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FSBO Newsletter Volume One
How to Submit Pictures
One of the things that gives people the most trouble with our service is the posting
of photographs to their listing. Our picture upload is a totally automated process, all
it requires is a little advance preparation. For photo success, just follow these simple steps:
Make sure your pictures are in the right format
The formats supported by our site are jpeg and gif, with jpegs being by far the
better choice for most home photographs. The filename should have an extension,
such as 554meadow.jpg that indicates it is a jpeg image. If you are running Windows,
you need to make sure in the View Options the box that says "Hide the MS-DOS
file extensions for file types that are registered" is unchecked and choose the
detail view to see the real file name with the extensions.
If your pictures are in
another format or inside another document, you'll need to convert them to one of
these two standard formats before you can upload them.
Make sure your pictures are not too large
In order to make sure your page loads quickly and is reasonable viewable, we
have limited the size of the photo files to 60K, or 60 Kilo Bytes. This is
quite large, as a properly sized jpeg would be about 350-400 pixels wide and
with a normal compression usually is only about 20K in size. Again, if you are
running Windows, make sure you are using the file detail view (select from the
right mouse click menu) so that you see the file sizes. If you need to reduce the
size of your photo, please see our photo resizing help on our seller's resources
page of the site for more information and suggestions.
You'll need your password
If you did not enter a password or have forgotten it, you can email customer
service for help. Always include your listing number in your email so that
they can quickly find your listing. The email should come from the same address
that is listed in the listing or you should have a way to verify that it is
indeed your listing. Your password or a new password will be emailed to you within
a day.
With your password in hand, go to your home's personal listing page. On the
left-hand navigation bar, just above the counter that shows you how many times
someone has clicked on your personal page, you'l find the Add/Delete Pictures
link. Click it, then enter your password when requested. You are then able to
choose the Picture # from 1 to 6 that you wish to add, use the browse button to locate
the photo on your hard drive, then use the upload button to upload the picture
to our site. If all goes well, you are returned to upload more as needed.
If you need to replace a picture, say picture number 3, just upload a new picture
number 3 in it's place. Just follow these simple rules to improve your home's
selling ability. And if all else fails, you can always email the picture to
us for help!
Buying and Selling FSBO, Part 1 - Why FSBO?
Nowadays more and more home buyers are choosing to sell their homes themselves,
without the benefit of a real estate broker. Some estimate that over 25% of all
homes sold this year will be For Sale By Owner homes, and with the advent of
the information resource of the internet, the number is certainly growing! Why
do these sellers choose to take on the challenges of selling their home without
the assistance of the professional agent? Here are some of the most popular reasons:
Save Money!
In most areas, the real estate sales commission is between 6 and 7 percent. For a typical
$150,000 dollar home, that's over Ten Thousand Dollars that could be in your pocket
instead of the realtors. Does the realtor perform a valuable service to earn that
hefty fee? Absolutely! Can the savvy buyer easily do this work themselves, with
the appropriate professional help where needed and save a lot of money? Thousands
of home sellers every day are saying yes!
You're In Charge!
If you sell your own home, you are in charge of all of the decisions. What to charge,
how to advertise, how and when to show the house are all decisions that you will
make. If you believe that you know best how to market your own home, this is
the choice for you! Have you ever heard anyone complain that their house sat on
the market for months and nothing happened? When you are in charge, that won't
happen. Open houses, newspaper ads, passing our flyers, putting your house on the
internet all happen when you wish.
Sell your home quicker!
In a good market, it is possible to run the ad today and begin fielding calls
from eager buyers tomorrow, no more waiting for the marketing to get cranked up.
In a depressed market, selling your home may take much longer. Those extra commission
dollars can be used to sell your home for a lower price than would have been possible
with a broker. If your house is cheaper than comparable properties in your area,
a quicker sale may result. Remember, no one else has more motivation to see your
house sold than you do!
There are also challenges to selling FSBO. Selling your home yourself is not simple,
but then again, neither is selling your home through a real estate agent! In the next
installments we'll roll up our sleeves and get to work selling ourselves and saving
a bundle!
AllTheListings.com Continues to Grow!
August 2000 set a new record with over 3400 active listings at AllTheListings.com.
That brings us to over a billion dollars worth of property listed, all with no
advertising fees or real estate commissions! Tell your friends about the only
site on the net where your For Sale By Owner home, business or property can be
exposed to the world at no charge, complete with all details and up to six full
color photos.
Through our new partnerships with some of the leading sites on the net, thousands
of potential buyers visit our site daily, with many more coming soon with two
new partnerships we are currently developing. Thanks to all of you for taking
the time to list your home with us and helping us grow. We receive testamonials
regularly from people who have sold their home through us. If yours hasn't sold
yet, hang in there, make sure you have an appealing price, description and
photos. You might consider using our URL in your local ads,
www.allthelistings.com/home/details/1234
makes an effective 24 hour salesperson for your home.
Or, if you want more exposure, consider spending a few dollars on a featured
property listing, for thousands
of views daily and hundreds of people typically clicking on your property to
learn more.
Future Features
Our future features in the newsletter will include articles of interest
on getting the most out of your free listing site such as tips on searching
the site and how we handle your privacy. Our popular Buying and Selling FSBO
series will cover all aspects of the process from getting your property ready
for sale to closing the sale, check the archives page for complete titles.
We are including editorial comment, such as the editorial "Why does it cost so
much to sell your home" and guest editorials from opposing viewpoints. If you
have a suggestion for a story you would like to see feel free to email it to us.
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Part 2 - What is a fair price for your property?
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