Sell My House Fast

A Typical For Sale by Owner

The following story of sell my house fast, is a narrative of a typical couple attempting to sell their home "for sale by owner".

The purpose of the following FSBO Tips in this section, is to run through the typical process many for sale by owners go through, when they don't have the experience, or the proper information available to them.

If you want to follow the Joe and Mary story in a sequence of events, each page is numbered from #1 to #13 at the bottom of each page. This page is #1.

You of course dear reader, have this website. :)

Remember, some of this is more about what NOT to do as a for sale by owner.

As the story progresses, Joe and Mary will make less mistakes.

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In my years as a Realtor ®, I watched for sale by owners make the same mistakes over and over.

When I had my for sale by owner company, I'd take those people that wanted to sell on their own, teach them what I've laid out on this website and watch them have a successful sale!

This is why for sale by owners went from an approximate success rate of 20% to 95%.

They also sold these homes quickly, in many cases. In other words, the success rate was the same as if they were listed with a Realtor.®

If the Realtors® in your area are succeeding in selling 50% of their listings fast, then you should expect to have the same 50% success rate.

Your success rate of course,will depend largely on how closely you follow the ABSOLUTELY FREE program on this website. Go ahead, look as hard as you want.

I have nothing for sale here. Just free expert advise on how to sell my house fast........Now, that's refreshing!

A Typical For Sale by Owner Story

Our hero's, Joe and Mary go out one weekend looking at new homes in the Happy Hollow Sub-division. They came across their "dream" home that day and hurried home to discuss their future.

M: I absolutely loved that house in Happy Hollow!

M: I absolutely loved that house in Happy Hollow!

J: Me too. It was perfect.

M: The only glitch is, I don't think we can afford a home at that price. If we want to sell fast, we'll need a Realtor.® After we pay a Realtor® to sell our property, we won't have enough money left over.

J: What do we need a Realtor® for. We can sell it ourselves and save the commission. It can't be that difficult. I'd like to sell my house fast so we don't lose that other home.

M: OK, lets do it!

J: What do you think our asking price should be Mary to sell fast?

M: Well, the Jone's down the street sold a couple months ago and she said they got $300,000.00

Sell My House Fast Tip #1:

Don't always believe your neighbors when they tell you what they sold their home for. I used to laugh (to myself) when I was a Realtor® and someone would quote me a selling price.

What they didn't realize, was I had all the information on every property that sold through the MLS® system, including the selling price.

J: I heard that the Brown's got $325,000.00 for their property on the South Side.

Sell My House Fast Tip #2

When you do compare properties for pricing purposes, make sure the area and the properties are similar.

Our home is better than the Jone's. We have those extra cabinets under the stairs and don't forget, I put extra screws in when I build the deck.

Sell My House Fast Tip #3

Everyone thinks their property is better than the one that sold for $xxx. Extra nails and cabinets under the stairs don't bring you more money.

If you just replaced the roof shingles it doesn't mean the home is worth more. It means you have a roof that doesn't leak!

You are suppose to have a good roof. If the shingles need replacing, the price of the house goes down from where it should be, compared to a house with a good roof.

Sell My House Fast Bonus Tip

If you want to sell my house fast and have the choice, always replace or repair any problems with the house, rather than ask less money.

M: Well, I think we should ask $319,900.00 and hope we can sell for $300,000.00. We can always lower the price later.

Sell MY House Fast Tip #3

Always list at your best asking price at the very beginning. In many cases, the best action and best buyers look at a your house in the first couple weeks the house is on the market.

What is the best way to establish price? Find out at Price for Success

J: Well then I guess it's settled, we'll start out at $319,900.00

M: Great. In the morning, why don't you run down to the hardware store and pick up a for sale by owner sign.

If you are following this story in sequence, please proceed to #2 below.

For More Information about the Joe and Mary Story

#2 Joe and Mary Select a Sign

#3 Joe and Mary Prepare Their House to Sell

#4 Our by Owner Couple Place a Newspaper Ad

#5 Joe and Mary Go Online

#6 Our Hero's Answer Ad Calls

#7 Joe and Mary Find a Hot Buyer!

#8 Joe and Mary Decide to get an Appraisal

#9 Joe and Mary Prepare for Open House

#10 Our for Sale by Owner's do their First Open House

#11 Joe and Mary get a 2nd House Showing

#12 Joe and Mary get an Offer

#13 Joe and Mary Close the Deal!