FOR SALE BY OWNER

ECO-FSBO.com

List Your Home with us

For a low one-time fee of $199 we provide you with everything you need to successfully sell your home without a real estate agent ... saving  you $$THOUSANDS$$ in real estate commissions!

4,000 - 5,000 people a day visit our web site.  Most of our client's listings get several hundred visits the first day they are on our site!

You will be able to offer your prospects a mini-open house Visual Tour on the Internet, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  And you don't even have to be there!  If they like what they see they will call you to set up an appointment.  Think of your time savings !! ... you will now be dealing with only people who are serious about buying your home.  

Here's what we include in our comprehensive service:

1.  Fast, professional, courteous service.  We can normally schedule your photo shoot within a week of your phone call/e-mail and have your web page available for your review  within 2-3 business days of your photo shoot. 

2.  High quality, professional digital photo shoot of your home.  11-15 interior/exterior color photos on your WEB page.

3.  Descriptive information about your home included  with the photographs.  We develop this information with your input.

4.  Listing of your home on our WEB site until you sell it (up to 12 months).

5.  A summary of your home on the New Listings section of the WEB site for 30 days.

6.   A summary of homes with price reductions on the New Prices section of the WEB site for 30 days.

7.  A "visitor counter" at the bottom of your WEB page

8.  One yard sign and one directional sign. Our professionally designed signs are two-sided and mounted on wooden stakes.  (Extra directional signs are $12.50 each.) 

9. A real estate sales contract

10.  Name of a local real estate closing/ title company who can assist you with your closing.   They will also hold the buyer's earnest money in escrow and review with you and the buyer all the paperwork required for closing.  The closing/title company fee is paid at closing and is customarily split 50/50 between the buyer and seller.  (You may use any Title company of your choice and are not restricted to the use of this company.)

11.  A lead paint disclosure form for homes built prior to 1978.

12. Optional "lock box" for your house key ($30).

YOUR PHONE NUMBER APPEARS ON YOUR YARD SIGN; THE ABOVE IS ONLY AN EXAMPLE WITH OUR TELEPHONE NUMBER.

14.  Fact Sheet and Take-One Box.

To help you market your home to drive-by traffic we provide a home Fact Sheet with a color front photo and a high-quality  "Take-One" box to mount on your yard sign or a separate wooden stake.  (The Fact Sheet is e-mailed to you for printing on your PC at your convenience.)  

15. A report on sold homes in your neighborhood from county records.   

16.  Last and best of all -  a SOLD rider to put on your Yard Sign ... soon!

Frequently Asked Questions 

What does your service cost?

Probably less than you think. We currently have a flat fee of only $199.  Your home will stay on our WEB site until you sell it (up to 12 months).

How long does it take to sell a home on your site?

Average selling time is 2-3 months.  See our SOLD Homes section which lists "days on market" for homes that have sold off our website.  We do a very effective job of getting your home wide exposure through a Visual Home Tour on the Internet.  Your home location, appearance and price are key factors in determining how long it will take to sell.

How do I go about pricing my home?

It is very important to price your home correctly when first putting it on the market.  We believe that the best way to do this is through a professional appraisal.  Another benefit of an appraisal is that it gives your buyer the assurance that your home is priced correctly.

What does an appraisal cost?

• Approx $350. 

How effective are you?

Very.  We've helped hundreds of home sellers & buyers.  We've been around in this market for several decades in various realty, marketing, and other related businesses so we know this business inside & out.

How do home buyers find your site on the Internet?

Several different ways.

• People searching the Internet for a home. We are listed on the major Internet search engines.  Many homes listed on our site have sold to out-of-state buyers who found the home on our WEB site.

• Drive-by prospects. We provide high quality yard/directional signs that encourage prospects to visit your Internet Visual Tour. We also provide you with a "Take One" box and high quality Fact Sheet that refers prospects to your WEB page.

