Buy Owner Blog

Ask your friends or neighbors if they’ve heard of Buy Owner, and what will they say? We’re betting it’s something like, “Thanks, Buy Owner!” Right?

If you have seen our commercials, the catchy phrase tends to stick with you. But truth is, even if you haven’t seen our commercials, you may know the slogan through word of mouth from others. That’s how memorable it is.

And by incorporating a memorable phrase into our advertisements, we create a way to imprint BuyOwner.com in millions of viewers’ minds. By driving more people to our website, we drive more people to you and your home’s advertisement!

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Whether you’re looking to buy your next home or just concerned for the people who want to buy yours, finding a mortgage can become a big headache. No one likes having to shop around, with all the effort it requires, but the truth is that getting the best possible mortgage rate is actually worth it. A good rate can mean thousands of dollars of savings over the life of your loan.

As a company dedicated to providing homeowners with the most cost-effective methods of selling, purchasing and financing properties, Buy Owner can assist you in finding the lowest mortgage rate available. Our company has teamed up with GuaranteedRate.com to get you and your potential buyers the information you need. [...more...]

Concerned about your carbon footprint? Looking for ways to live greener? The Buy Owner Blog’s Green Living is for you.

This section of the blog provides you with a multitude of up-to-date information on eco-friendly, energy-efficient ideas for your home. Whether you want to increase the value of your home before you sell it, you need to know what to look for when buying an eco-friendly house, or you’re looking to decrease your energy bills by renovating with energy-efficient insulation or lighting, this is the section for you. All of the information will help you lower your energy bills, increase your home’s value and decrease your carbon footprint.

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The Buy Owner Blog is your one-stop resource for regularly updated selling tips, buying tips, regional information, market information and decorating/staging ideas. At Buy Owner, we believe selling or buying your home is one of the most important decisions of your life. That’s why we are dedicated to providing you with helpful advice and resources about selling and buying property. At the blog, our priority is getting information in your hands.

One of Buy Owner’s many exciting tools is the innovative Housefly feature!

By going to this page at Buy Owner, you can watch a constantly evolving list of viewed properties, updated every 30 seconds. As someone out there views a home in Atlanta, Georgia, for example, you will see it come up on Housefly!

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When you sell with Buy Owner, you have the advantage of using the Buy Owner Sellers Tool to make personalized flyers to promote your home. The Buy Owner Sellers Tool lets you create three styles of flyers in any of six different colors. You get to choose the design, the color scheme and the content of the flyer. You can use your existing professional description, or you can create your own description specific to your flyer.

By using the Buy Owner Sellers Tool, you’ll have custom flyers that you can print out and distribute!

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When you market your home through BuyOwner.com, you have several cool tools at your disposal. From within your Seller Tools online, for example, you can see what Zillow’s Zestimate value for your home would be!

Did You Know?
The #1 reason homes stay on the market too long is pricing. It’s true. So if yours is priced too high, you scare away buyers and reduce your chances of selling.

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It only makes sense: the more people that see your home advertising, the better your chances of selling it to one of them. That’s what makes Buy Owner such a smart decision: it’s a way to get your property marketed to the millions of people who visit BuyOwner.com.

But is there more you can do? Of course!

Putting your Buy Owner advertising on free sites like Craiglist only makes sense. And thanks to Buy Owner’s Craigslist tool, this couldn’t be simpler!

Use the Craigslist feature within your Seller Tools to generate the code that you can copy and paste at your local Craigslist for free, and create a professional-looking ad. [...more...]

As we pointed out yesterday, Buy Owner’s advertising includes customizable Google maps that can show not only streets, highways and your home’s location, but also schools!

In addition to appearing on the map, each school in the area is also listed at the bottom of the page and grouped into categories, which are customizable: Combined, Elementary, Junior High, Kindergarten/Preschool, Middle School, Senior High School, Private and Universities & Colleges.

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When you want to advertise the features of your property on the Buy Owner site, there is a lot of information to convey. You’ll want the ad to describe the ins and outs of the home, but you may also want to include community information. That’s where Google Maps comes into play!

Your ad is about your home. You won’t want to list every major highway, park or school that exists in the area. Instead, let Google Maps do the talking! Here are just some of the bits of information a potential buyer will see on your Google Map:

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