According to the National Association of Realtors buyers come from the following sources;

8% from Advertising Properties (news papers, real estate books, internet)

13% From for sale signs in the front yard

13% Other (word of mouth, friends, neighbors, co-workers)

66% From Real Estate Agents!

As a home owner trying to sell your home yourself without taking advantage of the MLS system, for thats where the largest amount of home buyers come from using an agent to find their dream home, your home. You are at a disadvantage.

You miss out on 66% of the potential buyer market!

80% of all new home buyers go to the internet first to look for homes before even contacting an agent!

Every Home entered into the MLS system is automatically picked up by hundreds of other web sites (local Newspaper web sites, realtor web sites etc.).

Is your home on the web?

Is it available for viewing 24 hours a day 7 days a week?

Can it even be found by anything other then driving by your home and seeing a for sale sign?

Statistics kept by the Realtor associations show that 78% of all people who try to sell their homes themselves end up listing their home with a real estate professional.

Why is this the case? Frustration!

Too many legal forms and mandatory disclosures to figure out!

Too many marginal and shady buyers!

Too expensive to Market and advertise the property themselves!

Dissappointing results!

Successfully selling your home yourself  is more then putting a for sale sign in your front yard and telling everyone you know that your home is for sale!

Many of the Real Estate offices that specialize in helping "For Sale By Owners" charge almost the same amount of commissions and fees that full service Real Estate offices do!

Don't get bamboozled by the hype and empty promises!

Selling your home yourself can be relatively quick, inexpensive and rewarding!