SOLD - 10/2005
21 days
(Listing date to closing date)

$299,900/$289,170
(Asking Price/Selling Price)

Mike and Clarissa Hobson
(Listing #2476)

2208 Comer Place

Vestavia Hills, AL 35216

Just wanted to let you know that we closed on our house this morning (2208 Comer Place)! The listing price was $299,900, and the selling price was $289,170. From listing to closing, our house was only on the market 21 days! The house was on the market for 6 days before it went under contract, and we had 4 offers to choose from. We were very pleased with your service; the pictures on the website and signage were great! Of the 4 offers that we had, one came from the website, one came from an open house, one came from a drive-by, and one came from the house being listed on MLS. You made FSBO very easy, and we saved nearly $20,000 in commissions!

Thanks again!

Michael & Clarissa Hobson

SOLD - 10/2005
23 days
(Listing date to closing date)

$279,900/$283,000
(Asking Price/Selling Price)

Brandon and Rebecca Shaw
(Listing #2437)
704 Meadow Ridge Court
Birmingham, AL 35242
Meadowbrook

We got over 1000 hits on our site in just a few days. From the day it went live, we had several showings per day and were under contract within five days. This was truly a seamless and nearly effortless undertaking. Your competitors don't offer nearly the amount of services that you do and with all of the assistance you provided, you turned a normally stressful process into an enjoyable one.

The buyers had an agent and she was very easy to work with. It added a little bit of extra peace of mind to know that we had a seasoned realtor involved with the transaction so we knew we weren't forgetting anything, but in hindsight, I think we could've handled it just as well with no outside help.

This was honestly really easy. My sister and her husband live in Atlanta and are using a local service there to list their home and I'm amazed at how little help they're getting from the company they're using. It makes me appreciate your service even more! We are now living in our new house in Tennessee, which is our fourth house in under two years, and every real estate transaction besides selling our house in Birmingham was a headache. We couldn't have asked for a better experience. We're sad that you don't service the Nashville area, because we would use you again in a heartbeat. Keep up the good work!

SOLD - 10/2005
4.3 months
(Listing date to closing date)

$147,500/$147,500
(Asking Price/Selling Price)

Mike and Janelle Monroe
(Listing #2160)

14 South Forty Road

Alabaster, AL 35007

We sold it for full asking price $147,500 and closed 10/4. I think people should go ahead and list it with MLS. We sold within about three weeks of doing that through an agent. Luckily we weren't in a hurry and it worked out perfectly since we were building a new home. We always received a lot of compliments on the pictures. Your tips made a huge difference. The customers who were surfing the other FSBO sites made comments as to the pictures on yours vs. others. The lock box helped tremendously with the agents, we should have gotten one at the beginning and put agents welcome on the site. A lot of agents obviously search your site. This is still beneath the 6% that any good agent charges even with your fees. I'm a loan officer and I know that if you pay the agent less than 6% and they have to split it with the selling agent, they won't work hard for you. So this worked great for us. Thanks for all your help. You definitely have the best FSBO site in this market.

SOLD - 9/2005
2.1 months
(Listing date to closing date)

$242,900/$238,900
(Asking Price/Selling Price)

Brian and Casey Proctor
(Listing #2325)

2630 Hawthorne Lake Road

Birmingham, AL 35022

Silver Lakes
(Unincorporated Jefferson Co.)

We truly believe that the organized and user-friendly set up of ForSale-ByOwner.com was essential to selling our home...we received almost 3000 hits over the course of a month, and we had 3 offers on the house at once within three weeks of placing our home on this website.

No realtors involved whatsoever. The people that bought our house are also using your website, and we found (and bought) our new home because it was listed on your website.

We used recommended closing attorneys John and Jim Holliman. Brian and I had back-to-back closings and it went very smoothly. We were very pleased.

