How to Sell Your Home Without a Broker - Paperback

by Bill Carey (Author), Chantal Howell Carey (Author), Suzanne Kiffmann (Author)

Invaluable advice, tips, and guidelines for selling your home the affordable way--yourself

With the high commissions being charged in today's housing market and the convenience of the Internet as a selling tool, many Americans find it more affordable to sell their own homes. This new edition of the indispensable home seller's how-to guide can save you thousands of dollars in real estate fees and commissions by showing you how to successfully market, negotiate, close, and wrap up the sale of your home-without paying a broker's high fees.

Updated and revised to reflect all the latest trends in real estate, this popular classic takes you through the ABCs of doing it yourself-from making a plan to making a profit when you close. Selling your own home can be tricky; this Fourth Edition provides all the tools and advice you need to save on fees, with:
* Worksheets, checklists, sample contracts, and other helpful documents
* New chapters on seller financing and second mortgages
* The latest tax law changes that affect home sellers
* Tips on how to get a buyer to assume your existing mortgage
* Guidance on using the Internet to sell your home
* Information on using land sale contracts, contracts for deed, wrap-around mortgages, and all-inclusive trust deeds (AITDs)


With its step-by-step guidance and its wealth of helpful tools, How to Sell Your Home Without a Broker will help you find a buyer as quickly-and cheaply-as possible.

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Invaluable advice, tips, and guidelines for selling your home the affordable way--yourself

With the high commissions being charged in today's housing market and the convenience of the Internet as a selling tool, many Americans find it more affordable to sell their own homes. This new edition of the indispensable home seller's how-to guide can save you thousands of dollars in real estate fees and commissions by showing you how to successfully market, negotiate, close, and wrap up the sale of your home-without paying a broker's high fees.

Updated and revised to reflect all the latest trends in real estate, this popular classic takes you through the ABCs of doing it yourself-from making a plan to making a profit when you close. Selling your own home can be tricky; this Fourth Edition provides all the tools and advice you need to save on fees, with:

• Worksheets, checklists, sample contracts, and other helpful documents
• New chapters on seller financing and second mortgages
• The latest tax law changes that affect home sellers
• Tips on how to get a buyer to assume your existing mortgage
• Guidance on using the Internet to sell your home
• Information on using land sale contracts, contracts for deed, wrap-around mortgages, and all-inclusive trust deeds (AITDs)

With its step-by-step guidance and its wealth of helpful tools, How to Sell Your Home Without a Broker will help you find a buyer as quickly-and cheaply-as possible.

Author Biography

BILL CAREY has been a Realtor and a former director of the California Association of Realtors as well as a tax consultant and a frequent speaker at real estate seminars.
CHANTAL HOWELL CAREY has been a Texas real estate broker and seminar speaker. Bill and Chantal are also the authors of The New Path to Real Estate Wealth: Earning Without Owning (Wiley).
SUZANNE KIFFMANN is a professional writer and business systems designer.