Fsbo - You Can Save Thousands In 7 Easy Steps
By Bill Carey, Fri Dec 9th

Do you know that homeowners across the country sell their ownhomes every day? It is true that 80% of Fsbo's' end up listingwith a real estate agent. But with these 7 easy steps you cansave thousands of dollars for you and your family.

1.Determine Your Market Value: Some of leading edge realestate brokers offer a free over-the-net home evaluation.Online; city and county tax records, Realtor.com, bank on linehome evaluation tools. Local legal business newspapers.

2.Preparing Your Home To Sell: The idea is to have thebest home on the market in your price range. Hire a homeinspector;



get all repairs complete, spruce up landscape addfresh mulch, flowers. Clean windows, touch up painting. Move tostorage all extra furniture clothes garage/basement stored items.

3.Make The Most Of Low Cost Real Estate Brokers: Discountor minimum service real estate brokers (some are internet based)offer a low cost option to place your home in the MLS at $200 to$500 it's a steal. Pay the extra charges for additional photosand virtual tours these will place your home higher on the webpage searches.

4.FSBO Marketing & Advertising: Get an 800# callcapture system a pre recorded message to capture buyerinformation, use it on all signs and ads. Advertise innewspapers only on the major real estate ad day. Open housespiggyback on area realtor open houses.

5.FSBO Paperwork: Hire a real estate attorney. Mortgagebrokers will qualify your buyers. The State Real EstateCommission has all the required forms. Title companies/closingattorneys handle all the closing paperwork.

6.Working With Real Estate Agents: Buyers Agent, thefastest way to sell is to co-operate with real estate buyersagents. Offer to co-broke, co-operate or broker protect for aquicker sale. Cost is normally 2 ½% to 3% of sale pricesometimes you can get as low as 1 ½ % to 2% if the agent sees aquick easy deal. You can save this money by selling yourself,weigh the cost benefits of a quicker sale versus 2 to 3 monthsmore on the market.

7.Close And Move On: Buyer selects closing attorney,Title Company, Mortgage Company, Survey engineer and pestcontrol inspector. Your job is to have a marketable title belegally able to transfer the property, complete all agreed onrepairs, move out (leave a clean home), sign all necessarypaperwork, grab your check and move on.

There are costs to sell your home properly and quickly. In theend a savings of 3% on a $275,000.00 home is $8,250.00 in yourpocket a nice prize for not a lot of effort. It's a good starttoward your daughter or sons college tuition next year.

About the author:Bill Carey offers insights to the buying and selling process ofresidential real estate for F*R*E*E information and reports seehttp://www.CharlotteNCExecutiveHomes.com You can sign up for our"Insider Real Estate Secrets Revealed" ...a must-read forHome-Owners and Renters! FREE 12-lesson e-course covering morethan 20 topics exposing the real

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