FSBO - Get It Right!
Posted on May 24th, 2007 in Real Estate News |
If you’ve decided to sell your home but don’t want to pay a real estate professional the money to facilitate the sale, you will most likely end up doing a FSBO. Selling your home as a For Sale By Owner involves a lot of work, and step one is to dive into the research phase. Your obvious first step is getting an idea of what your home value is. There are several ways to find your home value, many of which can be done for little or no cost.
You can visit many different online sites that will give you a home value based on old property records and comparable in your market. Though these sites can be WAY off the mark, it’s a good base point to start. You can also use a site that will give you a free home value report in exchange for giving your information to a local real estate agent. Although this means an agent would be contacting you, you can use them to your advantage and glean as much information from them about selling your home without actually committing to listing with the agent…
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I am new in the real estate industry and would like to know how to get FSBO in order to call them or go directly. Also, I need some tips on how to get them listing with me.
Thank you, appreciate all your help
Probably your best bet is to drive around, see which houses are FSBO in the area you want to target. Most of them won’t be on the internet or even in a newspaper - those are the ones you should be trying to get in touch with. 90% of agents in your area probably aren’t doing that. You should also make them feel like they’re not being pressured - maybe offer to list their house with the understanding that they can cancel the agreement at any time
Hello,
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