The Reality of Listing Your Home For Sale By Owner
If you are thinking about listing your home as “For Sale By Owner,” there are a few things you should know about the reality of this process. First of all, consider your accessibility. You will need to be present for each showing, whether a buyer is out looking at homes during the day, when you’re usually at work, or in the evenings when you like to relax. Someone will need to be at your house to let the potential buyer in and show them around. You also need to consider how well you can overcome objections. You may not even know what those objections are in the first place. Normally when a buyer looks at a home, they are with their agent. In that case, they are able to share their concerns or what it is about the house that is keeping them from making an offer. If the agent knows what these objections are, then we are able to overcome them fairly easily. If it’s flooring, you can offer a flooring allowance; sometimes it’s as simple as changing up some paint colors. The prob...