Homes Designed To Sell - For Sale By Owner

You Might Consider Listing Your Home For Sale With One Of Our Realtor Affiliates When:

You are in a hurry to sell your home (i.e. job relocation, you've already bought another one). Remember, a significant part of the buying market is being transferred into Atlanta and those buyers almost exclusively work with Realtors and they are not usually looking at homes for sale buy owner.
If you have not sold a house in the past 24 months and you do not have a comfort level with the transaction and the steps necessary to complete the sale. Negotiating an acceptable sales price is just the beginning. If you are inexperienced in real estate sales, you can easily miss an important part of the process, putting the entire sale in jeopardy. Effective Realtors specialize in getting the sale to the closing table.
If your home situation makes the prospect of showing your home to strangers and uncomfortable chore, you will welcome the Realtor's presence when the home is shown. You never know who is coming into your home and Realtors are able to track all showings via the lockbox reports
You are trying to sell in a slow market (like the current market) and even a small advantage in a strategic marketing plan can make the difference between a sale and another 60 days on the market. Good Realtors will not only list your house on FMLS and MLS but also on Realtor.com, several other national and local web sites, create 4 color brochures, perform open houses, and market the home to their sphere of influence who may have buyer's just about to hit the market.
If your time is better spent than answering lots of unqualified questions from callers, Realtors wanting to list the house, and investors offering low ball offers who are looking for a "deal". Will you really have all the time necessary to show the house, return calls and negotiate offers?
If your skin is so thin that you are personally offended when prospective buyers negatively comment on your decorating or landscaping. Buyers come from all walks of life and everyone has an opinion about your house and the contents therein.
If the thought of negotiating prices, contingencies, and special stipulations with the buyer is distasteful to you, you should probably hire a Realtor. Because of all the negative medi hype, most buyers believe they will get a "steal" in todays market. A good listing agent will have prepared an offensive plan to refute the negatives the buyer may try to use to justify an unusually low offer, thereby saving you lots of money in the negotiation process.

Additional Benefits To You

You can be reimbursed our initial consultation fee in the event you decide to list your home with one of our participating Realtors.
Your home gains additional exposure by being featured on our web site
Possible grand re-opening party
Detailed recommendations for improvements including: landscaping, paint color selections, lighting, counter tops and flooring solutions with referrals to contractors as necessary
Since primary home purchases under $1 million are most frequently an emotional purchase, new photos of your home featuring a warm and inviting atmosphere where buyers can see themselves living with their furnishings generate more showings and potential offers.