Testimonials and Success Stories
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Amanda and Patrick,
This is the 2nd time we have used
your site to sell our home, and both times it was truly
a great experience. We received a contract on our home
10 days after listing it on your site and putting the
sign in our yard! All the tools you provided were
helpful, and everyone commented on how great the
pictures were on the website. Thank you for helping us
sell our home quickly and for providing such great
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I first found this home on ForSale-ByOwner.com
approximately six years ago and decided to purchase it.
Based on my previous experience, my wife and I decided
to use ForSale-ByOwner.com when we decided to sell the
house this year. I am pleased to say that the buyers saw the home on the site and we had a contract in less than one month. We would recommend your site to anyone trying to sell their home "by owner" and would encourage them to take advantage of the resources your company provides such as the complimentary legal advice to keep "peace of mind" during the contract negotiation process. The overall value we received was much greater than the price we paid for your services. We used your recommended closing attorney, Joseph Kreps. For us, this was one of the best features of your service. We do not claim to be very educated about real-estate and especially about the legal wording in contracts. I must admit, without the help of Mr. Kreps and his staff, I would not have had the peace of mind that I enjoyed during the negotiation and closing process. While the price negotiation "is what it is," much of the legal wording in the real-estate contract was foreign to me. Before signing the contract, I had Mr. Kreps review it in full (at his suggestion). Not only was his service complimentary, but he also provided some very helpful suggestions about wording that should be changed. I incorporated all of his recommendations in the final contract and avoided the potential problems that could have occurred if I had not received his counsel. On top of that, his company is one of the most responsive organizations I have ever worked with. Calls were always returned promptly and everyone at the firm went out of their way to be helpful. In short, Kreps is one of the few businesses that has many clients, but treated my wife and me as if we were their only one. Thank you very much for helping us sell our home so quickly. You have a lot of fans and we are included in that group! Respectfully, Dan Johnson |
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Dear Pat,
When we decided to sell our home I looked around and saw lots of houses just sitting. I received a flyer in the mail and called you. You came to my house and took the most beautiful pictures. Your daughter was quick to get the website up and running. I will not lie that I was nervous but was reassured all the way. We put the signs in the yard and went to the beach. The day after we came home (7 days later) the house sold!! The lawyer’s office that you provide is great as I had to call them several times and they never seemed to mind. We needed to close in 10 days for the new buyers and they came through. We closed last Friday and it was the most pleasant closing I have ever been to. Thank you so much as you saved me $28,000! Mike and Sharon watts P.S. If I ever sell again this is the only way to go. |
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This is the second home I have sold with
ForSale-ByOwner.com. I have sold both homes within
a month of the listing. I believe the ease of using and
getting to the marketing information on your web site
has contributed to selling both of my homes. There is
nothing worse than finding a home on line that is listed
with a realtor and having to give your life story just
to view the details of the home. Your web site
eliminates this frustration. I would always recommend
using your web site to sell a home. I sold this home to
a couple being relocated from Pennsylvania. They had a
realtor that brought them to me, but they had seen the
house on the web site as well. I had no trouble with the
realtor and even though I did not use your closing
attorney everything went smoothly. Thanks again
for the help.
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I do have to tell you that agents
were contacting us 24/7 on trying to list our home
with them and I have to tell you, we just "hung in
there" because we knew what a great website you guys
had. People would even call and make comments
on how beautiful our home was and how great the
pictures looked. We stuck it out until someone
serious enough made us an offer. Also, within
24 hours after our first offer, another offer came
in, but they had a contingency and we knew we had to
take the non-contingency offer. We have sold 2
of the 3 homes by owner and it works without
agents. Keep up the good work and
thank you, thank you so much!!!
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We had
never sold a house before but your services and support
helped to facilitate a very pleasant experience. Had a
lot of traffic on the website and at the house. Folks
saw our success...there are now three ForSale-ByOwner
houses in our neighborhood! Loved being able to
show the house at our
convenience. Awesome experience!
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ForSale-ByOwner.com not only saved us those exorbitant
commission fees, it afforded us a unique opportunity to
showcase our home with minimal effort. We chose no other
means of advertising our home for sale, and the listing date
to final closing was only nine weeks. We literally had an
offer within three days, and repeated interest right up
until the home sold. How can you go wrong with that much
exposure for such a reasonable investment?
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I cannot tell you how much money ForSale-ByOwner.com has
saved us. This is the second home we've sold through your
advertising and this process has really change my thinking.
Selling your own home is not rocket science and I don't
foresee any time in the future where I would ever use an
agent to sell my house. We've relocated now but I wanted to
personally thank you for the friendly service. The one
complaint I have is that you don't advertise in Nashville!!
