IHS Realty doesn’t throw you to the wolves

(FSBO) This home seller comes in two varieties.  The first is the Investor.  He or she has done this before.  They have bought houses to be fixed up and flipped or they have rental properties that they buy and sell with some frequency.  At one point in time, he was probably in the business as an agent or lender.  By handling the listing himself, he is trying to increase his profit margins.  He also is aware of market conditions and is probably in a sellers market.  This makes it a lot easier to get the home sold in a reasonable amount of time.  He is very commission sensitive.

The second Mr. FSBO is the Reader.  He has seen and read about other people who go the FSBO route and now that he needs to sell his home he thinks he can do it also.  Usually, the Reader has bought several books about selling his own home as well as some on buying homes with no money down and real estate investing.  Although sometimes this need to sell the house himself comes from necessity (house is worth less than when he bought it), most of the time it comes from a combination of too much time coupled with disenchantment with the real estate profession.

This is an interesting take on FSBO personalities and the types of home sellers. Whichever type of seller you are, you can sell your own home online using a flat fee MLS service. Many flat fee service providers give you access to the multiple listing service but don’t teach you how to use it. At IHS Realty, we don’t just throw you to the wolves. We have resources you can use to learn how to price your home, market your home, show your home and there is a resource for every step in the process - for the buyer and for the seller.

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