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| Free Advertising for Frantic Homeowners | | Published by: jack 2008-06-27 |
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Recently I was faced with the task of selling my home in Michigan which is currently going through a state wide depression of sorts. People are being laid off left and right, businesses are closing, taxes are high, more and more people are selling their homes and moving out of state, which is exactly what my family recently did. I am proud to be a former Michigander, but I love my new home in Florida where the weather is nice and the economy is even better.
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Trying to sell my house was one of the hardest most frustrating things I’ve ever done, along the way I learned a few things about myself and how to sell a home. I started trying to sell my home in May 2004, my husband’s work was slowing and I was not working but staying at home with our one year old son. The decision to move was simple, my husband needed more steady work and our 900 square foot home was just too small for our growing family. Besides the tiny factor, the home wasn’t located in the best area and it lacked two very important features, a basement and a garage. Having dabbled in the real estate industry years prior I realized all the odds stacked against us. I kept reminding myself that we fell in love with the house seven years ago, somebody else would come along who would love this house just as much, hopefully sooner than later.
Our very first step was to partner with a realtor who would market the house and help us turn this very tiny home into somebody else’s very tiny home. Like most people, we put money into fixing a few things around the house, painting walls and replacing old carpet, really trying to give the place a fresh clean facelift. I felt at that point we had done all that we could do and now the fate of selling this house lay solely in the hands of our realtor.
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After the first two months when only about 3 people had actually toured our home, I began to wonder, what exactly is our real estate agent doing for us? From what I gathered the real estate agent had placed our home in the local MLS (Multiple Listing System), advertised in a local newspaper 3 or 4 times in a 2 month period of time and held one open house. I’m not completely sure if this is normal procedure but I began to get frustrated. When our 6 month contract with the listing agent expired and no results were produced I began to doubt the real estate agent.
I never realized during this time that my frustrations would turn me into a crazy lady. I was clearly not happy with the results thus far and began shopping around for a new realtor. No matter how easy it seemed it would be, telling one realtor that we were not interested in working with them any longer was not easily done. I felt an amazing amount of guilt leading up to it but I eventually let our realtor go. I just kept reassuring myself that I shouldn’t be feeling guilty but I couldn’t get over how horrible I handled the situation. I now realize that I burned a bridge with somebody who had grown to be a good friend. I seriously turned into a crazy lady and to this day I am ashamed of how I let my frustrations get the best of me and how I treated somebody who was clearly trying to help me.
As my story goes, I eventually did list the home with another realtor who did even less than the first realtor. Our new realtor never held one open house, never ran one ad in a newspaper, the only thing they did for me was put the home in the local MLS. After another 6 months we decided that we just couldn’t stay in state anymore and our financial situation was such that the move was imminent regardless if the house was sold or not. In desperation we put the house for rent and moved out of state where my husband and I found steady work.
After about a year and a half, two tenants later I decided to research advertising my home for sale on the internet. Today I kick myself that I didn’t realize the free advertising power of the internet and how much I could have been doing to help sell my home. Instead I was so quick to blame my realtor for not making a miracle happen for us while the market was in a downward spiral and our house clearly had many undesirable features. I now realize I should have been putting my efforts into helping market the house.
After a few months of searching I put together a list of what I feel are some of the best sources for free online advertising. The best places to list a home online are places where potential buyers search on a regular basis, well known sources. Regardless if you are selling you home FSBO or using a Realtor, if you are in the process of selling your home, here are a few great sources of free advertising. (If you are working with a realtor, you may want to print this list and present it to them as they may not know of these free advertising resources.)
Craigslist.org - This one is a no-brainer, who hasn’t heard of craigslist today? Be sure to update your listing regularly and add photos.
RehabList.com - This website lists undervalued or foreclosed properties, free to list and search for properties.
Trulia.com - used by most real estate professionals; takes 2 weeks to post listing.
Edgeio.com - widely used website - great exposure here.
Vast.com - click on the advertisers link in the footer of the site to create a new listing.
Propsmart.com - must create an account before adding your listing.
Lycos.Oodle.com - Lycos Classified ads - click on the classifieds button in the navigation to post a listing.
Olx.com - Free classified listings - much cheaper than your local newspaper.
Base.Google.com - Submit to Google Base, available one listing at a time.
Zillow.com - this site is widely used by professionals in the industry and by those searching from home to find homes for sale and market value of homes in different locations.
Kijiji.com - free classified listings owned by ebay.com and becoming very popular.
I would imagine most people who are trying to sell a home today feel the way I did. It’s always best to work with your realtor, make suggestions and do what you can to help sell your home. It never hurts to plaster your home on every source available. Eventually somebody will come along who will love your home as much as you do.
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