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Reason #1 to Sell with Buy Owner: No Commissions!

Jan01
2010 Leave a Comment Written by Shanna

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With Buy Owner, you pay NO commissions. Period. This means more money in your pocket: you won’t have to pay real estate agents 6% of your home’s selling price, and you could even price more aggressively while still saving money!

Think about this: People who use Buy Owner save thousands of dollars simply by choosing to sell their homes on their own. For example, six percent of a $250,000 home is $15,000. With Buy Owner, cut the commission and keep your money.

To learn more about real estate commissions, check out this previous Buy Owner Blog article, “Understanding Real Estate Commission.”

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Recent Customer Feedback

Sep22
2008 Leave a Comment Written by Kristina

Recent comments from Buy Owner customers

“I chose Buy Owner to save money. Since I hadn’t sold a home since the 1980s, I wanted some help without having to pay Realtor commissions. With Buy Owner, the phone service was excellent. When I called to make some changes to my ad, everyone I encountered was extremely helpful. The changes were made promptly and to my specifications. In comparison to a Realtor, I definitely saved money.”

Greg, Evanston, IL
September 2008

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The Value of Mortgage Preapproval

Jan15
2008 1 Comment Written by Shanna

paperworkWith Buy Owner, you have easy access to the best mortgage rates available through our partner, Guaranteed Rate. So when you’re considering purchasing a home, take the time to investigate your options.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
Prequalification: based on what you report for income, assets, liabilities and credit rating.
Preapproval: based on verified data regarding income, assets, liabilities and credit rating.

WHY IS IT WORTH DOING?
Being a prequalified, preapproved buyer allows you to take advantage of the best rate for your needs, enables you to know your spending budget, and makes you more desirable to the seller. Think about it:

THE BEST RATE
Guaranteed Rate does the mortgage legwork for you, meaning you won’t have to waste time calling multiple lenders in search of a good rate. Getting the best rate could save you thousands of dollars over the life of your loan, so it’s really too important not to look into.

IN YOUR BUDGET
Being prequalified (or better, preapproved) enables you to know what you can spend. You won’t waste time viewing/bidding on properties you wouldn’t be able to get a mortgage for.

ATTRACTIVE TO SELLER
It’s simple logic, really. Imagine if you were in the seller’s shoes. Strangers are bidding on your home, asking you to accept their offers and wait on their lending to get processed. Then a bidder comes who is already preapproved-meaning no waiting period to know if they qualify and no risk that they won’t get a mortgage. Wouldn’t it be an easy decision?

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See How Easily You Can Sell Your Own Home!

Jan09
2008 Leave a Comment Written by Blog Master

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Contract to closing, Buy Owner creates a smooth selling process: that’s “The Buy Owner Difference.”

From tips on staging to organizing to cleaning to curb appeal, Buy Owner provides information, right here at the blog, to help you prepare your home for sale.

Buy Owner marketing plans offer options for quality descriptions, professional virtual tours, captions.

The suggested strategies here at the blog provide ways to get the word out about your home, ways to sell while out-of-town, and ideas for preparing for a showing.

Negotiating with a buyer? Ready for Moving Day?

Buy Owner has you covered, whatever your need. Contact customer service to learn more!

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Why Buy Buy Owner?

Nov30
2007 1 Comment Written by Shanna

This one’s for the buyers: when you’re looking for a new home, you have a lot of options. Today’s market is all about you. So why should you choose to buy a Buy Owner home? Take a look at these six reasons, which just scratch the surface of the Buy Owner value:

1. National service: You can search for a home throughout the country, no matter your location. We do not limit our ads by region or state.

2. Easy access to property information: You can view the online ad anytime, day or night, from any internet access point.

3. Information-loaded advertising: After viewing a home online and reading about its features, you’ll have seen it, learned about it, discovered its community and all about its conveniences. You’ll have a good idea about whether it is or isn’t the type of property you’re seeking.

4. Open communication with the seller: The listed phone number on a Buy Owner property connects you with the seller, allowing you to eliminate the middle man from the transaction.

5. Guaranteed best mortgage rate: Buy Owner partners with Guaranteed Rate to provide you with the mortgage tools you need.

6. No real estate commission: No commission means more money in your pocket. Need we say more?

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Selling Tip: Create Flyers

Nov17
2007 2 Comments Written by Shanna

A recent article we highlighted, “25 Tricks for Drawing Buyers”, suggested creating flyers that showcase your home.

Creating flyers is a great way to promote the sale of your home. The Buy Owner Seller Tools allow you to create three styles of flyers in any of six different colors. You choose the design, the content, and the color scheme. You can include bullet points about your property and use your existing professional description, or create your own description specific to your flyer.

