the qualification of the inquiry in order to save time showing to “looky-loos” who aren’t really serious or financially equipped to buy a house. Let’s imagine that you do find your perfect buyer on your own. Now you are in water so deep that you may be over your head. This is where you need help from an experienced professional, who will attend to every detail, mandatory disclosures, inspection reports, title searches, etc. At the very least, you have to engage a real estate attorney to satisfy all legal requirements. Realtors® take care of it all, and you can relax knowing that you are not going to face any potentially serious legal repercussions. With all of the above in mind, this book is written for the people who want to learnmore about becoming a FSBO seller.The intent is to provide the non-professional with a beginning point and a broad overview of what is needed to get organized for selling a home without the services of a licensed Realtor®. FSBO is not for the faint of heart. Many find it far more productive to partner with a real estate agent because once you start infusing money into preparing your home with the upgrades and repairs, your budget for marketing might be awfully lean. It is often to your financial advantage to hand the task over to a professional who will Nearly all prospective home buyers use the internet to narrow and target their searches. While it does occasionally happen, most people will not buy a home on the strength of an internet listing alone, no matter how attractive the content. Eventually the buyer will move from the couch to the car to look at houses. It is at this point that most buyers will turn to traditional methods of buying a home, including enlisting the services of a professional buyer’s agent. Real Estate Agents : These professional Realtors® have completed a required pre-licensing education and have passed a state real estate license examination. They are an invaluable part of the process of searching for, selling, or buying a home. They provide a number of advantages for both buyers and sellers. foot most of the bill for the marketing. LICENSED REAL ESTATE AGENTS
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