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Testimonials and Success Stories
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SOLD - 7/2004
17 days
(Listing date to closing date) |
Todd and Misty Ary
(Listing
#1586)3360 Afton Lane
Birmingham, AL
35242
Inverness
Woodford - Wyngate Trace
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Dear For Sale-By Owner Staff,
Your web site is GREAT! Our house was listed with an
agent for 11 months before we pulled it and listed it on your web site. We had
a contract in 3 days and we closed 14 days later. Closing couldn't have went any
smoother. The "For Sale-By Owner" option was truly a win-win situation for both
the buyer and the seller. We received the same amount that we would have
received if the agent would have sold it (which it seemed that she wasn't able
to do after 11 months) and the buyer saved the realtor's commission (after all -
the buyer ALWAYS pays the realtor's commission one way or another). Furthermore,
selling by owner allowed both parties to communicate directly with each other
which eliminated the chance of miscommunications and missed opportunities. It
allowed us to talk directly with one another and come to agreements that met
everyone's needs. I have recommended this to at least 4 other people who have
also listed and 2 of the 4 people have already sold or have a contract.
I would recommend it to ANYONE!!!
Thank you for all your help and your wonderful
website!
Sincerely,
Misty & Todd Ary
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SOLD - 7/2004
1.9 months
(Listing date to closing date) |
Carolyn Wailes
(Listing
#1497)446 Chase
Plantation
Hoover, AL 35244
Riverchase - Chase Plantation
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Hi Pat and Amanda,
Dad's townhouse sold and we closed on Friday.
Listed, June 2; closed, July 30.
Less than 60 days -start to finish.
The buyer was the first person to see the townhouse after the sign went up.
Activity was high throughout the weeks with several offers. Response to the sign
and website was very positive. The location probably brought more
inquiries from the sign than from the website. But I didn't always think to ask.
We couldn't be more pleased.
ForSale-ByOwner worked very well for us.
Thanks again.
Carolyn
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SOLD - 7/2004
25 days
(Listing date to closing date)
$173,900/$173,900
(Asking Price/Selling Price) |
Rebecca Lark
(Listing
#1537)4072 Guilford
Road
Hoover, AL 35242
Greystone Farms
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Hello ForSale-ByOwner.com,
Just wanted to let you know that I closed on the sale of my house today.
I had a contract within 4 days of the listing for the full asking
price.
I had debated whether or not to use this method for selling my house
since I wanted to move it quickly. This turned out to be the best
decision I've made in a long time. Your advice regarding working with
agents and how to handle offers was invaluable.
Again, thank you for all of your help and support during the listing of
my house. Although I hope that I do not have to sell a house in the
near future, I will definitely use ForSale-ByOwner should the need
arise.
Regards,
Rebecca Lark
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SOLD - 7/2004
1.3 months
(Listing date to closing date)
$169,900/$169,900
(Asking Price/Selling
Price) |
Lisa Lister
(Listing
#1501)
413 Shenandoah Drive
Hoover, AL 35226
Bluff Park
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Dear ForSale-ByOwner.com,
UNBELIEVABLE!!! That is the word for our
incredibly positive experience with your organization. We not
only found the home we bought on ForSale-ByOwner.com, but the same
day listed and sold our home with you as well. I did everything
you said and the very FIRST day we had 7 (yes 7) offers on our house.
It literally sold in 5 hours without a hitch. I used your contract
and advice, and had great success. Why would anyone not list their
home with ForSale-ByOwner.com? You guys are the greatest!!!
Please use me as a reference anytime you like!!!
Thanks,
Lisa Lister
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SOLD - 7/2004
1.2 months
(Listing date to closing date)
$279,000/$275,000
(Asking Price/Selling
Price) |
Kim Homer
(Listing #1426)1509 Sutherland
Place
Homewood, AL
35209
Edgewood
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Hi Patrick and Staff-
Just a quick note to let you know listing
#1426 has sold & closed. We asked 279K for the home & sold it for
275K. It sold very quickly & we are very happy about that! I think the
person who bought the home was told about the home by a neighbor in the
area but we felt that ForSale-ByOwner.com really helped screen out a lot
of folks who weren't serious & just wanted to see the house & price. We
really only got calls from folks who were serious about the house and
only had to show it a few times before it sold. We highly recommend
your service & I have already recommended it to a neighbor who asked if
we liked it.
Take care, Kim Homer
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SOLD -
6/2004
4.3 months
(Listing date to closing date)
$124,900/$119,000
(Asking Price/Selling
Price) |
Joe and Bre Davis
(Listing #1300)620 Parkside
Circle
Helena, AL 35080
Parkside
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Pat,
We closed on our townhouse this morning! Our Sales Price was $119,000.00
on Tuesday, June 29, 2004. Thank you for all of your help. Your site was
very helpful and your service was professional and our house information
was up on your website within hours. I would recommend your site to anyone
that is selling by owner. We have only been in our house for three years,
and didn't have a lot of principal built up so paying a real estate
commission was out of the question. Thanks again! We will see you again
for our next sale!!!
Joe Davis
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SOLD - 6/2004
1.2 months
(Listing date to closing date)
$158,000/$152,000
(Asking Price/Selling
Price) |
April and Brad Boswell
(Listing #1469)626 Royal Street
Birmingham, AL
35210
Crestline Park
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Patrick,
The website was very helpful in selling our home! We
had about 14 people come to see our house in the 2.5 weeks that it was on
your site, all of them had seen it online first. A friend of ours, who we
haven't talked to in a while, had been looking on your website and just
happened to see our house. They then called a friend of theirs who was
looking for a house, and she is the one who bought it! She came and
looked at it on a Thursday, and we had a contract on it by Wed. of the
next week! Hopefully everything will be fine and we will close on the
25th of this month. We have found more houses on your website than
we have found through the MLS listings. It seems as though all of the
nicer houses are selling by owner these days.
