Why Sell Your Home with GoToFSBO.com
Why Sell Your Home with GoToFSBO.com using the Flat Fee MLS Service?
We are Local. Many websites you will find on the Internet are referral companies based in a different state. They collect your money and then send you to a local company that can list your home.
You have no idea if there is going to be hidden fees until you talk with that broker.
We are a Local, Virginia Flat Fee MLS Listing Company. We offer quality service, better pricing and we answer the phone!!
You not only are placed on the MLS but you also will have your own personal GoToFSBO.com website listing.
Referral companies cannot offer you this.
We have been servicing Virginia since 1994. We also offer a FREE Consultation.
How do you know if you are dealing with a referral company? Just simply ask if you are speaking with the broker that will be listing your home.
If the answer is no, then call us! List direct with us and get the service you deserve!
What Are the Benefits to Selling My Home FSBO with GoToFSBO.com?
LESS HASSLE AND FRUSTRATION:
When selling by owner, you don’t have to leave the house because an agent wants to show it, or clean it every morning before leaving “just in case”. You know when people are coming, and can prepare accordingly.
When a buyer makes an offer, there’s not all that frustrating back-and-forth telephone tag between agents to reach an agreement. It can be done in minutes and end with a friendly handshake and smile between owner & buyer.
WHO KNOWS YOUR HOME BETTER THAN YOU?:
You know your home best. You know what attracted you to your home. You know what is special about your neighborhood. You know the schools. A well-maintained, fairly-priced home virtually sells itself. Your role is simply to provide additional information.
YOU SCHEDULE THE APPOINTMENTS AND YOU MAKE THE DECISIONS:
You can advertise on the websites and other places you want. You schedule showings when it’s convenient for you. You will speak one-on-one with the potential home buyer and show them the highlights of your home. You can even take your home off the market for up to 10 days.
OUR PROGRAM ALLOWS YOU TO KEEP MORE OF YOUR HARD EARNED EQUITY RATHER THAN PUTTING IT INTO SOMEONE ELSE’S POCKET :
Figure out how much your home is worth. Then figure out what 6% of that is. It takes the average seller 2-3 hours to complete all the steps for us to list your property in the MLS and on the FSBO Website. That alone is saving you up to 3% of your home’s equity. With our Full Service program, you can possibly save up to the full 6% if your buyer comes in as a For Sale By Owner Buyer (without an agent). If the buyer comes in without an agent, you can pay us a small fee to prepare the offer for you and the buyer, thus saving you the full 6% commission.
MORE PRICING FLEXIBILITY:
By listing your home for a Flat Fee in the MLS, you have far more flexibility with your price. By pricing your home a tad under your competition, you will have the best opportunity to sell before your competition and for almost 3% more in your pocket.
LESS UNCERTAINTY:
Since you have the opportunity to meet the potential buyers, you are able to get a good feel if they are interested or not in your home. You are able to point out all the highlights of your home to encourage them to buy YOUR home. You are able to set the stage to show your home in it’s best light.
IT’S EASY:
“If you can sell your own car, you can sell your own home… it’s that simple” said one of our home sellers. And he’s right! Once you find a buyer, the GoToFSBO.com staff, their network of lenders and network of settlement companies take over. If you want someone to guide you and the buyer through the process, then our Assistance Option is just what you need.
- Money
- Security
- Knowledge
- Time
A reporter with Good Morning America decided to do a story on the merits of selling a home as a “for sale by owner”. The merits this reporter provided were pretty much the same as those mentioned above. There was nothing really earth-shaking about the story to those of us in the business of promoting the FSBO concept except one little statement. That statement was that real estate agents as a profession make more money on an hourly basis, for the time worked, than any other profession. That was earth shaking. Think about surgeons, attorneys and bankers? All those professions are considered to be high-income jobs, many of which require many years of specialized education, and yet all are subordinate in income to the real estate agent on an hourly basis.
The source of this income is part of the equity that sellers have accumulated in their homes when a home is sold using a real estate agent. Real estate commissions are generally deducted from the seller’s proceeds at the closing.
The seller retains those dollars if they are a FSBO. Keep the numbers simple when determining whether are not you want to be a FSBO or sell with a real estate agent.
The following is an example of a $450,000 home selling as a fsbo and selling with a real estate agent with a contracted 6% real estate commission.
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Selling with FSBO
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Selling with an agent
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| Gross Sale Price – $450,000 | $450,000 |
| Average Advertising Cost – $1,350 | None |
| Commission – None | $27,000 (.06 x $450,000) |
| Net Proceeds to Seller $448,650 | $423,000 |
In this transaction, the seller paid the agent $27,000 to sell the home, and that’s assuming the seller spent $1350 in advertising which is substantially more money than most sellers spend advertising/listing their home.
Another way to look at it: if someone buys a home and pays $450,000 for it, it would take that homeowner over 7 years of monthly payments on the principal on a 30 year mortgage at 8% to equal the $27,000 in real estate commissions.
That’s 7 years of your principal payments that the real estate agent received at the closing table. Finally, remember the earlier comment on hourly earnings of a real estate agent?
If the agent had spent 20 hours dealing with this home from listing contract through closing, the hourly rate of the agent would be $1,350.
It is your home – It is your money!!