SOLD - 9/2005
2.6 months
(Listing date to closing date)

$148,500/$145,000
(Asking Price/Selling Price)

Pam DiPiazza
(Listing #2231)

3407 Woodcrest Drive

Hoover, AL 35216

Rocky Ridge Road area

I still received inquiries about the house even when it was under contract. We have done "for sale-by owner" twice now and both times we had only serious lookers and buyers. That was the case with this house as well. We had three offers for this property and nine people looked at it. We refused the first two and got the price we wanted from the third. Our house sold for $145,000 which was the minimum that we would accept as we felt the house was priced fairly.

I think you have this website down to an art. The signs pre-made, the information given on the site gives the prospective buyer a true picture of the property and certainly helps the seller weed out only those interested in their property. I have recommended you to several people and told them how easy this is. We were selling my parents elderly parents property and it came at a very stressful time for us due to other commitments and things happening that we could not control, yet the process of selling was so easy because we only dealt with serious buyers.

Thanks a million and keep up the good work.

Pam DiPiazza

SOLD - 8/2005
1.3 months
(Listing date to closing date)

$279,900/$268,000
(Asking Price/Selling Price)

Ad and Donna Veal
(Listing #2292)

604 Meadow Ridge Drive

Birmingham, AL 35242

Meadowbrook

Well, it's a done deal and in only 5 weeks! We closed today with a selling price of $268,000 (started high to leave room for negotiating). Your service, and that of the closing attorneys you recommended, was impeccable. We used your website on the recommendation of a neighbor who had used your service to sell her own home; it could not have been easier. You told us to expect 2-3 prospects a week and we almost had that each day! The web-page was beautiful and informative; our buyer even enlarged and downloaded the pictures for his files. Thanks to all of you for helping us to sell our home.

SOLD - 8/2005
2.1 months
(Listing date to closing date)

$198,500/$195,500
(Asking Price/Selling Price)

Gail Dehghani-Sanich
(Listing #2195)

6069 Mill Creek Drive

Hoover, AL 35242

Greystone Farms - Mill Creek

Hi,

I closed yesterday (Aug 12th) on my daughters home. We listed the home at 198,500 and sold for 195,500. Since my daughter had already moved out of town, I had my doubts about not using an agent. But, she had bought this home just one year ago using your service (she did have an agent), saw how easy it was and wanted to save money on commissions.

Your service was great!!! Everyone who saw the home saw it from your website and commented on the pictures being so helpful. We had two contracts within one week of listing and still had people calling while it was under contract. I tell everyone to use ForSale-ByOwner and save the money.

We only wish you had a branch in Mobile for when she buys her next home.

Thanks again

Gail Dehghani-Sanich

SOLD - 8/2005
2 months
(Listing date to closing date)

$113,900/$115,000
(Asking Price/Selling Price)

Shannon Bush
(Listing #2182)

129 Hidden Creek Cove

Pelham, AL 35124

Hidden Creek

The day my house went on the site, I immediately had an appointment for that night! I had lots of activity on the house including a contract within the first week that unfortunately fell through rather quickly. I had a second contingency contract and showed the house a day after the contingency agreement and was made an offer for more money than the first buyer with conditions the first buyer couldn't meet. We had a deal, and that was on day 22 of being on the market! I made an extra $1,100 AND new friends out of my buyers. I know my house has great new owners and they are going to be very happy there.

I can't say enough good things about the folks at ForSale-ByOwner.com. They have been absolutely great and so helpful! They did not hesitate one time to answer any questions I've had, even when I've called with something, shall we say, a little less than smart! I have already recommended them to several of my neighbors and friends. I can't say enough great things about them, their services or my attorney and his office (they recommended him)...the whole experience has been so easy and just wonderful!

Next time I sell a house...there is no question! I hope to buy from them next time too!
Shannon Bush

SOLD - 7/2005
1 month
(Listing date to closing date)

$163,900/$160,000
(Asking Price/Selling Price)

Winston and Teresa Meredith
(Listing #2254)

2295 Russet Meadows Terrace

Birmingham, AL 35244

Russet Meadows
(Hoover/Russet Woods area)
(Unincorporated Jefferson Co.)

