Are you thinking think the best idea may be to sell your home by your self. This usually is not a viable option and does not work out well. Here is a list of just some of the basics that as your listing agent I will do. Saving money on real estate commissions can cost you far more in both lost time and lost money for your home. No matter which way you decied to go, I am available to help.  My full service listing is only 4.5%.  3% of this goes to the selling agent to encourage them to show the house to their clients. 

 Immediately Increase Buyer Activity

The Arizona real estate market is tough.  There are lots of homes on the market (48,000) in Buckeye alone.  Finding qualified buyers who can jump through all the new closing hoops is a real challenge.  Here's how I can help:

1. Free Access to Buckeye and surrounding communities market pricing information  

2. Free tips for preparing your home for sale

3. Free tips for staging and showing your home

4. Your buyer can get 1% down FHA loans (Ask me how?)

   Consider My Additional Seller Services:

• Free Arizona MLS listing -  Exposure to all Buckeye Metro Agents

• Free Exposure to 90,000 active "Buckeye Metro" buyers

• Free Listing Photos that accent the value of your home

• I pre-qualify the buyer so you know they can close

• 0 % Commission - when you find a buyer and close the transaction without my help

• 1.9 % Commission when you bring the buyer to the table but need help determining buyer's ability to pay at closing, drafting the contract; managing the sale; working with lenders or seller's agents; finding buyer a lender, and opening escrow.

• 4.5 % Commission when we find the buyer and sell  your home - our commission is 3% to the buyer's agent and only 1.5% to us) at closing - not 6-8% like other firms and we do all the work and marketing.

• You pay us NO OUT-OF-POCKET fees even for a short sale listing. Your lender covers the cost at closing.

This incredible deal allows you maximum control of the sales process and significantly increases your exposure to active and qualified buyers.

These are just a few more items to consider when thinking about selling your home yourself. At the end of the day, it just isn't worth the risk. Contact me today and I can help you sell your home for the most possible money and make sure you have an easy transaction.

Disadvantages of 'For Sale by Owner' Property

For Sale by Owner' (FSBO) is a property wherein the owner hopes to sell this property without employing the services of a real estate agent. FSBO property has few advantages but in general the disadvantages associated to FSBO property far outweigh the advantages. Surveys suggest less than 6% of properties are sold through this approach.

Let us look at the disadvantages associated to a FSBO property for the seller. This involves spending a lot of time and effort in making arrangements for this sale. They need to run around organizing everything with including price of the home, making the property available for inspections to prospective buyers, and preparing classifieds in magazines and newspaper. The marketing and advertising costs sometimes run more than the brokerage commission and hence it becomes a losing proposition. FSBO property is has a limited set of buyers unless  the seller decides to list in the Multiple Listing Service, for which there is also a fee. When you consider the help of a professional that would result from far more marketing exposure and technical advices that a real estate agent brings to the table. Without full technical support, it is very likely that the owner does not have a fair knowledge of the true value of the property and more often than not tends to over price his property. An overpriced property fails to attract the buyers and as time passes the value starts diminishing. The other significant disadvantage of FSBO property is that the broking community is reluctant to work with FSBO property, in large part due to the lack of professionalism and knowledge of the process.

Let us examine the set of activities needed to be carried out for a FSBO property. Begin by getting your home professionally appraised to get the right price for your house. Quoting the right price is most important in liquidating your property. Visit all the open houses. Word of mouth works well in this industry. Make sure you do small little things to make your house attractive. Ensure all the fixtures are working fine. Try and do a fresh paint if possible and remove all the clutter. Hire the professional services of a lawyer who can do all the paperwork and make the sale agreement. Be prepared to do all these activities by yourself

FSBO property would require you to be good at each and every aspect of Property sale be it negotiations, financial and legal knowledge, or housing laws. A lack of knowledge in even one of these areas could ruin an opportunity to sell your property. Better leave the work of an expert to an expert.

FSBO property put a huge drain on your time and money. These could very well be handled by a professional real estate agent. More often than not it becomes an exercise wherein you spend dollars to save a penny. FSBO is a challenging assignment and yet one is not sure as a seller whether all the effort eventually translates into any monetary benefits looking at the expenses involved in doing everything yourself.