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6- Real Estate: The O akville Beaver, Wednesday January 18, 2006 Private sale: Doing the job yourself may prove costly in the long run Question: We are going to move into a new home in four months. My husband is a teacher who believes he can do as good of a job as a salesperson in selling our home. He wants to use one of those Help the Private Seller companies. I think we should get a realtor, but the fee that they charge is high. Can we get someone to do the job for less? Answer: You can always get someone to do something for less, but you may not get the job you want done. That job, is the highest price in the next two to three months (allowing time for your buyer to close usually takes 60-90 days) with the least inconvenience for you. If you do it yourself, you bypass the Marketing your home is what it is all about! Most Help the Private Seller entire realtor network. The chances of companies cover marketing in three competition among buyers for your home is almost nil and days. WMKKKBM you will miss the dream They suggest profes of all sellers. That being sional looking lawn signs the multiple offers or bids to attract buyers; they situation. Homes have advise you to make out a actually sold above the feature sheet on your list price in multiple bids. home to give' out to Can you afford to miss prospective buyers, when this exposure? you get appointments Other concerns you and when holding your should have: If you value own open house and to your home too low, some put the feature sheet on one will come in and try community notice to steal it from you. If you boards. You must also ask too much, your home spend a few hundred dol will not sell and will lars to save $1,000 in Real Estate shopworn. commissions, they say. You Were Asking? become Buyers will just bypass The do-it-yourself approach to selling your home can your home because it has become stale work, but the odds of getting the best on the market. The help you sell companies' price in the shortest period of time with the least inconvenience, are biggest short fall is they don't and couldn't possibly teach the seller all against you. There are over 600 agents in our there is to know about real estate. I am local real estate board. Everyone of talking about the necessity of surveys, them is working with clients looking of seller assisted financing, about con for homes or properties. Each day verting signs or ad calls into viewing through the Multiple Listing Services, appointments, about negotiating and, these agents receive a current update most important of all, closing the deal. Finally, fees,. A commission fee may of available properties to show their seem like a lot of money, but remem clients. ber, you pay only if the agent gets the job done. Your home is probably your biggest and best asset -- keep it that way by getting the job done right. Let CARRIAGE a realtor work for you. 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