can be some real negative effects that I will cover on another page. When a real estate agent is marketing a house he or she Wants the phone to ring including Mr. And Mrs. “I am qualified to buy up to $175,000.00” Why? OK I'll do the bit. Ring... Good-morning, XYZ realty, Beth speaking. Hi, I drove by a house on Elm Lane this morning and saw your for sale sign. What is the asking price. Lets see, Oh yes, that's a new listing on Elm Lane. They are asking $275,000.00. Is that in the price range you are looking? .......Not really...We were trying to stay somewhere in the ballpark of $175,000.00 or less. What areas were you interested in? Anywhere on the west side of town would be preferred because my daughter goes to school there. I'm Beth Brown by the way, who am I speaking to? It's Harry Stone. Well Harry, we have several properties in that area in your price range. Where are you living now? You get the idea. Beth the real estate agent would not get this call if she put the price on your property. You don't need or want Harry to call you. Got it? Great, I knew you'd catch on fast. Just a side note. Beth the real estate agent was handling that call quite well. From past experience many real estate agents were not nearly as efficient and would lose many of these callers right after the price was given. The Paint has Dried on Your Sign Now 
Once your paint is dried you could put your for sale sign up in a V shape so people could read it both ways. When I say V, the open part of the V would be towards the house and the closed part of the V towards the street or road. You could put 4 sturdy stakes in the ground after you nail or screw the signs to them.Another way is to make a sandwich or tent board configuration with hinges on top as shown on your left. You could also do a 3 post style with an arm at the top as shown in the top picture. You then can put eye hooks on the bottom of the arm and hang your sign from there. The advantage of this type of sign is you can then add rider signs such as open house or an extra like "air-conditioning" during one of those days when the temperature soars. Likewise during a very cold spell, you could hang the "cozy wood fireplace" sign. Hey, it's all about feelings, Right? What ever style you decide, make sure it is highly visible, professional looking and sturdy enough to withstand any high winds. 
The sign shown here on the right is my favorite type of for sale sign. It is professional looking, high visibility, lots of space to work with and room for riders on top and bottom. You will also notice an addition of a feature sheet holder on the post. You can use a mail box for this and put feature sheets in the box. On the outside you could have the words. Information feature sheets, please take one or words to that effect.
Boy Doug, This Sure is Adding Up When you sell for sale by owner, you need to invest a bit of money. Sorry. A professional looking for sale sign is part of that investment. Later we will talk about advertising and marketing. Have to spend some there as well. Remember, you are saving Thousands in commissions so this is peanuts compared to that.
Here's the Good News! In another section of this web-site, I will show you how to get ALL of Your Money Back that you invested should you for some unknown reason decide to give up and list with a real estate agent. Once you finish this Master's Course in Sell My House FSBO, I doubt if there will be many of you! Return to - Sell My House - Home Page Disclaimer Privacy Policy Contact Me
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