Off Topic..Have You Ever Sold a House Privately?

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  • littlemommy
    Daycare.com Member
    • May 2011
    • 568

    Off Topic..Have You Ever Sold a House Privately?

    Our house is almost ready to go on the market, just finishing up a couple little projects first. We are hoping to sell privately but don't really know the process. We need to write up a seller's disclosure, then can we start advertising and showing? Do we wait to find a lawyer until we have someone interested?
  • Meeko
    Advanced Daycare.com Member
    • Mar 2011
    • 4349

    #2
    I've had several friends do it. One couple said it was great and saved them a ton. Another family said it was a nightmare and they will never, ever do it again!!!!

    So I would just suggest doing lots of homework...ask who has done it and go from there! Looks like you are already on the "ask around" task!

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    • Live and Learn
      Daycare.com Member
      • Sep 2010
      • 956

      #3
      We sold our home by ourselves 12 years ago. My husband and I both have experience in high end sales. Not real estate though. We did not use a lawyer. We bought legal real estate sales documents at Office Depot. The buyers used a lawyer. We had no problems at all. The real estate market back then was HOT! We sold the house in just a couple of months for full price. We were fortunate because there was a couple of houses listed with realtors on our street. One was directly across the street. After we sold our house we bought our current house without a realtor too. Good luck.

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      • wdmmom
        Advanced Daycare.com
        • Mar 2011
        • 2713

        #4
        My parents did it. They hired an attorney after a decided purchase agreement and amount was reached.

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        • AmyLeigh
          Daycare.com Member
          • Oct 2011
          • 868

          #5
          We have sold and purchased homes privately. A good title company will help you with all the needed documents. It's not nearly as hard as I thought it would be.

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          • Sunchimes
            Daycare.com Member
            • Nov 2011
            • 1847

            #6
            Have you looked at www.forsalebyowner.com? I think you have to buy some sort of package, but they offer a lot of guidance. You pick the package based on the amount of help you want I think.

            We had some friends use them, or maybe it was someone like them, and they were pleased.

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