How I learned to sell my house fast!
I was trying to sell my house for over two long years before I figured out how to sell my house in 7 days or less. He had a house in another state that he no longer lived in. In addition to the house I lived in, I was paying a first and second mortgage, utilities, taxes, and exorbitant vacancy insurance fees month after month while my house sat empty and unsold. The house was bleeding my bank account to death, especially when the housing and credit markets started to go downhill.
Before I moved in, I tried to sell my house myself “For Sale By Owner” (FSBO) with no luck. I had no idea how to market my home effectively to generate interest with buyers, how to get financing, how to fill out buying and selling paperwork and the like. After I was unable to sell my house myself, I listed the house with 4 different realtors for six months each. They told me that my house was beautiful, that they could sell it fast and get the best price. They promised me that they would promote my house in the newspaper, magazines, on the MLS and do multiple open houses and more. In fact, they hardly moved a finger. They listed my house on the MLS, put a sign in the yard and forgot about my house. They did not do open houses as promised, did not advertise in magazines, and never showed the house. I lost two years of mortgage, tax and utility payments that I will never get back.
Perhaps you have found yourself in a similar situation. Maybe you’re making two house payments, trying to sell an ugly house, in foreclosure, bankruptcy, going through a messy divorce, dealing with the death of a loved one, lost your job, had an extended illness, or just don’t you can afford to make your house payments ever again. Perhaps you, too, have tried to sell your home on your own or through a real estate agent with no luck. Regardless of your reasons for wanting to sell your home fast, there is a better way to sell without trying to sell your home yourself or listing it through a real estate agent. You can sell your home in 7 days or less and here’s how…
I was searching the internet one day looking for another real estate agent to list and sell my house when I came across a local company that claimed to buy houses in 7 days or less. Maybe you’ve seen some of those local “We Buy Homes” people or businesses in your neighborhood. I called the home buyer and he told me that he was, in fact, a local, professional home buying company that buys homes in any area, condition, or price range, in 7 days or less, for investment purposes. He said they could pay me everything in cash, take care of my mortgage payments, and close quickly if necessary. He Said If My House Qualified They Could Buy My House Quickly Allowing Me To Sell My House In 7 Days Or Less!
We made an appointment for him to come and inspect my house within the next 48 hours. He loved my house and said it was exactly the type of house he and several of his clients were looking for. He made me 2 different offers to buy my house on the spot. One was an all-cash offer to buy my house below current market value. This offer would have given me about the same amount that I would have made if I had listed and sold through a real estate agent. The second offer was to give me some cash now, take care of my mortgage payments, and collect my mortgage and remaining principal later when I could resell my house to a new buyer. This offer would get me a higher sales price, some cash now, immediate debt relief from my mortgage payments, and the rest of my cash later. If I hadn’t been trying to sell my house for two years, I would have accepted the second offer. However, because I had been trying to sell my house for so long, I accepted the cash offer and got the same amount that I probably would have made if I had sold it through a real estate agent. The home buyer handled all the paperwork and we closed later that week with a local real estate attorney. My house was bought and sold in 7 days or less! Man, I wish I had met these guys two years ago!
If you also have an unwanted home that you need to sell quickly for whatever reason, I recommend that you contact one or more local, professional homebuyers in your area before listing your home with a real estate agent or dealing to sell “For sale by owner”. You owe it to yourself to see what these people have to offer before you lock yourself into a six-month listing contract with a real estate agent and end up waiting two years and thousands upon thousands of dollars later to sell your home for the same amount that you would probably have netd to begin with.
