With the recent despair in the housing market, home values are falling substantially across the United States. Homeowners are investigating ways to recoup some of their losses by selling their homes on their own.
It has always puzzled me to hire a real estate agent to sell your home. I have sold numerous houses over the years and the publicly traded agent never sold my house. In one case, I even sold my own home when someone knocked on my door after seeing my sign. I negotiated a price right then and there and shook hands without the realtor. The sad part of the matter was that he made 6% of the sale of my house ($ 16,000) without doing anything. I remember asking him if he could give me a discount on the commission price since I sold the house. Rudely, he said it was his sign in front of my house that sold the house, not me.
According to the 2006 National Association of Realtors statistics, 13% of all homes were sold without a realtor. 90% of FSBO (For Sale By Owner) sellers end up going to real estate agents in the end. Be that as it may, I decided to visit some of these websites and the options they offer.
I started my research by googling. I found a list of national websites for sale by owner. Here’s a quick overview of my search results.
1. HomesByOwner.com – You can list your home for free. You can upload 1 photo in the free section. If you want to add more photos, it will cost you.
2. BuyOwner.com: They don’t have a price listed on their website, they recommend that you call them. They offer great virtual tours. BuyOwner sends people to your house to take these virtual images. I’m not sure of the price, but I had a friend who used your service and spent $ 2,300. Contact BuyOwner.com for more details.
3. Owners.com: They provide a free listing service. They also offer an MLS listing fee of $ 377 to add your property to the Multiple Listing Service. If an agent shows up and sells your home, I would only pay you 3% instead of paying the full 6% if you hired an agent like I have in the past.
4. ForSaleOwnerHomes.com: They also offer a free listing service. These free websites like ForSaleOwnerhomes.com make money through things like Google Ads, so they can maintain their listing services for free.
5. ForSaleByOwner.com: The fee to list is $ 89.95 per month or a flat fee of $ 199 to list until your property is sold.
There are more websites, but you get a general idea of what there is. If you are planning to sell your home, I recommend that you do the same research I did and list as many free websites as possible. If you hit it and sell your house, you’ll only have more money in your pocket in the end.