The result? Quality, custom flyers that you can print and distribute.

For more information, contact Buy Owner’s customer service department.

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25 Extra Tricks for Drawing Buyers

Nov09
2007 6 Comments Written by Shanna

Idea Bulb When you’re selling your home with Buy Owner, your property receives a  premium marketing plan, which could include up to all of the following options (not all options available with all plans):

  • National advertising on the Buy Owner website
  • Appearance in Buy Owner Magazine
  • Talking yard sign
  • Participation in the computer matchmaking system
  • Toll-free number
  • Stunning photographs of the exterior, interior, and community
  • Descriptive text that highlights your home’s features
  • Professional, 360-degree virtual tours

Maximize the impact of your Buy Owner advertising by putting a little legwork into your sale to get the word out! Remember, goal #1 in selling your home: get your phone to ring!

DISTRIBUTE FLYERS: Print out flyers using your Buy Owner seller tools*, and distribute them everywhere you can**:

  1. Area supermarkets and stores.
  2. Cafes.
  3. Local schools.
  4. Non-profit organizations.
  5. Libraries.
  6. Laundromats.
  7. Independent booksellers.
  8. Any additional place where you can obtain permission to post!
  9. Keep flyers with you at all times, ready to hand out.

    10. USE YOUR CONNECTIONS

  10. Post on the bulletin board at work, if possible.
  11. If your subdivision/neighborhood offers a bulletin board or some kind of announcement section, post your flyer there! By posting in the neighborhood, you’re targeting people who are already attracted to your location.
  12. Your town/city may have a similar bulletin board option at the town center.
  13. Fax your flyer to the human resources departments of area businesses for relocation purposes.

    14. TELL YOUR FRIENDS

  14. Talk about your home sale with your friends and family.
  15. Mention it at work, at stores, with new acquaintances.
  16. Bring it up at book club, community events, parties, showers, holiday gatherings.
  17. Be on the lookout for people who are house-hunting. You never know who will lead to your buyer!

    18. LINK TO YOUR BUY OWNER AD

  18. Create free online ads at places like Craigslist and Google that link to your Buy Owner page. You’ll be drawing even more people to look at your home’s photos, tours and text!
  19. E-mail everyone in your e-mail address book a link to your online ad and ask them to pass it on to anyone who’s in the market.
  20. Blog about your home sale. If you, or someone you know, blogs regularly, that can be a great way to spread the word about your property. Try to get a post written that links to your advertisement and mentions some of your home’s key features.

    21. HOLD AN OPEN HOUSE

  21. Schedule an open house on a weekend afternoon when not a lot of community events are happening. Hint: don’t plan the open house on the day of a big football game or the weekend of a holiday.
  22. Promote your open house everywhere (see above for suggestions about flyers).
  23. On the day of the open house, have a niece or nephew run a lemonade stand out front. This will help draw in other passers-by, inviting them inside.
  24. Mark your open house online, through your Buy Owner seller tools*.
  25. Make the most of other open houses in the area. Check local ads, and when an open house is scheduled in nearby, put out a sign and draw those visitors to your home.

    26. *Call Buy Owner’s customer service department if you need help navigating through your seller tools.

    **Be careful to abide by all local ordinances regarding private property and only post the flyer after obtaining permission.

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Friendly Service!

Oct23
2007 1 Comment Written by Kristina

From another satisfied customer: 

“My Buy Owner experience was good. Considering how bad the market is right now, I was happy that it sold in only five months.  You offered friendly service, and I was always well-informed and kept up-to-date with house statistics; overall it served me well! Thanks, Buy Owner!”

Jose Irizarry, Oak Lawn

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The Buy Owner Way

Oct17
2007 Leave a Comment Written by Shanna

Don’t miss this recent article from Kansascity.com, highlighting the strengths of the Buy Owner® program! Here’s a clip:

“With headlines proclaiming a crisis in the sub-prime mortgage market, many homeowners are trying to figure out if they should worry. Sub-prime lenders — those who make loans to people with poor credit ratings — made too many loans to people who could not make their monthly payments. Many of those people may believe it’s cheaper to simply walk away, but that can lead to further credit damage and foreclosure on a home loan.

Rather than walk away, Buy Owner manager Jason Krakow suggests that those who need to sell instead do it the ‘Buy Owner way,’ which can make it easier for buyers to qualify, since the cost of marketing is lower for the seller, with no Realtor commission to pay out. ‘Often, the seller passes that savings along to the buyer in the form of a lower price,’ he said.”

Read the rest of the article here.

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