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Fsbo Tips For Sellers

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  FSBO Tips For Preparation

  • Start visiting open houses in your area so you can get a sense of what your home's worth.
  • Unless your home is fairly new, hire a pest inspection company to check for damage.  The company will give you a bid if any work needs to be done.  If lots of work needs to be done, get bids from other contractors. 
  • Rent a storage locker and move lots of your stuff into it.  
  • Clean and tidy up the landscaping.  
  • Paint, if necessary.
  • Repair anything that's broken.
  • Replace inexpensive items that are worn out, like toilet seats and switchplates.
  • Remove and replace anything attached to the house that you want to take with you, like light fixtures and drapes.
  • If you're aesthetically challenged, hire a professional stager to offer advice.
  • When your house is ready, take photos.  Consider a virtual tours so your home can be "visited" 24 hours a day.

  FSBO Tips For Setting a price

  • Get free pricing info on your property from several online sources, like , zillow.com (free), ditech.com (free), and realestateabc.com (free).  
  • Do your own appraisal by looking at comparable homes that have sold recently.  Get comparables from zillow.com, realestateabc.com, and realestate.yahoo.com.  
  • Get a certified appraisal if you're still unsure.  
  • Look at other homes that are for sale in your area and visit them during open houses.  Try to price your home so that it's one of the two or three best values in your general price range.
  • In setting your price, consider whether the market is hot or cool.  Set a slightly lower price if the market is slow, there are similar properties on the market, and/or you're in a hurry to sell.  Set the price higher if you have the time to test the market, there is not many similar houses in your neighborhood, and/or the market is booming.

  FSBO Tips For marketing

  • Set up and create a listing on 24hourFSBO.com.
  • Be sure to use our yardsigns and directionals FREE with 24hourFsbo listing.
  • Place ads anywhere you choose and refer readers to your 24hourFsbo.com web page for more information.
  • Keep a supply of flyers in your brochure box at all times.
  • Place free classified ads on Craigslist, Zillow, and other places.

  FSBO Tips For Showing your house

  • "Stage" your home before visitors come.  Turn on all the lights, light a fire in the fireplace, bake cookies, put out fresh flowers, light candles, and shoo away the kids and pets.  
  • Host open houses on weekends.

  FSBO Tips For Responding to offers

  • We recommend that you seek out the help of a lawyer before signing any contracts.  we recommend you visit our Professional Services page to see our preferred attorneys.

   FSBO Tip For Closing/Escrow

  • It's usually up to buyers and lenders to select appraisers, pest inspectors, and home inspectors.
  • Sometimes homes fall out of escrow because contingencies fail (inspections, loan, appraisal, title, or other contingencies) or because buyers back out.  In other words, don't assume that you home is sold until escrow actually closes.

  FSBO Tip For Moving




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