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