For Sale by Owner or Use an Agent?
How to Sell your Home
For Sale by Owner or Use an Agent? This home selling site provides you with practical, helpful, and easy-to-use information on how to increase your chances of selling a house in Australia using the above methods.
You also get access to real estate resource and reference websites. This way, you can have all the information in front of you to put together a home selling plan that works!
Using an Agent
* you pay home selling commission (percentage of
sale price)
* you use a Real Estate agent to sell
* most common method of home selling
* marketing/advertising is done by the Real estate agent
* you pay GST on top of the commission
For Sale By Owner
* you pay ZERO COMMISSION
* you (the seller) deal directly with the buyer
* marketing/advertising is done by the seller or
FSBO website.
* you have complete control over the process.
What are the 7 Crucial Questions You Should Ask BEFORE You Sell your Home?
1. Is it really important that I sell my home?
2. Can I afford to pay commission by using a Real Estate Agent?
3. Does my current lifestyle allow me time to try selling using
For Sale by Owner?
4. Am I friendly and courteous, and do I communicate well enough with
people that I can give FSBO a go?
5. If I decide to sell my home myself, How confident am I to handle
adversity and to negotiate with both buyers and agents?
6. Do I need to feel in control of the process?
7. What previous home selling experiences have I had? How will that
impact on whether my home will sell?
How you answer these questions will tell you whether you are motivated enough to sell. Secondly which method of selling...FSBO or Using an Agent...will suit your personality and circumstances best.
Using an Agent?...our site can help find the right one for you. Here's an example of the questions covered:
* How do you find a good real estate agent?
* What services should a good agent provide?
* What form should an agent use to list your property?
* What are the Types of Listings an agent will use to sell your home?
* How much Commission should I be paying?
To find the answers, click on Selling with an Agent on the navigation bar to your left.
IMPORTANT TIP!... If you use a real estate agent, read the FSBO sections on the site so you know what questions to ask the agent. You'll also find out just how much he/she really knows.
For sale by Owner? For all you FSBO enthusiasts, lots and lots of helpful topics:
* How to put together a bullet-proof ACTION PLAN and increase your
chances of success!
* Property Values and House Pricing - What's the difference?
* Open House - what to do to get buyers flocking to your house.
* Real Estate Sales Contracts and paperwork - how to complete them.
* How to negotiate a sale for a WIN-WIN outcome.
And there's more...just click on the topics on the Navigation bar to your left, for all your FSBO information.
Lastly, to find Government Websites and Real estate bodies, try our Products & Resources page.
And for 'Real Estate for Sale' websites, including FSBO, try our Related Links page.
Congratulations! You are now on your way to becoming an overall home selling expert, whether that be 'For Sale by Owner / FSBO', or using a Real Estate Agent. It’s that simple!
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