Selling by Owner 101

List2Move.com (Fairport, NY) today cut a $5206.88 check as a rebate to buyers who recently closed on their new home built by Morrell Builders in Victor, NY.
These buyers were also sellers with List2Move.com and because there was no agent on either side of the selling transaction they saved over $10,000 in selling commissions as well.
Not [...]

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Guilty until Proven Innocent 
Months back Tom Golisano took out a full page ad in the Rochester Business Journal documenting property taxes in New York State as compared to other areas in the country.  I remember wondering what this was all about. I assumed that Tom might be gearing up for a Presidential run or something of that sort. 
Fortunately, [...]

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Should a For Sale by Owner offer a Home Warranty? 
A friend of mine who is a real estate attorney bought his home almost one year ago this month.  Along with the purchase of the home came a one year home warranty that the seller had paid for to help sell the property.  The home warranty company was [...]

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On April 29th 2007, I wrote down all the property addresses that were advertised “By Owner” in the Democrat and Chronicle and Craig’s list. Today we did a one year look back to see the results of their efforts. 
We thought it would be interesting to see if they actually sold, if they gave up, or if they [...]

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Here is the scenario…. you want to sell your house so you market it, you show it, and eventually you get an offer which you accept.  All contingencies are met by the buyer and then you find out that your employment opportunity has vanished into thin air.   Now you have a problem.  I once read [...]

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One of our sellers called yesterday and asked this question… “The buyer called me tonight and said that he cannot get a commitment letter until the home inspection is done by the bank.  Is this true?”
In this case the buyer had wavied the engineer’s inspection and had applied for a conventional mortgage. The bank most [...]

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These people in East Rochester totally get it…. Notice that nice looking sign which is included with all of our listings?    List2Move.com Rocks !

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