Tuesday, October 13, 2020 / by Vanessa Saunders
What "For Sale By Owners" risk by selling it themselves.
By Vanessa Saunders, MBA, MIMC , Broker Owner, Global Property Systems Real Estate.
People realize it’s a hot real estate market and prices are sky-high at the moment. Some home owners feel they can stick a “For Sale By Owner” sign in the front yard, post a picture and description on Zillow’s listings pages, sit back and let the offers roll in. They’ll say, “We just want to see what we can get.”
What they’ll likely get is screwed.
Ask any agent who’s had a career of shepherding home sales from showing to closing and they’ll tell you of the pitfalls that await the unaware. Just what do sellers risk? Here’s the short list.
Getting the price wrong.
How in the world is a homeowner to know what his house is worth? He knows what he paid for it. He may know what some of his neighbors sold their homes for (“may” because not all his neighbors will admit the real price and costs involved.)
The homeowner lives i. ...
People realize it’s a hot real estate market and prices are sky-high at the moment. Some home owners feel they can stick a “For Sale By Owner” sign in the front yard, post a picture and description on Zillow’s listings pages, sit back and let the offers roll in. They’ll say, “We just want to see what we can get.”
What they’ll likely get is screwed.
Ask any agent who’s had a career of shepherding home sales from showing to closing and they’ll tell you of the pitfalls that await the unaware. Just what do sellers risk? Here’s the short list.
Getting the price wrong.
How in the world is a homeowner to know what his house is worth? He knows what he paid for it. He may know what some of his neighbors sold their homes for (“may” because not all his neighbors will admit the real price and costs involved.)
The homeowner lives i. ...
