Testimonials and Success Stories

SOLD - 6/2002
3.9 months
(Listing date to closing date)

$128,000/$125,000
(Asking Price/Selling Price)

Mike and Denise Beacham
(Listing #572)
528 Laurel Woods Trail
Helena, AL
Laurel Woods

Hi Patrick,

We just wanted to let you know our house sold in June and we closed 2 weeks ago. The web site worked great and in fact, the buyers saw it and called after looking at it in the web page. I don't know exactly how many hits we received, but I am sure it was well over 1000.

Thanks for all of your help! It worked great for us and the couple that bought were a blessing! This is their first home and we are glad to pass it on to them!

Thanks again for everything!

Mike, Denise and Alex Beacham

SOLD - 7/2002
3 months
(Listing date to closing date)

$128,000/$125,000
(Asking Price/Selling Price)

Damon or Tamie Story
(Listing #611)
1018 Hermitage Circle
Birmingham, AL
Highland Lakes

Patrick:

Just a note to let you know our home has sold. Thanks once again for you professional assistance. The web site is the best around. The photos were great. This is the second time I have used your service and will do so again. Will recommend you to my friends.

Damon Story

SOLD - 7/2002
1.9 months
(Listing date to closing date)

$223,500/$225,000
(Asking Price/Selling Price)

Charles or Trish McKie
(Listing #622)
5549 Colony Lane
Hoover, AL
Deer Valley - The Village

Hey Patrick,

It was nice to have the web page. It was not responsible for this sale, but still great for the people to 'review' their purchase with their friends and family.

Also great for screening through some of the prospects. With a family of 5 it is not always convenient for people to pop in. Liked giving them an opportunity to pre-view before they came to view in person.

Wanted to praise you for the quality of your site. Pictures all looked great and site always available. Was appalled at some of the "Real Estate" sites. Poor quality photos and so dark....not of much help for people like us too busy to drive all over town. Could take a lesson from you!

Thanks for your help!

Trish

SOLD - 6/2002
1.8 months
(Listing date to closing date)

$224,900/$215,000
(Asking Price/Selling Price)

John and Allison Bentley (Listing #630)
5027 Linwood Drive
Hoover, AL
Altadena area
(North Shelby Co.)

Dear Pat,

We just wanted to let you know that we got a contract on our house 3 weeks after listing, after showing it over 30 times … We appreciate the exposure your web site gave us. It was great to work with you and we are pleased with the results.

Thank you so much!

John and Allison Bentley

SOLD - 6/2002
1.7 months
(Listing date to closing date)

$137,000/$133,000
(Asking Price/Selling Price)

Chip and Tracy Boyd
(Listing #632)
2141 Brookview Drive
Hoover, AL
Bluff Park

Pat,

THANK YOU!! Your service was wonderful! Everything was too easy.

We listed our home on a Saturday and had 2 offers within 4 days and a contract in 5. Listing to closing took 46 days, and that was only because we extended it to find a place to move into. Even after we listed as being "Under Contract" we had several calls ready to make an offer if the contract did not go through.

The book "How to Sell Your Own Home" answered so many questions we came up with over the first 5 days. We definitely were not prepared for the sale to go so quickly! We only wish there were something like this in the town we are moving to.

Thank you again,

Chip and Tracy Boyd

SOLD - 6/2002
7.8 months
(Listing date to closing date)

$249,900/$249,900
(Asking Price/Selling Price)

John or Marsha Floyd
(Listing #508)

5141 Meadow Brook Road

Birmingham, AL

Meadow Brook
(North Shelby Co.)

Wanted to advise you that our house has met all contingencies - sold!

Thank your for all your assistance. We have referred you several times, and the feed-back from friends who have viewed your web-site is that they are very impressed with the clarity and professionalism of the pictures (better than a lot of Real Estate Agencies).

Within the first three weeks of listing under ForSale-ByOwner.com, we could have sold our house, but couldn't pay an agents fee (we priced the house to sell) so we lost the sell. The response from the web-site was extremely positive, especially having four couples wanting the house at the same time. I've even referred people to the web-site who wanted to see the art work of a local artist who custom painted several rooms in our home.

You have a very professional and successful business that should meet all the expectations of future clients, you went over and beyond our expectations. We encourage you to continue the excellent service and web-site.

Best of luck! If you need any assistance or referrals from us, don't hesitate to call.

Thanks Again!

John and Marsha Floyd

SOLD - 11/2002
2.3 months
(Listing date to closing date)

$134,900/$132,000
(Asking Price/Selling Price)

Anna Davies
(Listing #559)

2437 Wine Ridge Drive

Birmingham, AL

Wine Ridge

I absolutely loved your service! Every buyer that came to look at my house had viewed it on the web and were serious buyers! The current buyer who has a contract on my house made me an offer 5 weeks after my house was listed! That is incredible!!

My fiancée's house #561 sold his house to the FIRST COUPLE THAT CAME TO LOOK!! THEY HAD THEIR EARNEST CHECK IN THEIR POCKET. They said they "bought it over the internet". When they came to look - they knew they wanted to make an offer!!! He was asking $134,900 and sold for $132,900 in 4 days!!! He will be closing April 26, 2002. (The day after mine - what great timing!!!)

Thanks for all of your help!!

