| If you're thinking, "I should sell my house | | | | |
| without a realtor," the current real estate | | | | Internet Use |
| market and explosion of the Internet will | | | | |
| make your job easier. | | | | The creation of FSBO real estate listings |
| | | | sites has exploded over the last three or |
| Sell My House Without A Realtor | | | | four years. As buyers and sellers became more |
| | | | familiar with these sites, they often |
| If you are looking to sell a house without a | | | | searched online for homes instead of driving |
| realtor, you are known as a "FSBO" seller. | | | | areas with a realtor. This resulted in |
| FSBO stands for the phrase "for sale by | | | | sellers wondering why they should pay a |
| owner." Although FSBO sellers have always | | | | commission of 6 percent to a realtor when a |
| existed, they have become much more prevalent | | | | site like fsboamerica.org only charged $25 a |
| in the last few years due to two primary | | | | month to list a home on the site. Many |
| factors. | | | | couldn't come up with a reason. |
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| Hot Real Estate Market | | | | No Realtor |
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| An insanely hot real estate market has made | | | | The decision to sell you house without a |
| realtors somewhat irrelevant in many parts of | | | | realtor is one you should make carefully. If |
| the country. For instance, homes in San | | | | you're comfortable with the sales process, |
| Diego, California were known to be on the | | | | going FSBO makes all the sense in the world. |
| market for less than two weeks on average in | | | | If you're not comfortable with the |
| early 2005. Keep in mind, this was the | | | | negotiating process, then you may want to |
| average time it took to sell a home including | | | | consider using a realtor. Ultimately, your |
| the run down messes. In such a market, many | | | | first step should be to buy a FSBO book in |
| homeowners started wondering why they were | | | | your local bookstore or visit a FSBO site and |
| paying six percent commissions to a realtor | | | | read up on what is involved. |
| who didn't have to do much. | | | | |