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Old 03-14-2008, 10:40 AM
 
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I'm moving out of state and need to sell my home in Hampton. Unfortunately, I am thinking about selling it without a realtor. I feel bad about contemplating cutting out the middle man because I know everyone has to eat, but I cannot afford the 6% commission and sell my house for a reasonable amount and walk away with enough of my equity to put a down payment another house in this market. Does anyone really look at houses if it's not on the MLS listing that realtors provide. There are a couple a sites for the "FSBO" but I don't know which one to apply to. There all very reasonable. Please help me with my decision.
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Old 03-14-2008, 04:52 PM
 
Location: Northern VA
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I would very seriously consider the site militarybyowner.com We sold in Hampton Roads last summer and we asked our realtor to also post our home there because everyone I knew moving out of the area was looking on that site. The family that did buy our home did find it on that site. byowner.com also seemed to get a lot of hits.
Good luck..
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Old 03-15-2008, 12:20 PM
 
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I second military by owner--we are moving there this summer, and that and realtor.com are the two places we look at the most.
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Old 03-15-2008, 01:03 PM
 
Location: Chesapeake
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The one problem for militarybyowner.com is that most "civilians" don't know to go there.
Another good place to post your listing would be craigslist, it's free and we agents get a lot of response from there. Make sure you put up some good pictures.

That being said, you owe it to yourself to at least have an agent or two do a market analysis for you. Typically a home listed and sold with an agent sells for higher than a FSBO (often over the 6% commission that you are trying to save). The reason being is that most buyers shopping the FSBO market are looking for a deal. By at least knowing the market value of your home - you will be a little bit better off in retaining your equity when you agree to a purchase price with a buyer.

Best of luck!
Rosalind Boyle
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