Customer Testimonials

I had to let you know that just a week ago, I posted an ad in "For sale by Owner" Lake Property in Montgomery, TX. Bentwater........

Both Craigslist.org and your website had many hits. The first email prospect is from CA. and moving to the Bentwater area in Texas. He saw the house about three months ago when it was listed with Bentwater Realty and MLS. Then about a month ago he looked on his own. My daughter and her husband moved to Ca. also, and this is their home. The Bentwater agency hardly showed the home in the six months they had the listing, so at the end of December, my daughter called Bentwater Realty and fired them, took the house off the market, we got our handyman to do some fixing and had the locks changed.

I want you to know that this first caller from your ad and Craigs list has signed and emailed the intent and proposal documents and we're meeting him tomorrow with the inspector to go through the house. Earnest money will be given to Title company, and closing is around the 15th of February!

I thought you'd like to know that these things do happen .....it's great; especially since my kids do not live in Texas any longer but in CA. and that Owners.com and Craigslist really does work.....

For Sale By Owner really does work......It takes a little time, and the right wording to catch the interest of just the right buyer that's looking for something special and also save so much money. The property sold for $475,999 with Club Membership negociated worth another $9,000 at closing.......We offered the home at $499,900 Firm........and I had a good amound of hits! Thank you for the tools to make it work. "This took us one week to find the interested buyer!!!"

Sheila Whitehead, Texas

I just sold my house thanks to you at Owners.com. I had my house on the market for 2 months and nothing. Then, I put my house on owners and had an offer in 5 weeks and I am closing next Thursday. I had never heard of owners.com only forsalebyowner.com, which is much more expensive. I really think if you would advertise more in North Carolina, you would get more business and people would use your service more.

Thanks again for helping me to sale my house.

Wynn Snider, North Carolina

Dear Owners.com: Thank you for helping me sell my house. From submitting the listing to adding photos, and the price (which was great) – you helped sell my house in 3 weeks! We had 3 offers – two were from Owners.com, and one from our local paper (which was a LOT more expensive). Thank you!!

Barbara Straight, Syracuse, NY

Owners.com, It appears we have sold our home through your site. What a blessing to not have realtor fees to deplete our equity. Thanks so much.

Tim and Stacy, Wisconsin Rapids, WI

The buyers saw our home on Owners.com and called the next day, followed by an offer the following day. It was the website on Owners.com that sold the house. I would definitely recommend Owners.com!!!!!

Char - Menomonee Falls, WI

I think the secret to selling it so fast (under contract on day 8) was twofold:

1. We priced it correctly. We took one quarter of the standard sales commission and took that right off of our price. We knew that the stereotypical buyer who is looking at for sale by owners is looking for a deal. In our case the deal was a house listed at more than $5000 less than the comps.
2. We cooperated fully with the buyer's real estate agent. In Longmont this means we paid 2.8% commission to her.It is worth it. Most people buying a house only feel comfortable working with an agent. If you do not cooperate with agents I feel you are throwing away the majority of your buyers. Also, the buyer's agent has been very professional. She did all of the paperwork and has answered all of our questions through this process.

In summary, we can say that we listed the house ourselves. An agent sold it.

By listing it ourselves we saved over $10,000 on commissions, but gave $5000 of that to the buyer in a price reduction. We were motivated sellers. By listing it ourselves at a really good price we were able to sell the house very quickly. This alleviated us of the stress of keeping our house in "show home" condition and allowed us to move on with other aspects of our move.

It is the only way to go, according to me!

Marguerite Lindsay, Longmont, CO

Thanks to your website and the awesome opportunity to send people to review my listing. It was a piece of cake.....I have recommended to all I know.

Liz Miller, Jacksonville, FL

I did sell the house by owner. It was the easiest advertisement I have ever used. The sign with my number and the web site was a huge success. My buyer looked at it on the web site and decided she wanted to buy it before she even came to the house to look all the way through. One last thing...I sold it within 20 days of first putting the sign in the yard. Thanks for the great service.

Billie Bartley, St Joseph, MO

I put the sign up on the lawn and posted the detail on the website Saturday March 11. 22 days later, I had an offer!

The web site posting and sign allowed me to provide details and an email box that sorted out the buyers from tire kickers. I definitely think the photos helped show the interior. Being a very busy person, I didn't have a lot of spare time to show the house to people who were just "curious".

Personally, I did some market research before pricing my home, I listed it before the spring market and I was flexible on the selling price. Also, I do have to share that I buried a statue of St. Joseph in the front yard. The sign and the website drove lookers to the house, but I can't help but think that I had a little divine intervention to help seal the deal.

