knoxville, tn homeowner selling house that needs rehabbing

[Jennifer Miller]

i currently have my house listed with a real estate agent because i need to sell my house. however, i have to sell it as is, and have no funds to update the home. it needs no repairs, has new roof, new a/c, new guttters, new downspouts, new windows, and the exterior is brick. there are no holes in the walls or anything like that. in fact i lived there for 3 years anticipating living there for a lifetime and fixing up when i had the money. divorce has caused me to buy a different home, and wanting to sell this home. 

the problem is, regular people don't want to buy it because it needs so much updating, needing new cabinets, new bathtub, some walls have paneling, etc....

i have a feeling it may sell better to a flipper, but in order for a flipper to get a good deal, and for me to get out without owing too much money on the house i just bought, i would rather not sell to an investor through a realtor.

the realtor's contract is up in 6 weeks. i have recieved several offers from investors, but after the realtor takes his cut, i am unable to accept those offers, although, without a realtor, i would have accepted.

so my question comes down to this, where is the best place in order to let investors know i have a property for sale without a realtor, and is it wise to do it this way, or should i just call those "we buy houses" phone numbers or what?

ps it is currently on zillow, so if you want to get an idea of the home, there are many pictures posted, it is 3645 n fountaincrest dr, knoxville, tn 37918

do investors normally buy homes without a realtor involved? i have never sold a house without a realtor, so i'm not sure how that is done, but it seems to me if there was a way to let investors know of the property then i don't really need a realtor.

i'm assuming these "we buy houses" signs are for investors, but i always heard those particular investors are really really really low bidders, like for people who are about to go into foreclosure or something.

what is my best bet? or should i just leave it with a realtor? which in that case, unfortunately i can not sell to an investor because the investor would not make enough profit because i can't accept the deal they are able to offer when i have to pay a realtor  $7000 as well 

the offers i recieved, i could have accepted, if there was no realtor involved, this is what made me think that it would be better just to be able to find an investor outright on my own.