The Insider's Guide To Selling Your Home By Owner- Rocio Fausto I | Page 87

aren’t a computer age guru, you can likely handle posting your
home with any number of online listing services.
Often, you get more space for details at a cheaper price than
with printed publications. There is any number of different sites
available to help you market your home for sale. A qualified real
estate agent would know precisely which ones to choose for your
home and for the area in which you live.
You can go with the freebies, like Craigslist and Facebook –
but beware of scammers. There are also places like Zillow, Trulia
and Realtor.com who will advertise your home for a fee.
Those programs that add your home to the Multiple Listing
S ervice sometimes offer additional help with things like
paperwork and pricing. Of course, those services cost extra.
Compiling Information Packets. Often overlooked,
information packets can really help you out when you want
potential buyers to remember your wonderful home more than
anyone else’s wonderful home.
You see, most folks looking to buy a home take a peek at
more than one place before settling on their favorite. If you have
graced them with a simple information packet loaded with photos
and details about your property, they are very likely to look
closely at it…and remember your home.
Make sure that you have your information packets available
on your sign, but also hand them out whenever someone comes
by for a showing. If you decide to throw an open house, have
plenty available there as well.

Your Information Packet Checklist.
 Lots of high quality photos
 Your contact information. Be thorough, and give several
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