Hoping to find
more FSBO listings, I checked out the classified, but as I write this the classified real estate listings amount to a mere ten homes, or roughly 1/10 of one percent what's in the MLS.
However, you can minimize these possibilities and use certain strategies to gain
more FSBO listings.
This in my humble opinion is why we are getting more and
more FSBO's.
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If there's a reason for
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Not exact matches
One
more thing to I have observed is that normally,
FSBO sellers are going to reject anyone.
The Northwestern University study found that houses initially listed and sold as
FSBOs took, on average, 19.5 days
more days to sell.
But
more recent
FSBOs still face problems.
Note that lawyers who work with
FSBO sellers often have to take on some responsibilities that the realtor would have handled, and they will bill you accordingly: Paley says he paid about 15 %
more.
The
FSBOs now on our MLS system frequently sell for
more than they could if the buyer looked at several properties with a realtor who could advise them that this property is overpriced.
And I actually agree that
FSBO companies should, if they are actually providing
more than a marketing service, be licensed by their provincial licensing bodies.
The myriad of associations we support with our hard earned dollars are
more than willing and able to sanction its members but fail miserably at creating a level playing field, thus allowing
FSBO's and «associated» realtors to work the system in ways that we are not.
Pear Tree caused great concerns in the real estate community as an effective
FSBO competitor
more than 15 years before ComFREE and Property Guys ever existed.
Most
fsbo sellers sell for less, take longer to sell and run in to
more problems.
We may need spend a little
more money in print media than we have been, to get our information out, but I would much rather do that than finance a
FSBO or watch the goverment destroy the credibility of a respected and reliable source of information to the general public.
We are touching
more sellers directly whether by bringing them a buyer or by having
FSBO's switch and using a Realtor to sell their home.
Those are good points Ross, but enlighten me on why they might charge a
FSBO more than a home sold using a REALTOR?
I think the timing of this ad isn't great — the money in this could have been better spent researching how realtors get
more money for the home owners than when they sell
FSBO; or showing the value added we do in the real world.
First, you can not overspend on the
FSBO market with your time and effort any
more than you can devote all your time to your farm area.
FSBO companies are the ones who should be fearful, with
more and
more of their listings on the MLS System consumers aren't going anywhere else to find a home.
If a home is a
FSBO or a Mere Posting, the Home Inspector needs to commit much
more time to ensure the home has been inspected looking for the many
more pitfalls a
FSBO creates.
I am sure the Home inspectors will follow suit quickly as charging
more on a
fsbo or mere posting will be an easy upsell.
We can also attribute better overall sales numbers this year to the fact that
more by owners are accessing REALTOR.ca either through
fsbo companies or traditional brokerages offering mere postings.
Even something like how to persuade
FSBO's to pay higher commissions and implementation of such strategy would trigger
more interest in the article.
In fact, these changes have done
more to hurt the
FSBO industry than help them and that hurt will continue.
If you want
more details, I've posted a training video with four scripts for converting buyers, sellers,
FSBOs, and expired listings, which you can download for free.
Other than the technology involved that may make it seem
more efficient, it's still a
FSBO and still is not far off from putting a house up for sale as an entry only.
She looks
FSBOs squarely in the eye, she says, and convinces them that she knows
more than they do.
YANNACCONE: The misconception that using a discount brokerage or selling as a
FSBO will be a substantive discount is really
more about speed than receiving the best price for your home.
I agree that
FSBO's would be a
more likely target for money laundering.
We do nt need
more training on «how to call
fsbo's».
The
FSBO companies would like nothing
more than to build their network in the same mode as we have as there is still a need for connectivity for consumers to make the biggest financial decision happen.
For
FSBO properties, explain how you can take away the stress of home - selling, sell their home
more quickly, and likely get a better price than they could on their own.
She also taps the
FSBO market: She says
more than 50 percent of her sellers start out unrepresented.
The number of licensed Realtors has grown, the market is
more competitive,
FSBO sites are
more popular and taking chunks of business away from us.
The only difference is that the
FSBO seller on MLS now is forced to encounter REALTORs working for buyers
more directly and frequently than when they advertise only on pure
FSBO sites.
And, what do these
FSBO's do when they can't sell (which happens far
more often than not)?
We have enough problems getting listings with
more and
more sellers listing on
FSBO sites, PLUS, at the same time listing on the mls with discount brokerages.
You should not fool yourself into thinking Dave that you're providing anything
more than the clerk at the newspaper who takes an ad or the non-registered assistant at the office who loads a listing because as a
FSBO provider you've abdicated all responsibilities to become nothing
more than a data entry clerk for which you get an up front non-refundable fee.
The reality is traditional real estate is
more competitive than ever;
FSBO's and discount brokerages are able to offer
more value to sellers than ever before.
More non-sense...
FSBO»S are sold all the time by Realtors, we have multiple business structures with multiple commission rates, our rates vary greatly and are lower than many other markets in the US and Europe (which by the way has virtually none of the safeguards, education requirements, insurance and consumer protection that are required in Canada).
True
FSBO companies are selling a lot of homes, but their are far
more NOT selling.
Perhaps that is why sellers are listing their properties on
FSBO sites and for $ 100
more listing on the MLS — and selling on their own.
Maybe that's why
more sellers are putting their properties on
FSBO sites as well as the MLS with Discount Agents???
Make
FSBO prospecting
more effective.
There seems to be far fewer
FSBO outfit listings / signs; i.e; Property Guys etc. in the Peterborough, Ontario region of late, other than the ones that are wind damaged / faded after having been on front lawns for six months to a year... or
more.
Happened in my town, and when «the
FSBO listed» after several months passed by, trying to sell privately with plenty of action but no sale... the property then actually sold in days, netting the listing rep two
more listings near that house»cause the house sold SO FAST (skews the stats royally).
I couldn't agree
more... When I sold before going into management in 2000, I worked approximately 85 % with buyers and any listings that I secured were
FSBO's.