We were asking 158,000 and we got 152,000, which is what
we were hoping for.
Thanks again!
April
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SOLD -
6/2004
15 days
(Listing date to closing date)
$469,000/$469,000
(Asking Price/Selling
Price) |
Steve and Peggy Holly
(Listing #1467)385 Turnberry
Road
Birmingham,
AL 35244
Heatherwood
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Thank you for the professional manner in which you
handled the listing of our home on your ForSale-ByOwner.com web site. We
were fortunate enough to sell our house the next day after the evening it
was listed. We didn't even get the For Sale sign in the ground before the
buyer called for an appointment. We never did have to place the
information box in the front yard! This may not be typical, but it does
prove that a lot of folks check this site on a regular basis when they are
in the house hunting mode.
I would recommend your service to anyone who is selling their house and
has the desire to save a lot of money. The web site is very well organized
and easy to navigate. It's real easy to check out and the detail that Pat
and his staff provide is outstanding. I really think that it is much
better than some realtor sites that I have visited. I would sum it up by
paraphrasing the Home Depot tag line: YOU CAN DO IT; PAT CAN HELP!
Thanks again for your excellent service,
Steve and Peggy Holly |
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SOLD - 6/2004
1.6 months
(Listing date to closing date) |
Shawn and Denee Jones
(Listing #1420)303 Fran Lane
Alabaster, AL
35007
Green Valley
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Just want you to know that we had a contract on the
house 7 days after it was listed on your website. We closed 49 days later.
Prior to that, we had listed it with a local realtor for 6 months and
never received an offer. The advice we received, from you and the closing
attorney, made this a transaction that anyone can do.
Denee and I are extremely happy with the service you provided and have
recommended your service to everyone.
Shawn and Denee Jones |
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SOLD - 6/2004
2.3 months
(Listing date to closing date)
$133,000/$133,000
(Asking Price/Selling Price) |
Leslie and Burt Hendon
(Listing #1383)133 Palm Drive
Alabaster, AL
Oakwood Village
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Hi Pat,
This is Leslie and Burt Hendon. We put our house on the market through
ForSale-ByOwner.com on April 7, 2004. Our house was under contract in less
than two weeks! The sale of our home was final yesterday, June 16!
Our house sold for the asking price of $133,000.00.
You helped make selling a house easy and fun. Your personal touch and
attention to all details really makes a positive difference in selling a
home.
I am so happy to have met you. I will recommend your service to anyone who
is moving!
Burt and Leslie Hendon |
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SOLD -
5/2004
19 days
(Listing date to closing date)
$182,500/$183,000
(Asking Price/Selling Price) |
Jennifer and Alex Minter
(Listing #1397)2536 Yorkmont Drive
Vestavia Hills, AL 35216
Gentilly
Forrest
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Dear Patrick,
Your site really does work. I only had to show our house one time before
it was put under contract. The lady who had a contract saw it on the
internet and made an offer the same day. The house was under contract for
awhile with her and one week before closing the contract fell through. We
had another offer in a day and it sold on the 28th of May. We knew the
house would sell fast because of the area, but we had know idea it would
sell that fast. Thanks for your help.
Jennifer Minter
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SOLD - 5/2004
2.2 months
(Listing date to closing date) |
Corrie and Jim Carman
(Listing #1352)5287 Harvest
Ridge Lane
Birmingham, AL
35242
Meadowbrook
(North Shelby Co.)
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Pat,
Thanks for all your help and your great web site.
We closed this week. We had a contract 18 days after putting the house on
your web site and closed less than 9 weeks after listing with you.
The eventual owners, a couple in North Carolina, have never seen the house
in person - they shopped via the web and toured our home on your web site.
The wife's parents live in Birmingham and are transitioning between houses
so they handled all the necessary purchasing details in Birmingham and are
moving in for the interim. The NC couple will move to Birmingham and are
excited about moving into their new house later this year.
We had several positive comments and compliments on your web site and how
well our house shows from your pictures.
Your recommended appraiser and closing attorney were professional and made
the home selling simple and easy.
Great job!
Thanks again,
Jim & Corrie Carman
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SOLD -
5/2004
2.4 months
(Listing date to closing date) |
Les Butler
Francie Marvin
(Listing #1326)9434 Brook
Forest Circle
Helena, AL 35080
Wyndham
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Hey Pat,
We have closed on #1326. Your magic did it again as the first person
to look twice, then made a contract and closed in 30 days. So my REAL
SUCCESS STORY -- that's two houses you've sold for me and wife to be, both
were sold in less than 30 days after listing. See my success story
Sept '03.
Many Thanks,
Les Butler
Francie Marvin
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SOLD - 5/2004
3.7 months
(Listing date to closing date)
$199,900/$204,000
(Asking Price/Selling Price) |
Allen and Suzan Adderholt
(Listing #1249)1405 9th Street
Pleasant Grove,
AL
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What 3 agents could not do in 17 months,
ForSale-ByOwner.Com did in 2 months. With so much interest we were able to
get more than our asking price for our home. Unbelievable!!
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SOLD - 4/2004
1.7 months
(Listing date to closing date)
$146,500/$146,500
(Asking Price/Selling Price) |
Kenneth Machen
(Listing #1330)120 Cameron Cove
Circle
Leeds, AL
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Patrick,
Please mark our house as SOLD. Thanks to ForSale-ByOwner.com, our house sold in less than 2 months. The great flyers and web site brought in several buyers, and allowed for us to get our full asking
price! Thanks again for the impeccable service you provided.
Thanks again,
Kenneth Machen
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