• Readers of the Denver Post/RM News. To increase their home's exposure many of our clients place ads in the Birmingham News which reference their WEB page.

• Telephone inquiries. We encourage our clients to have their prospects visit their WEB page. We also recommend that our clients modify their answering machine greeting to point their prospects to their Internet Visual Tour.

• Yellow Pages.  We are listed (2007) in the Yellow Pages.  Our ad in the Real Estate section reads:
   

Do you get much traffic to your WEB site?

Yes.  4,000 - 5,000 people visit our WEB site each day.  Most of our clients get hundreds of visits to their WEB page during their first week on our site. That's like having each one of them taking an open house tour of your home (without you having to clean up each time)!

We have a "visitor counter" at the bottom of each of our client's WEB pages so that they can see how many people are visiting their WEB page.

What other benefits are there to listing our home on your site?

You schedule appointments with only serious prospects.  If potential buyers has taken a Visual Tour before you schedule an appointment with them you will be more assured of working with a serious buyer.

Do you have any references we could contact?

Yes, feel free to call any of our existing clients. Their phone numbers (and usually their names) are listed on their WEB page.  Also, many of our clients have written us telling how our service helped them sell their homes.  Most of our new listings are referrals from delighted clients.

Is there anything else included for your low flat fee?

• We walk thru your home with you and document all the key features to include on your WEB page.

• We provide one yard sign and one directional sign.  Our professionally designed signs are two-sided and mounted on wooden stakes.  The yard sign includes your web site listing number and your phone number.

• Fact Sheet and Take-One Box

To help you market your home to drive-by traffic we provide a home Fact Sheet with a color front photo and a high-quality  "Take-One" box mounted on the wooden stake of your sign.  (The Fact Sheet is e-mailed to you for printing on your PC at your convenience.)  
 

CLICK HERE to view/print a sample Fact Sheet.  (You will need the latest version of the free Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to view this Fact Sheet.)

Click on the Adobe logo to the left to download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader or to download the latest version if you have trouble viewing the Fact Sheet. 

Home Warranty

• We offer a Home Warranty thru a separate company.  This warranty covers most home systems and appliances.  The cost is as low as $295 (Payable at closing) and covers your home while you are selling it as well as 12 months coverage for your buyer.  We provide a no-charge "Home Warranty Included" rider for your yard sign as well as promote it on your web page.

Do you offer an MLS option?

Yes, it works like this:

• The Multiple Listing Service (MLS) is the primary data system that most realtors use to market and sell property.  Traditionally, the only way to get your home listed on the MLS was to list your home with a realtor (agreeing to pay them 6-7%!)

• Working thru our affiliated real estate company we can get your home listed on MLS for $99 (in addition to our $199 base fee).

• Instead of the 6-7% you would normally pay a realtor, you agree contractually to pay a smaller commission (we recommend 2.5-3%) to the real estate Buyers' Agent who brings your buyer to you.

• Your home will continue to be marketed directly to buyers (avoiding the 2.5-3% Buyer's Agent fee) through our ECO-FSBO.com website, yard sign and fact sheet. 

• A subset  of our copyrighted photography  of your home (9 photos) will be included in your local MLS listing.

• Your home will also have a listing on Realtor.com (with one photo).

• Your home stays on MLS until you sell it (up to 6 months).

• If you require a lock box for your house key you can purchase one from us for $30.

• You can add your flat-fee MLS listing anytime ... when you initially sign up for our basic service or at a later date.

How do we pay for your service?

Payment for our service is due when we come to your home for the photo shoot.  You can pay with a credit card or you can pay with a personal check. 

Sounds great. How do I get started?
Easy.  Just call or e-mail our office to schedule your photo shoot or sign up now through Googles Secure server (simply click the 'buy now' link below) 

We will also need to know the phone number to put on your yard sign (most people put their home number) and your street address.

We look forward to helping you sell your home through a Visual Home Tour and saving you thousands in real estate commissions! 

ECO-FSBO.com