Posted by Manager on April 29th, 2008
When you’re going to be selling your home and you’re taking the for sale by owner path, one of the things that you need to be sure of is that buyers will know that you are serious about selling your home.
When buyers look at homes for sale by owner, they often get the sense the seller isn’t serious. Maybe the house hasn’t been prepared for the market or maybe the sellers don’t respond quick enough to buyers questions. Also, By Owner sellers will often tell buyers “I Don’t need to sell”. While this is often an attempt by the seller to position themselves for negotiation, buyers take it as a sign the seller isn’t serious about selling. When a REALTOR lists a home for sale-buyers know that the home is ready to go.
Interestingly enough, one of the things that makes a seller look serious involves having a professional lawn sign rather than just a for sale by owner sign picked up at the local hardware store and ensuring that the home is listed in the MLS.
That’s why it is important for for sale by owner sellers to pay attention to the options that come with selling their homes using flat fee MLS. With flat fee MLS, for sale by owner sellers are able to get professional lawn signs, list their homes alongside those listed by real estate agents and to show that they are committed to making the sale.
Posted by Manager on April 27th, 2008
When you’re getting ready to sell your home as a for sale by owner seller, there are a number of things that you’re going to want to pay attention to:
Understanding what it’s going to take to get your home ready for the sale
Understanding the importance of showing your homes
Understanding why flat fee MLS is an important tool for marketing your FSBO property
Ultimately, each of those things - getting your home ready, getting prospective buyers inside and marketing your home - takes a little bit of creativity. When you get creative, you’ll find that it’s a lot easier to stage your home - you’ll be able to create a great experience for those who get inside, a scene that helps them to get a sense of what they could do with the property if it were their own. Of course, it also takes a certain amount of creativity as a for sale by owner seller to make sure that you get prospective buyers inside. Think about what you can do to make sure that people know that your for sale by owner property is on the market - local advertising, marketing flyers.
Focus on what you need to do as a for sale by owner seller - make sure that you’re getting the right advice then get a bit creative; you’ll find that the process goes a lot more smoothly.
Posted by Manager on April 25th, 2008
One of the biggest challenges that those who make the choice to sell their home for sale by owner rather than bringing on a listing agent comes down to making sure that they are marketing their home as effectively as possible.
So, if you’re planning to sell your home for sale by owner, what do you need to be sure that you’re doing to market your home effectively?
- Focus on marketing in print. Flyers with information about your home need to be posted. It’s a good plan to take out advertising space in your local newspaper.
- Focus on getting your home marketed online. Whether you blog or set up a web page (or both) it’s important to know that you’re able to get your home seen by those who are searching online.
- Focus on finding a flat fee MLS broker - because that’s the only way you’re going to be able to get your home listed alongside those that are listed by real estate agents.
Without listing your home in the multiple listing service database, you’ll find that it’s challenging to sell; it’s the lack of an MLS presence that drives many for sale by owners to turn to a real estate agent. With flat fee MLS, you can have the best of both worlds.
Posted by Manager on April 23rd, 2008
When you’re going to be selling your home, it’s important to take a look at all of the options that are available to you. Sure, you could sell with a real estate agent; you could also sell on your own - a for sale by owner process. Or you could sell with flat fee MLS - something that you could think of a bit like “for sale by owner plus.”
For sale by owner - especially with the benefit of flat fee MLS - makes sense and is a great plan because:
- You’re able to set the time table for selling your home;
- For sale by owner lets you get involved in the process and to be better able to trust your gut;
- You’ll be able to focus your attention only on selling your home - not on helping other sellers and a variety of buyers as well; and
- When you sell for sale by owner, there’s no commission to be paid to a real estate agent.
When you are selling for sale by owner - or with flat fee MLS - the only thing that you need to be careful of is that you are marketing your home well; that’s where the “for sale by owner plus” element comes in; when you sell with flat fee MLS, your for sale by owner home will be marketed alongside those listed by real estate agents at a fraction of the cost.f
Posted by Manager on April 21st, 2008
The real estate market is an interesting thing to take a closer look at. There are cycles. There are times when the market favors the buyers, times when the sellers are the ones who benefit. There are times in which prices are great and there are times when investments pay off.
One thing that often doesn’t change is the way in which real estate is bought and sold - with one obvious exception: flat fee real estate.
In the past, buyers had two options for getting into their dream homes: they could work with a real estate agent who would do a lot of the work for them or they could go it alone. Likewise, sellers had two options: FSBO - selling their homes entirely on their own - or selling with a listing agent. Flat fee real estate changes things up a bit for both buyers and sellers.
For buyers and sellers, flat fee real estate creates the ability to have the support they need without having to sign on and work with a real estate agent. Flat fee real estate creates an opportunity for buyers to save when they purchase a home and for sellers to save while selling their home and still being able to take advantage of the best marketing tools and the tips that can guide them through the process of selling their homes.
Ultimately, flat fee real estate services allow buyers and sellers to have it all: independence, help when they need it and the chance to save in the process.
Posted by Manager on April 19th, 2008
If you’ve been thinking about selling your home - especially on your own - it’s really important to look at the opportunity to sell your home online.
Keep in mind that most people who are looking for a home turn to the web before they look for a real estate agent; they want to be able to get a feel for what’s out there and available before they make the commitment. If your home isn’t showing up when tey look at online listings, you’re going to miss a whole lot of prospective buyers.
Of course, selling your home online isn’t always just as simple as setting up a website. Selling your home online means understanding that it’s important to have your home show up on major real estate website - and knowing that, when you sell with flat fee MLS it will show up there.
In order to sell your home online, in other words, it is still important to make sure that you’ve got your bases covered. When you sell with flat fee MLS, you’ll be sure that your home is getting all of the exposure that it needs to sell - online and off.
Posted by Manager on April 17th, 2008
Think you’re going to be selling your home with flat fee MLS, one of the primary things that you need to be taking into consideration is whether or not you’re going to be working with the right flat fee MLS broker.
Choosing a flat fee broker is something that can either go remarkably smoothly or can prove to be a challenge. When you know that you are asking the right questions and you know that you are taking the time to look at referrals from those who have used the broker in the past, things will go fairly smoothly. When you just jump in and go with the first option that presents itself, you’re likely to run up against more challenges.
Therefore, if you want to be sure that the process goes as smoothly as possible when you choose a flat fee MLS broker, be sure that you are looking at all of the following points:
- How long has the broker been offering the service?
- How many past clients would come back and use their services again?
- What do past clients have to say about the process?
- What services other than an MLS listing does the broker offer?
- Will you be able to access the information and tools that you need to help you to sell your home?
- Does the broker only offer flat fee services?
Those considerations can make a significant difference in the services that you receive when you sell your home. Choose the flat fee MLS broker who will really be there for you - every step of the way.
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