Anna Davies

SOLD - 5/2002
1.3 months
(Listing date to closing date)

$209,900/$210,000
(Asking Price/Selling Price)

Brion or Sharon Casey
(Listing #614)
1937 Strawberry Lane
Hoover, AL
Southwood Highlands

Our house sold in only 10 days!! I can't imagine anything being easier. We had everything we needed, the service you provided was great and the pictures and fact sheet truly helped to sell the house.

I would recommend this service to anyone! Why pay expensive commissions when ForSale-ByOwner.com is available!?

Sharon and Brion Casey

SOLD - 5/2002
1.5 months
(Listing date to closing date)

$106,500/$105,500
(Asking Price/Selling Price)

Jason and Amy Gunter (Listing #607)

1051 Wyndham Lane

Helena, AL
Wyndham

Just a note to let you know our house is under contract. The house was added to your site on Wednesday and we showed it on Sunday and received an offer. The contract is official today with a closing in less than 30 days!

The pictures you took were very impressive and depicted the house in the best way. That is what attracted the right buyer.

Thanks so much for your great service.
Jason and Amy Gunter

SOLD - 4/2002
2.9 months
(Listing date to closing date)

$269,900/$263,000
(Asking Price/Selling Price)

Ray and Sheila Lyon
(Listing #573)

1937 Cahaba Crest Drive

Hoover, AL

Altadena Woods

Patrick,
We have been very pleased with the service you provided and have recommended it to several other prospective sellers.

Two weeks after listing with ForSale-ByOwner.com, we had two couples trying to buy our house. It was very hard having to tell one of them we could not accept their offer.

Thank you for your excellent service!

Ray Lyon

SOLD - 5/2002
1 month
(Listing date to closing date)

$119,900/$116,000
(Asking Price/Selling Price)

Jeff and Kim Smith
(Listing #627)
3208 Overton Manor Drive
Birmingham, AL
Cahaba Heights

Hi Pat,

We are thrilled with the results that we have gotten from advertising with ForSale-ByOwner.com! We showed the house almost every day, some days more than once. Within one week of the web site going up, we had three offers, all from qualified buyers.

We have sold one previous home ourselves, using a newspaper ad, and one we used a realtor. This was a much smoother and more timely sale than either of those. I can't recommend strongly enough that people should try your method first. It was absolutely worth the money to receive the exposure that we did through your web site.

We will be telling all of our friends to use your service before trying anything else to sell their homes.

Thanks again for doing such a professional job!

Sincerely,
Jeff and Kim Smith

SOLD - 4/2002
1.6 months
(Listing date to closing date)

$136,900/$136,900
(Asking Price/Selling Price)

Jim and Amy Warner (Listing #582)

704 Cobb St.

Homewood, AL

ForSale-ByOwner.com made it all possible. Our house was on the market two weeks and we had a full price offer. Those two weeks we showed the house everyday. Most days more than once. Patrick did a wonderful job with the web page and information sheet. Along with, How To Sell Your Own Home by William F. Supple, Jr., Ph. D. and yard sign, Patrick gave us all the tools we needed to sell our own home with confidence. Patrick offers a high quality service for a fraction of any Realtor's fees. Thanks!

Sincerely,

Jim and Amy Warner

SOLD - 4/2002
1.7 months
(Listing date to closing date)

Gary and Cherie Wright (Listing #577)
513 Brentwood Drive

Hoover, AL
Bluff Park

Patrick, I wanted to first say thanks for your professionalism and your honesty about pricing our house right to begin with. It worked, we had a contract on our house in 8 DAYS and closed 46 days later. Took a little longer to Close because the Gentleman we bought the house from needed a little more time to get out. But, What a great way to sell our home. Everyone said its tough selling a house by owner. Now, I say its a breeze!!! Again, Thanks for helping us put the commission in our pocket. Your web-site is the best! Thanks, Gary

SOLD - 3/2002
22 days
(Listing date to closing date)

$178,000/$175,000
(Asking Price/Selling Price)

Yogi and Angie Rowland (Listing #574)
3735 Guyton Road
Hoover, AL
Russet Woods

"All I can say is "4 DAYS!". We showed our house on Saturday and had the offer by Tuesday with another offer waiting.

For Sale by Owner gave me all the tools to sell my house but they didn't prepare me for such a quick sale. Also, the On-Line appraisal was very beneficial and a major selling point."

Yogi and Angie Rowland

SOLD - 4/2002
2 months
(Listing date to closing date)

Jim and Susan Dubick (Listing 551)
1708 Woodbine Drive
Homewood, AL

Dear Patrick,

Thank you SO much for your help in the sale of our home!! We had a signed contract 2 weeks after putting our home on the market and closed yesterday (April 2), with absolutely no problems. For those who hesitate to take on the task, be encouraged...the sign alone was what brought our buyer (and dozens of others) to the door. There are more people out here than you may think, who are tired of paying the exorbitant real estate fees and are just driving around looking for FSBO signs. And to those Realtors who called to tell us we wouldn't be able to do it without them...surprise!

God bless you and may your business be multiplied,

Jim and Susan Dubick

SOLD - 3/2002
5.6 months
(Listing date to closing date)

$199,900/$196,000
(Asking Price/Selling Price)

Mike Looney
(Listing #498)

6121 Mayfield Road

McCalla, AL

Patrick, I closed on my house today ... thanks for all your help! It seems like it took a long time but it didn't really, the house was on the market 6 days until I wrote the first contract. and was back on the market less than two months (in the dead of winter) when I wrote the contract that went through.

Thanks again,
Mike Looney

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