Should I sell my home For Sale By Owner?

Yes. If you are asking the question, yes, try to sell your house yourself. Of course you have doubts or questions. Those questions CAN be answered, and your doubts reduced, and upon the successful closing of your home, eliminated forever.

Let's not dismiss the fact that the process of selling your home For Sale By Owner, or FSBO, as it is called, is not simple. That's why Real Estate Professionals, Realtors, are required to be licensed and continually be kept current on trends and state laws. Selling For Sale By Owner is a big project requiring knowledge in many areas of law, construction, the local real estate market in your home area, marketing, the internet, but most of all, knowledge of yourself.

Knowledge of yourself, honesty, is the most important piece of the For Sale By Owner puzzle. For example, I do not like working on cars. There is nothing I like about it. I bring my car into a mechanic. And, there is not a whole lot I like about plumbing either, but I can do some things. And with plumbing, I almost always try on my own first. I have the support of licensed plumbers if I get too frustrated or over my head with the level of skill required to complete the task.

The same is true here. Determine what you know. You can do this either on a formal basis with with written notes and nice neat columns or in your head. I recommend you do this "What do I know about selling a house For Sale By Owner" more formally than informally. Make a column with these words: Marketing, Contracts, Buyer Qualification, Closing.

You are now started. Whether you are considering becoming a home in Venice Florida For Sale By Owner or Venice, California FSBO, the first two steps are the same. Decide that the outcome you desire is to have your house sold. Step two is to begin to see where you are in terms of what you know and where you will want help in the process.