| There are numerous real estate investor ways | | | | would like to entice every potential buyer to |
| regarding how to sell a house by owner. Before I | | | | glance in the windows just for them to get a |
| reveal to you how to sell a home without a real | | | | closer look. Make certain you leave your blinds or |
| estate agent, you might want to know basic | | | | curtains wide open. |
| fundamentals first. As a real estate investor, I | | | | You may not believe this, but I pay a visit to a |
| have never used a real estate agent to buy or | | | | sign shop and I obtain white blank Coroplast signs, |
| sell any formerly lived in home. To be truthful, | | | | the size of a basic realtor sign. I obtain different |
| realtors just slow down the process, and they | | | | color paint pens from an arts and crafts store. |
| want too much money for doing so. | | | | Next, I travel to the hardware store and |
| Experienced real estate investors roll their sleeves | | | | purchase a can of pink florescent paint. Lastly, I |
| up and complete the job themselves, and most | | | | hand-paint a sign in several colors and I spray the |
| likely, at least for me, I get a quick house sale. | | | | edges with the pink florescent paint. It stands out |
| Sure, there is always that certain home that will | | | | like nothing you have ever seen! Plus, it is very |
| take longer to sell than expected, and there is | | | | important that potential buyers believe they are |
| usually that single house of which I presume will | | | | dealing with an inexperienced homeowner. Then, I |
| take a long time to sell and it sells in one day, but | | | | place the signs in the front yard and on all four |
| most of the time I sell them inside of days or a | | | | corners of the 4 major intersections near my |
| couple of weeks. I even offer an approach that | | | | house. I splatter the neighborhood with the signs |
| sells a house in 9 days. | | | | so absolutely everyone driving within one mile of |
| Did you know that approximately 80% of the | | | | my property understands it is actually For Sale. |
| homes sold are sold to individuals who currently | | | | The pink florescent boarder on the white signs |
| reside in the same neighborhood? So does not it | | | | with all the multicolored words just draws your |
| make sense to let everybody close by your | | | | eyes to it. It just dares buyers to come have a |
| neighborhood know that your property is available | | | | look. ALWAYS place your telephone number on |
| for purchase? It could take a little bit of work on | | | | the signs and have arrows directing people |
| your part, but if all goes as planned, that little bit | | | | directly to the front door. Every buyer that has |
| of work may yield fast results. | | | | purchased a house from me in the last 9 years, |
| For the most part FSBO's, despite the fact that | | | | was found by my signs. One simple way on how |
| the property owner is trying to sell, many of | | | | to sell a house is by using hand painted signs. It |
| them do not know the ways to sell a house by | | | | works, at least for me! I normally place an |
| owner. It is my guess that most of them sell as a | | | | advertisement in the classified section of the local |
| FSBO just because they are attempting to save | | | | paper too, but not once have I sold a property |
| the real estate agent commission. I do not blame | | | | from the paper. |
| them, but many do not know how to sell a house | | | | There are different approaches which I use for |
| just like the real estate investors do it. | | | | selling my homes. We will go over them in Part 2 |
| What I do is this: I place anywhere from 1 to 4 | | | | of this 2 Part series, but how to sell a house by |
| hand painted signs in the front yard. I then create | | | | owner is to bring the prospective buyers right to |
| flyers that tell anything and everything a potential | | | | the front door with my hand painted signs. |
| buyer really should know about the home, and | | | | Recognizing how to purchase or sell a residence in |
| about how I am selling it. I affix the flyer box to | | | | this real estate market suggests doing it like a |
| the front of the house, or on a stake close to | | | | real estate investor. I would only purchase a |
| the front door. Always keep the box stuffed with | | | | home way under current market value. It only |
| flyers, do not allow it to run out of flyers like | | | | makes sense to discover how to purchase a |
| most realtor flyer boxes, and at all times make | | | | "home short sale". As for how to sell a house by |
| people get out of their vehicles and walk up | | | | owner, you need to learn about all of the real |
| towards the front of the house to grab a | | | | estate investor secrets. |
| pamphlet. Why? Because, if the house is vacant, I | | | | |