Your website helped greatly. Success story: We had our home on the market for 3.5 months with just the for sale by owner sign in the yard and running newspaper ads with no luck. When we listed with Forsale-Byowner.com, I could barely keep up with answering the phone and emails. We had an offer on our house in 6 days and a contract in 8 days. Thanks for the great job you do.

SOLD - 7/2005
1.1 months
(Listing date to closing date)

$92,500/$85,000
(Asking Price/Selling Price)

Joan Golden
(Listing #2210)

2118-A Montreat Lane

Vestavia Hills, AL 35216

Vestaview Condominiums

I did not tell you that I wrote my own contract 3 days after your sign went up!!! We elected not to use the "Under contract" sign as we thought this deal might not go through, and we felt we should continue showing it, so we did. I had three other people in line in case the deal fell through!!! How amazing is that? I didn't know I had such a hot little commodity on my hands. Seriously, I ran an ad in the Birmingham News simultaneously, and the two did work together as I got calls from both places, but I actually sold it from the website.

There is NO DOUBT I could have held out for more money, but we wanted a quick sale since I am now living in Huntsville.

SOLD - 7/2005
2.8 months
(Listing date to closing date)

$232,000
(Asking Price)

Dale and Darlene Brooks
(Listing #2025)

213 Camellia Drive

Chelsea, AL 35043

Windstone

We wanted to let you know we have sold our home. Website was instrumental since most of the interest was from people not living in Alabama. We had two offers within a few weeks. Also, the closing attorney was impressed and commented during the closing, “you guys saved a LOT of money by selling the house yourself”.

Definitely a good experience…Highly recommend it for anyone who likes to save money.

SOLD - 7/2005
1.4 months
(Listing date to closing date)

$239,900/$230,000
(Asking Price/Selling Price)

Stacey Strawn
(Listing #2132)

1931 20th Avenue South

Birmingham, AL 35209

Homewood area

After looking at all of the sites out there, we realized that ForSale-ByOwner.com definitely offered more than any others. Our buyer was from out of state and being able to see so many great photos online really made a difference. The house was practically sold before he ever saw it in person. We can’t say enough about the service we received before, during and after from the ForSale-ByOwner.com staff. We would recommend this site to anyone even considering selling their home themselves.

SOLD - 6/2005
2.7 months
(Listing date to closing date)

$165,000/$165,000
(Asking Price/Selling Price)

Lynn Bunch
(Listing #1969)

4921 8th Terrace South

Birmingham, AL 35222

Crestwood

Having such a thorough description of the house as well as excellent quality and quantity of pictures available on-line was a tremendous resource. It was only on the market for 4 days before getting my first offer and only a total of two weeks before going under contract. I would definitely use ForSale-ByOwner.com again and have already recommended it to friends.

SOLD - 5/2005
1.9 months
(Listing date to closing date)

$152,000/$152,000
(Asking Price/Selling Price)

Casey and Kristi Blythe
(Listing #1998)

2099 Old Cahaba Place

Helena, AL 35080

Old Cahaba

We had 4 offers on our home in 9 days. It was a huge success.

The first weekend we had an open house and 12 couples stopped by. We will definitely use you again. We didn't know selling our home ourselves would be so easy.

Thank you for making this such a pleasant experience.

SOLD - 5/2005
1.2 months
(Listing date to closing date)

$275,000/$275,000
(Asking Price/Selling Price)

Lawrence and Millie Flint
(Listing #2054)

2116 Woods Trace

Hoover, Al 35244

Southwood

The service was terrific and the website excellent. We had over 800 hits on our first weekend, the house was
under contract for full asking price within 6 days of the web page going up, and we closed within 5 weeks.

The photography was very well done and was a big reason the house sold so quickly. There were no agents
involved and we saved over $16,000 in real estate commission. We were unsure at first about selling by owner, but the process could not have been easier and we could not be happier with the result.

I cannot think of a way to improve your service. I just wish I'd thought of it first !