| When it comes to selling by owner, you probably know | | | | to give up approximately $10,000. It is safe to say that |
| that you can save money. After all, hiring a real estate | | | | there are plenty of things that you could do with a |
| agent to sell your home can cost you a lot of cash in | | | | large sum of money like that. |
| the end. In most cases, an agent is going to want at | | | | But before you get caught up in saving all this money, |
| least 6 percent of the sale price. While this may not | | | | remember that you must also spend more of your |
| sound like a lot, go ahead and do the math. You will | | | | own during the sales process. When you work with a |
| see that this can add up to quite a large sum if you | | | | real estate company they will take on the cost of |
| end up selling your home for a lot of money. For this | | | | printing flyers, putting your home in the paper, and |
| reason, more and more people are selling by owner. | | | | much more. But when you are selling by owner, these |
| This is a great way to save money as long as you | | | | are all expenses that you are responsible for. So while |
| are willing to deal with all of the other details that go | | | | you will save money in the end, you need to make |
| along with these transactions. | | | | sure that you have enough cash to make it through |
| So how do you save money when selling by owner? | | | | the sales process. The good thing is that since there is |
| As mentioned above, you will never have to give | | | | no agent involved, you can make all the decisions as |
| money to a real estate agent. Depending on how | | | | to what you are going to spend your money on. In the |
| much money you sell your home for, this could add up | | | | end, there is no denying the fact that selling by owner |
| to quite a large amount of savings. At an average of 6 | | | | is a great way to save money. If you are going to be |
| percent commission, a real estate agent will take | | | | putting your home on the market, and want to |
| $6,000 for every $100,000 that your home sells for. So | | | | maximize your profit, you need to consider selling on |
| if you have an average priced home, you can expect | | | | your own. |