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purple hayes
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 Posted: 05/10/05 - 08:25 Post subject: Experience with selling your house without a realtor?
Just thinking.
Have you ever done it? Good or bad stories?
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Posted: 05/10/05 - 08:29 Post subject:
have not done it.
Did buy our current house from a guy who just put it on the market himself.
If you live in a good market...you could try it for a month or two or so, and then go to a realtor. 
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Posted: 05/10/05 - 08:39 Post subject:
It is getting more and more common here. Have you checked out http://buyowner.com/ ? I would still have a lawyer to review everthing. A few hundred dollars isn't that bad when you save thousands on commision.
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purple hayes
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Posted: 05/10/05 - 08:44 Post subject:
They're coming over tonight. 
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Posted: 05/10/05 - 08:48 Post subject:
nevermind
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DCRunningDiva
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Posted: 05/10/05 - 08:52 Post subject:
Do you need a lender? 
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Posted: 05/10/05 - 09:10 Post subject:
so youre really gonna do it?
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Posted: 05/10/05 - 09:13 Post subject:
We're moving on up......
To a deee-luxe apartment, in the sky - y- y.
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purple hayes
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Posted: 05/10/05 - 09:14 Post subject:
| ShannonG wrote: | We're moving on up......
To a deee-luxe apartment, in the sky - y- y. |
The floor plan I liked the best in the houses I looked at was called the Jefferson.  I kept singing that song, too.
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ShannonG
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Posted: 05/10/05 - 09:17 Post subject:
Weezie!!!
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Posted: 05/10/05 - 09:22 Post subject:
Yes, we did it in Alaska, sold our house within one month and made about $6k.
We did repaint and followed some simple beautification tips.
Like take everything off the walls, reduce knick knacks to bare minimum.
Buy hanging baskets for the outdoors.
Make bread or have cinammon/apples cooking in a pot on your stove.
I also offered cookies and coffee.
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akern
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Posted: 05/10/05 - 09:30 Post subject:
When we bought our first house there was no realtor involved. It went over well and was pretty easy. All you have to do is get the correct paperwork to fill out. We did not even have a lawyer look at it either. When we went to sell that house we intended to do it that same way, but some fast talkin realtor made us feel like we were in a hurry, so naturally we had her sell it for us.  That was an $8000 mistake.
Do it yourself.
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Posted: 05/10/05 - 09:37 Post subject:
| akern wrote: | When we bought our first house there was no realtor involved. It went over well and was pretty easy. All you have to do is get the correct paperwork to fill out. We did not even have a lawyer look at it either. When we went to sell that house we intended to do it that same way, but some fast talkin realtor made us feel like we were in a hurry, so naturally we had her sell it for us. That was an $8000 mistake.
Do it yourself. |
Yeah but didn't you just hook up the first house to the fifth wheel on the back of that dualie ford and move it over to the buyer's lot? 
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akern
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Posted: 05/10/05 - 09:50 Post subject:
| robp wrote: |
Yeah but didn't you just hook up the first house to the fifth wheel on the back of that dualie ford and move it over to the buyer's lot? |
I only did that once..... give me a break already. 
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Posted: 05/11/05 - 07:58 Post subject:
| TriBob wrote: | | It is getting more and more common here. Have you checked out http://buyowner.com/ ? I would still have a lawyer to review everthing. A few hundred dollars isn't that bad when you save thousands on commision. |
My coworker just did this...
I'll ask him today at lunch his opinion positive and negative for you. He had his house sold in two weekends. Not bad. I know he was happy.
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