Need 4000 cash in the next few month

**Suprise** · 07-08-2010, 12:27 PM

Originally Posted by Greebo

You can try - but FSBOs almost never fetch more than market value, and there is a LOT of work involved in the process that a realtor knows how to do. I've been my own representative on the buyer side before, twice. After two such deals, where *I* got my attorney/broker's commission refunded to me, I gave up the cash in favor of a real pro agent to represent me.

I didn't make the decision yet, I was going to look into it. But it sounds like you know what your talking about.

BAAAD idea. Buyers SOMETIMES do "buy on condition of sale" deals and get away with them in buyers markets.

Sellers NEVER "sell on condition of FINDING a place" - you'll scare all possible buyers away. You'd be better off putting in a bid to BUY the new place *on condition* of your house selling, not the other way round.

Yeah makes sense.

Sell it and rent for a few months if you have to, then buy separately if you can't get the sellers to agree to your condition.

You'll regret any other course of action.

I promise you that.

Thanks for the great advice!

**Suprise** · 07-08-2010, 12:33 PM

Originally Posted by monkeywrangler71

Asking an extra 10 grand and listing as a private sale will absolutely guarantee that you never sell your house. Buyers don't like private sales because it is awkward to deal directly with the owner and people feel vulnerable without a professional involved. Most serious buyers are already working with a realtor and will never even know your private sale is out there. Hire a realtor and list your house for what the market says it's worth, not what you think it should be worth.

The realtor that did the quote didn't make research for price in my area so I think she quoted us a lower price. She didn't seam all that experienced.

List it now if you want to sell, people don't move between September and June.

Yeah I should start making plans for it. Our property is waterfront so it is really the time to put it on the market.

Thanks for the tips.