I am also buying my condo as a FSBO. And I would do it again. Regards,

Ellen Bowden, Royal Oak, MI

We sold our home by owner after about 10 wks. We are in the process of purchasing our new home. The experience has been good. We saved about $10K and only have about $600 invested from our advertising/signs. We sold our 1st house by owner and bought our 2nd house by owner as well, so we are pretty familiar w/the process. You just can't beat the money that you save! Thanks for asking and thanks for the website ad!

Robin Dugas, Pittsburgh, PA

I thought the site was quite helpful. I sold my house within 2 weeks. I sold it to a local person who saw my home for sale sign in the front yard. But I actually had 2 people from out of state that are moving to Carrollton. They emailed and called me because they saw the house on owners.com.

Kim, Carrollton, GA

Thanks to owners.com, my house is UNDER CONTRACT !!!!!! Thank you. People saw it on owners.com and came to my open house. Thanks again.

Fred Roerden, Floral Park, NY

The best part is it only cost us $14.95 to have our ad on your site. Usually it costs us a few hundred dollars to advertise ourselves. This is the second time we listed on Owners.com and the 1st sale thru the site. One out of two ain't bad, huh!! We will continue to use your site for future houses. Thanks.

Vance & Jean Mixell, Newark, DE

Another factor that helped to sell our home was getting it in the best possible shape prior to putting out the sign (about two months of work). That meant de-cluttering, cleaning every carpet edge with a toothbrush, cleaning every carpet spot, fixing every known defect that was practical, spackling and painting, total yard work over, etc. It resulted in what the appraiser termed the "wow" factor. Even the real estate lady who brought a family to see it said it was the cleanest house she had been in.

Unfortunately, the owners of most of the houses I looked at in (state name removed) hadn't taken the time to really get them in shape to sell. The one I purchased was by far in the best condition to sell.

Rusty Allen, Richmond TX

This is a great tool to use and I have recommended it to several people.

Chan Wilkes, Marietta, GA

We put a descriptive 'For Sale by Owner' ad with photo in the Classifieds Fri.-Mon. & Thurs.-Sun. I distributed flyers locally. We put our home on Owners.com. We had a lot of activity for one week. We sold our home in 8 days, with two others interested also. Thank you for asking.

Ruth & Ed Legarsky, Catawissa, PA

I had a very "painless" experience. I figured it cost me (less than) $200 to sell the house on my own which was a lot less than the $20,000 Real Estate Commission I would have paid.

Almost immediately after putting my house on-line with owners.com I got phone and email inquiries. I wasn't even ready to show the house yet and I had three groups come through. But not offers. Then at my first open house I had over 80 people come through. I got two offers, one was a bridge loan and the other a cash deal.

I found my best advertising was owners.com, the local small newspaper with on-line access and the lawn signs. I did pay for one week of the Plain Dealer which was very costly. In hind sight, I would not use the Plain Dealer paper.

I had a title company go over the paperwork with me, so it was simple. Now, all I have to do is sit back and let the Title Company finish the work, pay off my mortgage and hand me a check for the balance. Not too bad!

I think people are fearful of the "whole" project. If they would just break it down into manageable segments it is very doable for most. Great service!

Marilyn Bryce, Cleveland, OH

We sold our home on our own and it was so easy. I can not believe anyone would want to pay out the kind of money a realtor charges when you can do the same thing. I read about how to do it in a book and on the net. My father-in-law sold his house last fall with a realtor and had to pay the same costs we did ( title search, appraisal, inspection fees etc.) on top of the realtor fee.

The people who bought our home are also going to list with you. I will tell everyone I know to try to sell on their own first and to use your site. Thanks again.

Lisa and Mike Angle, Holt, MO

My home is very pretty and updated (wood floors, ceramic tile, decorator paint colors, custom faux paint techniques, custom window treatments, etc) Plus, its very clean and well decorated, so it "showed" very well. I knew it would sell quickly which is why I figured I could do it myself and save realtor fees.

Also, it's in a neighborhood which has a great location (relatively in Houston), highly acclaimed school district and best of all the houses are very affordable (relative to Houston market). It is a one story, 4 bedroom which is pretty unique to the subdivision. So, I just had an open house on a Sunday afternoon, and posted a large, flourescent poster board at the front of my neighborhood with the wording: "Open House. 1 story/4 BR, beautifully updated".

I had 14 buyers/families stop by. I had baked cookies, and iced water bottles. I think it helps having the seller do the "showing" because I was able to point out all the features. Both the 1st and 2nd couple made offers, but I went with the 2nd couple because of their offering price and they're allowing me to lease back until October, which is when my new construction will be finished. Win/win for everyone! Thanks,

Karen K. Smith, Houston, TX

We wanted to thank you for your services. As a matter of fact we SOLD OUR HOUSE on Sunday!! It was thanks to your website that we were able to sell it in only 3 weeks! I think this is a great way for people to sell their houses by themselves. It is very quick and easy, and also proved to be very effective! Thank You!

Joel & Natalie Marquez, Buena Vista, VA