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Buying A House – Checking Exterior Wood
You need to be very careful before committing to the purchase of a house. If the house has wood and brick on the exterior, you need to consider the following issues.
Wood Issues
Wood is a beautiful material, particularly when it is used on...
Condominiums – Advantages Of Ownership
Condominiums tend to be a love it or hate it subject with property owners. Here are the advantages of owning a condominium.
Condominium – Advantages
Condominiums provide a unique living opportunity in the United States, one that many people...
Decorative Know How - Faux Marble In Six Easy Steps
Home decorators looking for something a little different are often faced with expensive products and time consuming solutions, making many of us opt for more everyday options like wallpaper and basic paint finishes. However one lasting favorite...
Home Inspection: Everything you need to know to pick a good home inspector
On a daily basis I get calls from my clients asking me what a home inspection includes and how much will it cost. The typical inspector has some sort of mantra that they repeat about the inspection being a roof to foundation inspection. They...
No Money Down Real Estate Investing Programs
Nothing in the last thirty years has excited the would-be real estate consumer as much as "no money down," " no down payment," real estate investing for which we all have to thank Carleton Sheets. Then along comes Ron Le Grand offering "cash back"...
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Sell A Home For Free
When selling or buying a home, the realtor commissions can take a serious bite out of your profit. Here’s a primer on how to sell a home for free without commissions.
Sell A Home For Free
When many people think of a real estate sale, they immediately groan at the thought of dealing with real estate agents. More painful, for many, is the thought of paying a six percent commission to an agent. In the last five years, the real estate market has seen a significant increase in the number of people who sell their home without using agents.
A property sold without a real estate agent is known as a FSBO, which simply means for sale by owner. If you take a look at the real estate classifieds in the Sunday edition of your local paper, you should see plenty of FSBO listings. With the increasing popularity of the Internet, there are numerous sites such as FSBOAmerica.org that provide national listings online for free viewing by potential buyers. This is giving rise to a fundamental change in the real estate industry.
Prior to the Internet exploding onto the scene, selling or buying real estate could be a major time killer. One typically signed on with a real estate agent to get listed in the multiple listing services. If you wanted to find a buyer, you needed to be in the listing and have open houses and so on.
Many buyers, however, now look to Internet listing sites to develop a list of homes they are interested in. These sites typically contain detailed information on the homes as well as numerous pictures. Put another way, the buyer no
longer has to spend entire weekends looking at homes that simply don’t interest him or her. The buyer can now do all of the initial work online. If they decide to come see your property, they are already pretty serious about making an offer and typically just want to make sure the pictures and information are accurate.
For many sellers, the power of the Internet makes real estate agents an unnecessary expense. Why pay six percent of the sales price as a commission when buyers are coming from online listings of the site? As a seller, you can create these listings online and expect to pay twenty five dollars or so a month to keep your listing up. With this being the case, why would you pay a commission to an agent?
If your goal is to sell a home for free, without a real estate commission, the Internet is your best option. Real estate transactions are very straightforward and you can pick up all the forms you’ll need at the local book store.
About the Author: Raynor James is with the FSBO site - http://www.fsboamerica.org - FSBO homes for sale by owner. Visit our "sell my home" page - http://www.fsboamerica.org/seller.cfm - to sell your house yourself with a free 1 month listing.
Source: www.isnare.com
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