General Info For Sellers
Be sure to read our FAQ for Sellers, as it explains many basic issues and will allow you to make better use of the information below.
Obviously, pricing your home correctly is very important for a variety of reasons. What you decide to price your home at depends on many variables such as your desired timeline for selling and current market data as well as several others. For detailed information concerning your pricing options as well as some considerations you want to make, read our Pricing Guide.
Showing your home is necessary to sell it quickly. Please read our Tips for Conducting a Successful Open House page for ideas and things to remember when showing. We encourage you to make use of our Open House Calendar, as we direct potential buyers to it several times throughout the site.
Design a sales brochure to give to visitors when conducting an open house. Also keep several copies in the brochure box attached to your yard sign. Check often to make sure that there are copies in the box. Read our Tips for Designing a Clear and Effective Sales Brochure for ideas of what to include.
Be aware of the importance of drive-by traffic as a source of potential buyers. For this reason, try to maintain your home’s curb appeal at all times, not just during showings. For more on curb appeal, see our Tips for Conducting a Successful Open House.
Change you voicemail message for the number that is in your listing and on your yard sign. State that you are the seller of the home and ask buyers to leave a message. Check your messages often and return calls promptly. Also remember to check your email often if you provide an email address in your listing.
As a FSBO seller, you may be contacted by real estate agents who will want you to abandon selling your house as For Sale By Owner and list it with them. The FSBO Farming- Common Realtor Tactics Familiarize yourself with the formalities of negotiation and entering into a contract by reading our Basics of Negotiation and Contract page. Unless you choose to have professional legal assistance in this stage, the process is entirely up to you and the buyer, so know what to expect.
Also, familiarize yourself with the basic steps involved in the official closing by reading our Intro to Closing page. Even though the closing is usually handled by a lawyer, it is helpful to know what your lawyer is doing.
When navigating the internet for FSBO websites or information, be aware that many of those out there which claim to be FSBO websites are scams or otherwise not genuine FSBO websites. They attempt to take advantage of the positive FSBO name to lure in visitors. Read our FSBO Scam Websites page for more information as well as warning signs to look for and a list of such websites. Also, please feel free to submit any URL that you feel may be a FSBO scam and we will review it and add it to our list if appropriate.
If you plan on hiring a moving company to help you move, please visit MovingScam.com. It contains helpful information regarding known moving scams and identifies warning signs to look for when hiring a moving company as well as a list of moving companies known to have engages in such activities, organized by region.
