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How To Handle TWO Offers On A FSBO House

Yesterday we had our open house as planned, but I had a few brain cells anxiously awaiting to receive the offer we had been promised. It was a really awful day, cold, raining, but we still had a decent turn out – 11 parties. One family attended with their agent, let’s call them the Anderson’s [...]

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FSBO Misinformation is Everywhere!

I read an article today of FSBO tips written by an owner of a “for sale by owner” site with a terrible piece of advice!  He recommended that home sellers get what he called an appraisal from Zillow or Homegain. First of all, the info you get from these sites is NO WHERE NEAR an [...]

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FSBO Sellers Greatest Dread? It’s the Paperwork!

On the top of the list of things that “or sale by owner” sellers dread, it’s the paperwork.  There really isn’t that much involved for the seller, the burden in this department goes to the buyer who is getting a loan. But what documents that do need to be provided are extremely important and have [...]

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Selling Your Own Home and Got an Offer? It’s Not Just About Price!

You decided to sell your own home and now you’ve gotten an offer!  Do you know for certain what you need to do next? First you need to respond to the offer. You can either accept, reject, or make a counter offer.  You should always make a counter offer.  It’s expected.  If you said “yes” [...]

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Understanding Closing Costs

Whether you are selling your house or buying a house, watch this cute 2 minute video. It makes learning about some dry subjects such as closing costs, title insurance, and transfer taxes, almost fun!

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Selling FSBO Involves Less Paperwork Than You Think

Many homeowners are daunted by the thought of handling the paperwork involved with selling a house for sale by owner. The reality is that most of the paperwork involves the buyer, not the seller.

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