{"id":391,"date":"2006-09-26T02:56:51","date_gmt":"2006-09-26T09:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=391"},"modified":"2006-09-27T11:47:39","modified_gmt":"2006-09-27T18:47:39","slug":"blogoff-post-14-fsbo-without-fizzling-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/391\/blogoff-post-14-fsbo-without-fizzling-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogoff Post #14: FSBO without fizzling out . . . ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the Problogger ‘How To…’ Group Writing Project<\/a>, Pittsburgh Homes Daily teaches sacrilege: How to sell your own home ‘by owner’<\/a>:<\/p>\n

1. Fix up your home before you put it on the market.<\/p>\n

2. Read up<\/p>\n

3. Set your level of involvement.<\/p>\n

4. Set a price.<\/p>\n

5. Prepare for the finish.<\/p>\n

6. Market it!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Details abound, but there’s nothing about praying, crying or spending every weekend at home.<\/p>\n

Here’s an even better how-to: Hire a Realtor and gripe about the costs, never knowing what you missed by skirting the outskirts of FSBO hell…
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Technorati Tags: arizona<\/a>, arizona real estate<\/a>, blogging<\/a>, phoenix<\/a>, phoenix real estate<\/a>, sellsius 101<\/a>, real estate<\/a>, real estate marketing<\/a><\/p>\n

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From the Problogger ‘How To…’ Group Writing Project, Pittsburgh Homes Daily teaches sacrilege: How to sell your own home ‘by owner’: 1. Fix up your home before you put it on the market. 2. Read up 3. Set your level of involvement. 4. Set a price. 5. Prepare for the finish. 6. Market it! 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