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Old 03-21-2011, 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by eweissenbach View Post
I have sold my last two residences plus a vacation cottage via fsbo. I arranged in each case with a local realtor to handle the transaction just as they would one of their own listings. I also promised them that if I was unable to sell within a reasonable time frame I would give them the listing. I did all the marketing, flyers, signs, showings, and open houses (fwiw I used to be a realtor). When I got a party interested in making an offer I referred them to the realtor - that way I did not have to directly bargain price with them. Once the realtor got the contract signed they handled everything up to the closing for 1%.
Ed, that is exactly the way I handled the sale of a house I sold in September. However, if I didn't have a real estate background, I'm not sure I could have achieved my goals quite as easily.
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