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House Staging - Preparing Your House to Sell

An Overview of Preparing Your Property

Those Important First Impressions

Preparing the Outside

Getting the Inside of the House Ready

More Great Tips and Ideas

Preparing the House when Buyers are Coming




Pricing Your House to Sell

The 4 Methods to Establish Price and The 4 Methods to Decide Asking Price

The Throw a Dart Approach

The Neighborhood Research Method

Using the Real Estate Agent CMA

The Best Way to Establish Value and Why

How to Decide Your Actual Asking Price





All About For Sale by Owner Signs

The Where, What and Why For Sale by Owner Sign Overview

The Dreaded Red UV Sign

Make Your Own For Sale by Owner Sign

The Number 1 Choice with this Professional Sign

The Best Use of Open House and Directional Signs





Advertising and Marketing

An Overview About Advertising and Marketing

Getting Your House Advertised on the Internet

How to Write and When to Advertise in Local Newspapers

Some Optional Marketing Techniques - Exposure, Exposure, Exposure





Handling Buyer Calls, e-mails and Face to Face at the Door

Handling the Phone Call when For Sale by Owner

e-mail Pros and Cons

How to Handle the Face to Face Buyer at Your Door





Open Houses

Why Open Houses are Important when You are For Sale by Owner

Open House Tips and Ideas

Why Observing Those Open House Lookers will Help You Later

More Tips and Some Questions Buyers May Ask and How to Answer





Showing Your House

Buyer's Will Give You Buying Signals - Follow these House Showing Tips to Take Advantage

Learn Some Body Language and What it Means

It's Time to Start Using Some Soft Selling Techniques When Showing Your House





Negotiations

An Overview on Negotiating For Sale by Owner

The One Rule to NEVER Break when Negotiating with a Buyer

The Negotiation "No Blink Rule" - Powerful and Fun

The Give and Take Negotiation Tactic

Fine Tuning Your Skills





Forms, Offers, Contracts and Clauses

Forms You May Require and a MUST Use Clause

How to Write Clauses

A Guideline on Time Frames for Clauses

How to Handle the SPP (Subject to Sale of the Purchaser's Property) Offer

Real Estate Counter Offers - The How, Where, When and Why

All about the Earnest Money Agreement or Buyer's Deposit with Purchase and Sale Agreement

The differences between chattels and fixtures. How to protect yourself and save arguments at closing

Real Estate Contracts - All those clauses. What do they mean and why should I care?





Real Estate Agents

So what is a REALTOR® or a real estate agent or...How do I handle these salespeople? It all starts here!

The real estate agents will approach you as a for sale by owner in different ways. Here are some of the methods they will use.

Why as a for sale by owner you never have to sign a "listing agreement". Use this instead.

How to sell for sale by owner and also advertise your house on the Realtors® MLS^® System for a Flat Fee.

Giving up on for sale by owner? Finding a Realtor^® and Getting your money back you spent

For Sale by Owner MLS^® Option. How to continue offering your house for sale by owner AND be listed on the MLS^® system. This is an Either/Or Option.





About Mortgages

All about Mortgages - Starting with Mortgage Help understanding and handling mortgage Payout Penalties

Mortgage Assumption - Should you allow a buyer to assume your mortgage? The pros and cons you should consider.

Portable Mortgages - What are they and when you might want to use them to your advantage.

Seller Financed Mortgages - There can be some great returns and advantages holding a mortgage for a buyer. - Is this for You?.

Bridge Financing - Here is a possible solution you can use to buy that dream house, before yours is sold. Please be Careful though!

Blend and Extend Mortgages - Just have to buy that dream home before you sell your present house? Here is a possible solution plus some other ideas.

What is a Mortgage Broker? Why you should use one to save money and time.

Qualify a Buyer - How to qualify a buyer when you are for sale by owner. It's easier than you might think.





Satisfying Clauses

Satisfying Clauses - An Overview - Starting with the importance of keeping track of clauses and time. How to handle buyer remorse and more.

Escape Clauses - What is an Escape Clause? How to handle them and save the deal.

Subject to Financing Clause - What to look for in a subject to financing clause - How to possibly save the deal if things go astray.

Fixtures and Chattels Clause - How to avoid headaches and misunderstandings between you the seller and the buyer

The "Subject to Parent Approval Clause" - How to handle the parent's walk-through when they pick up a "problem".





The Closing

Preparing the Property for the New Owners

Final Home Inspection - How to Handle. What the final walk-through is NOT and what it's all about.

Taking care of all the "little" things before the move such as utilities, mail and insurance

Some Typical Closing Cost that you may have when you complete your sale

Making the Actual Move - There are many ways to complete the move to your new home from friends with pickups to the full moving company package






Extra Goodies


Extra Good Stuff

An Overview of some extra tips, ideas and problem solving for different situations that might arise as a for sale by owner.

My House Won't Sell! Here are some reasons why and of course some solutions to your problem.

Should I sell my house before I buy? It all depends on several conditions. Examine some factors that you should consider, before proceeding either way.

It's great to know all the steps to take when selling by owner. It's also important to know the mistakes to avoid.

How much can you save selling for sale by owner? BONUS: How to get all your money back you spent if you list with a real estate agent.





The Joe and Mary Story

Joe and Mary are a couple about to sell their house For Sale by Owner. Follow their misguided adventures while you learn how to not make the same mistakes

Joe and Mary select a yard sign on their for sale by owner journey. Learn why their choice isn't the best and what would be a much better selection.

It's time for Joe and Mary to prepare their home to sell. Mistakes are made, but we can make sure you don't follow in their footsteps.






Personal Stuff

My Story - Credentials and Background

Contact Me - My e-mail and Mailing Address






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