All Forum Posts by: Vanessa Goetz

Thanks. What is a reasonable cost for a flat fee broker and what services should I expect for that type of fee compared to a listing agent?

Thanks for all the advise. We're not doing just to save commission. We do want to give it a shot since our last couple FSBO havr been straightforward. However, we only bought this place 2 years ago, so we're not sure we can sell it including a full commission and get whatever paid for. Based on comps, to sell at a fair value, if we pay a full commission we will net less than what we paid for it, even though our house has gone up in value, it has not increased enough. We need almost all the equity we have for the down payment on the next property since it's bigger and bigger value. So we feel we can manage a buyer's agent fee if a buyer has one, or be more flexible in price if they don't.

Thanks!

Anyone?

Hello,

We are going to list our house FSBO in Gilbert/Ames, IA.

We have bought two properties FSBO, and sold several with agents. We feel comfortable enough to tackle it but we know some buyers are not comfortable with just going with a lawyer and title company.

We will do our best to stage it and plan to list on Zillow. We are also open to paying buyer agent fees. How does this typically work?

I had the thought of hosting a realtor open house and invite local realtor to walk through the house before we "list" it. Would that be a good idea? How do I reach out to agents?

We know we are in a desirable school district and we believe we can price our house compared to other properties on Zillow and pulling the sale records from the county in our area. Would you pull comps from 1 year ago? 6 months?

We have toyed with the idea of imitating realtor listings that do delayed showing to list our house now so potential buyers are aware of it, but we're still a week or 2 away from being show-ready. Thoughts?

What other advise would you have for a successful and quick FSBO sale? For handling showings? Should we ask potential buyes if they are pre qualified with a bank and show us that they are?

Thanks

Vanessa

Thank you! I will make those contacts. 

Hello,

Newbie here! I would like to know the average cost of moving a mobile home in central Iowa. Or names of companies to get quotes. I'd like to be better informed to keep in mind what potential buyers will be considering if we get offers for a mobile home that camr with our new property and we are thinking of getting rid of it. Thanks. 

Vanessa