I am putting this out to the Seattle crew just in case anyone is looking or knows of someone looking. Long story but I am looking to sell my home and looking to buy something that is smaller and on the water so I am FSBO'ing (??) my home.

John Norris built 2005
Courtney floor plan
Maple valley
3 car garage, 25' ceiling in garage, with the entry around back (very special for the car people here)
3250 sq ft
5 bedrooms
2 1/2 baths
upstairs laundry
corner lot
dead end street
Tahoma School district
Very kid friendly area
Many upgrades

Many of you have been to or seen my home and it is nice, but I do not need 5 bedrooms for the gf and myself. (Screw the whole kids idea I can barley handle myself and my dog)

I know the price I am looking to get and it is in line with the market. If anyone is interested or knows of someone that is please PM me.

Thanks
Josh

 

for anyone that hasn't seen it yet, josh's home and neighborhood are clean, quiet, and nice! great for bbq's too! =)
great place to go for walks, ride bikes, etc.!

good luck with the sale josh.

 

Thanks Jodi!

I am done rafting and want to buy a boat to wakeboard and ski with. To use a boat the way I want, I would need to live on the water.

 

^^^very cool! i understand about living on the water so you can use your boat more. we sold our boat this year because we hardly used it. even though it was parked in lake washington, but the time we got off work, drove out there, etc....it didn't give much time to enjoy it.

if i hear of anyone looking for a nice home, i'll send them your way!

 

Good luck with the home sale. I know someone looking for a starter home in Seattle for under $200k if anyone knows of something - pm me.

 

fsbo is a tough way to go JP st louis

realtors won't show it or acknowledge it.

tough time to sell a place. hold it for a while. wait for the smoke to clear. waterfront doesn't drop the same percentage as inland so there really is never a good time to buy it.

good luck with sale.

 

The nice thing is I do not need to sell but I would like to. It is the right house at the right price if someone is looking.

 

where the hell is maple valley?


A buddy of mine used Redfin with success on a $700K house on queen anne hill...

fees were nominal and it at least gets it out there... just a thought...

good luck with the sale Josh!

 

Just FYI Josh Redfin only get's you to customers that look on RedFin. No real realtors will even acknowledge the listing. No one will show your home. It would still be completely up to you. So why pay them a commission to post it online.

Better advice would be to find a realtor and see if you could negotiate less of a commission with them. you'll get better coverage and possibly someone that will care if your house sells.

Also if your looking for Waterfront do you really care about 5% commission lost on your house to sell it much quicker?

 

Mark is right... I was merely proposing redfin as an alternative to FSBO or full blown 6% real estate company etc...

Good agent > red fin > FSBO

When my buddy was using redfin and his house was not selling, he called another friend that is an agent... and the agent friend said "when you get serious about selling your house, call me back"

It did end up selling on red fin etc... but a $700K house on queen anne is/was and easy sale... pricepoint/neighborhood etc..

In any event... good luck

 

That's funny. That's what my girlfriend would state as well. I don't know the actual stats on FSBO but basically it's useless. Word of mouth doesn't even work on selling a car.

 

Please pm me price and pictures if any

 

I think the cost of selling a home 6% through Windermere unless you negotiate something (I did but we were selling two and buying one all with the same agent) is ridiculous.

However... a good agent is worth the money if your own time is valuable IMHO... the time it takes to show, market, advertise, list, stage if necessary etc...

Although I would highly reccomend reading the chapter in Freakonomics about real estate agents... it is an interesting read for sellers and agents alike. (the whole book is very interesting)

 

You might want to try posting this for sale on Zillow as well, there's several FSBO listed there. Buyers can look up tons of information, like previous sales dates and prices, approximate home values of similar homes in the neighborhood, schools, property tax information, Google-like pictures, etc.

www.zillow.com

 

Post up pictures and price.

Normally I would just ignore these without that information. But I'm soon moving to Seattle and looking at housing. Get that information up for me and the rest of the members.