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Selling a Home Privately

Charleston South Carolina Real Estate: When you chose to sell your home privately (without the help of a real estate agent), most likely it’s because you wanted to save some money. Research shows that selling a home privately can save as much as $9000 during the home selling process. Don’t let this fact sway you, though. In most cases the learning curve to selling your home yourself means that it may take you a little longer to sell it. Add in the extra holding expenses for taking extra time to eventually sell it and you may not have saved any money at all.

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Selling a home privately will also affect your marketing process. When you sell your home yourself, it’s not likely that you’ll have access to all the wonderful services a professional home buyer will have – a database full of people that are wanting to buy a home, maybe just like yours!. You might need to get the buyers in some other way, like holding an open house or putting an advertisement on local newspaper.

Furthermore, when a buyer sees that you are selling your home privately, they will offer a lower price, because they knew you’re already saving money from not hiring an agent.

Many home sellers don't use a Realtor because they can not trust other people to sell their home. Selling your home privately means being in total control of the transaction. You know that you will always be available for questions or home showings.

When you’re sure that selling your home privately is the way to go, there are some extra preparations you need to do. Take extra measures in preparing your house. Remember that you’ll be competing with professional home sellers and their clients’ houses – make sure you have a chance to stand out! Find websites that provides a “selling by owner” kit. Get as maximum exposure as possible.

You also need to get educated in legal requirements and contract making. This will take some time, so get help from an attorney and start researching way behind your selling date.

Selling a home privately is a tricky business. Some say that you’re able to sell your own house if you have three free hours every day of the week. With a little bit of work, you’ll manage to put that much-needed money to better use.

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