:) If there are any potential, "on the fence" customers
reading this, dive in and sell your own home.
ForSale-ByOwner.com makes it easy AND you save a ton!
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I just wanted to say thank you for your service. I received
the first call on my house when you were putting the sign in
the yard. I wrote the contract 5 days later. The buyers were
very excited and so was I. They love the house and we have
two new friends. The photos were what sold my house. My
husband is a professional photographer and he was very
impressed. We will certainly use your service again.
Donna and Danny Hurt |
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We had a very positive experience with ForSale-ByOwner.com.
When Pat came out to take our pictures, he was courteous and
professional. We think the quality of the pictures was
better than other websites.
Amanda was very efficient, helpful, and friendly. Anytime we asked her to change something on our site, she did so immediately. We priced our house to sell and received a full price offer. We would encourage people to know the value of their home and set their price accordingly. Do not get discouraged if people give an unreasonable offer. Know your bottom line and stick to it. Our buyer saw our website from her home in Oregon and sent her mother who lives in Birmingham to our open house. We handled everything through our email on the site. ForSale-ByOwner.com saved us approximately $20,000 in commissions. We would use them again and highly recommend them! |
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The website definitely helped. We sold the house to a
girl I work with. She didn't know we were selling and
I didn't know she was buying. ForSale-ByOwner.com made
the connection for us.
The transaction was extremely smooth. Between the attorney and the mortgage company it was easy to find what we needed, I don't know why anyone uses realtors. |
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The website helped us tremendously in our sales efforts.
Most of our potential buyers looked at the home several
times before they came out and looked. The final buyer's
husband had only seen the home on the website, but said the
pictures were so thorough, he signed the contract before he
even saw the home in person!
We used recommended closing attorney Joseph Kreps. He was VERY helpful throughout the entire process, and allowed the closing to go smoothly. |
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I am pleased to tell you that we had a tremendous amount of
interest in the home from the very first week. Within a
matter of days, we had a fellow that had only driven past it
and seen the pictures on the internet who was extremely
interested. Within 10 days of it being on the market, we had
a offer/contract for $160,000. Everything has gone really
well so far and we are set to close on the 28th of Feb. We
have continued to get inquiries regarding the house on a
daily basis.
I am looking to buy here in Savannah and have tried to do a lot of my preliminary house shopping on line. I must say that I have not run across any real estate websites that have photos that depict the house as well as yours. Also, my mother who is helping to sell my house, really used the literature and attorney referrals you gave her. Thank you for your service; we were more than pleased with the end results! Holly |
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The first offer on our house was from a couple from out of
state. They were working with a realtor and without seeing
the house in person they had the realtor contact us and
evaluate the house. The realtor made us an offer on their
behalf and a contract was written. The contract was written
on August 20th. The couple came down on Sept. 23 to see the
house. When asked why our house without seeing it first they
said that the pictures sold them. Of course they were unable
to sell their house so we listed again as available. We had
immediate response as soon as you moved the "under contract"
from the site. The couple that is buying the house is local
and they said that they had been watching it on the site for
weeks and the day that it was put back on the market is when
they called that evening.
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We have been long time visitors to your website and we are
so happy we used you to sell the house. The listing hit the
web page on a Thursday. We had a showing Thursday afternoon,
many visitors at the open house on Sunday and a contract
Monday morning. Four days was more than we could have ever
expected. Also, this is the second time this house has sold
on ForSale-ByOwner.com. A true example of how great the site
is. Thank you for much.
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The Web site was the reason the house sold. In fact, the
buyers told us that the pictures were so appealing on the
Web site that they considered the house even though they did
not initially want to live off Highway 280 and probably
would not have visited the house if it were only available
via a realtor listing or newspaper listing.
There was no realtor involved in the process, and we didn't need one. The process went great without one! I feel that we were able to negotiate a little more on the price since there was no commission to consider, and that benefited both parties! We were very pleased with the service. The Web site truly makes all the difference. The sign in the yard alone was not enough for us - we really needed those beautiful Web site pictures to entice buyers, and it worked! |
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We were very pleased by the professional look of the photos
of our house and our listing on the website. There were well
over 2000 hits on our page, with several hundred coming the
first week. Most listing services with real estate agents
have less than 10 photos, with questionable quality. We had
the benefit of over 20 professional quality photos for
potential buyers to review.
We used the office of John
Holliman for our closing. John, Cathy, and the rest of the
staff made the closing a breeze. We would recommend their
services unconditionally. |
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