Nov
04
Selling FSBO? The Three Best Places to Sell Your House Online
By
Deane Alban asked:
If you are selling your house for sale by owner, there are many places you can advertise. Get started with your FSBO marketing on these three of the top places to sell your house online.
And best of all, two out of the three places are totally free!
The first place for free FSBO marketing is Postlets.com. You can easily design a great looking online ad (a postlet) in less than 5 minutes. Print this out in color and you have a great looking information flier. You have a choice of many themes and colors to customize your postlet. It will even have a Google map showing your home’s location. You can upgrade for only $5 and turn your listing into a beautiful single property website. You will get a unique website address that you can include in your all marketing materials, too.
Once you have designed your postlet, you can post it and share it on following free online classifieds with a click of your mouse: Craigslist, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and more! You can directly email your new listing to friends. You will also send it as an attachment in your emails to prospective buyers. Print this flier to put in your brochure box. Also, keep copies of your flyers with you at all times.
There truly is no better place to start selling your house yourself than Postlets.
The second site for free FSBO marketing is Craigslist. I always have had fantastic results there. And because you can automatically post your ad from the flier and listing you created at Postlets.com it’s a piece of cake to have an eye-catching, professional quality ad.
The minor downside of Craigslist is you have to continually re-post your ads. As new ads are posted, your ad is pushed further down the list. I re-post every three days. I occasionally change the headline slightly so I don’t get “flagged”.
Sometimes I’ve been able to sell my house myself using these 2 sites spending NO money on FSBO marketing! How sweet is that?
If you are selling your house yourself, you will still probably want to get your FSBO listing on the Multiple List System for maximum exposure to buyers. You can use what is called a flat fee service to list your house without an agent. Your FSBO MLS listing will look identical to all the agent listings. The going rate is generally around $400, although I’ve seen it for $300. Or you can buy it as part of a package at some of the for sale by owner listing sites. Be sure to study the fine print with any flat fee listing service you are considering using. Some take their 3% commission out of any FSBO listing sale!
Using these three sites will get your FSBO marketing campaign well on its way. You will now be getting maximum exposure for your FSBO house for minimal cost.
Scottsdale Real Estate Market
If you are selling your house for sale by owner, there are many places you can advertise. Get started with your FSBO marketing on these three of the top places to sell your house online.
And best of all, two out of the three places are totally free!
The first place for free FSBO marketing is Postlets.com. You can easily design a great looking online ad (a postlet) in less than 5 minutes. Print this out in color and you have a great looking information flier. You have a choice of many themes and colors to customize your postlet. It will even have a Google map showing your home’s location. You can upgrade for only $5 and turn your listing into a beautiful single property website. You will get a unique website address that you can include in your all marketing materials, too.
Once you have designed your postlet, you can post it and share it on following free online classifieds with a click of your mouse: Craigslist, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and more! You can directly email your new listing to friends. You will also send it as an attachment in your emails to prospective buyers. Print this flier to put in your brochure box. Also, keep copies of your flyers with you at all times.
There truly is no better place to start selling your house yourself than Postlets.
The second site for free FSBO marketing is Craigslist. I always have had fantastic results there. And because you can automatically post your ad from the flier and listing you created at Postlets.com it’s a piece of cake to have an eye-catching, professional quality ad.
The minor downside of Craigslist is you have to continually re-post your ads. As new ads are posted, your ad is pushed further down the list. I re-post every three days. I occasionally change the headline slightly so I don’t get “flagged”.
Sometimes I’ve been able to sell my house myself using these 2 sites spending NO money on FSBO marketing! How sweet is that?
If you are selling your house yourself, you will still probably want to get your FSBO listing on the Multiple List System for maximum exposure to buyers. You can use what is called a flat fee service to list your house without an agent. Your FSBO MLS listing will look identical to all the agent listings. The going rate is generally around $400, although I’ve seen it for $300. Or you can buy it as part of a package at some of the for sale by owner listing sites. Be sure to study the fine print with any flat fee listing service you are considering using. Some take their 3% commission out of any FSBO listing sale!
Using these three sites will get your FSBO marketing campaign well on its way. You will now be getting maximum exposure for your FSBO house for minimal cost.
Scottsdale Real Estate Market
