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Can anyone tell me what are the big real estate associations and organizations in Greater Seattle Area and Washington State? National level would be great too. Thank you so much ïŠ
CraigsList is free and widely used amongst young professionals. As for Real Esate trade groups, there is the National Assn of Realtors (NAR) and I am sure there is also a state assn as well as a local board of Realtors for Seattle.
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If you use craigslist, here's a list of tools you can use to enhance your ads with HTML:
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I also use Zillow EZ ads to drive traffic to my site. Thanks and happy 4th!
The more exposure one can get on a listing the better -- especially if there is no cost associated with the marketing. As far as responses, it tends to work pretty well for rental property, for sales it seems to draw a lot of looky-loos.
I advertise there, but have yet to get a truly good lead. A few semi-good leads, but none that have been ready, willing and able to buy right now.
What's wrong with looky-loos? They're future business.
I am in MA and use Craigslist for all of my listings and get great results! I also use it to search for people who are looking to rent , and contact them with houses that are for rent in the area they are looking for. Rentals are quick and easy!
Since October 2009
because it works. We promise to our sellers to provide their home with every available avenue to sell their home.
We use Craigslist and know of no direct sales or rentals from it. However, with the internet there is a lot of researching done by potential buyers and if they see your name and your property in several places they may end up becomming a customer. Being seen on multiple web sites may be the equivalent of sending multiple letters to prospects in the old days.
Put house on market with realtor july 2n 2008 had three showings but had it on craigslist 2months lots of calls and email but tomorrow is the first showing because of craigslist july 26th 2008 saturday
at 11am young couple with kids looking for starter home
wish me good luck on doing my first showing myself
Ok couple who called and looked at my home saturday came back sunday with family 6 adults and 4 kids and decided to make a full offer on my home.
full offer and I pay closing ( 4500) so, that starts today. now, I was wondering should I ask realtor for a lower fee since I found the buyer with my ad on craigslist...I guess it can't hurt. also, they had no realtor so I told them to call mine. 2 points would work
This is a tricky one. Congratulations on the offer. Many brokers are now requiring all reductions in commission come from the realtors pocket.
Lets say the commission is 6% with a 50/50 broker/agent split. The agent may end up with 1% before expenses. There are even some brokers who will not allow their agents to do this at all.
I'm not saying don't try, but this is the sort of thing that must absolutely be discussed at interview time and then put in writing at the time you sign the listing agreement.
I guess it depends on the type of listing agreement you had with your agent.
I only do exclusive, basically means anybody who asked you the seller about the house is to call me and I show the home or another agent shows it.
This is to protect the seller from agreeing to things which could costs them more in the long run.
Sometimes sellers talk to much and buyers get scared away.
Also to verify that the buyer in question is actually an approved buyer with funds and can get the loan.
Can't tell you how many people I have seen get an offer stop showing house 6-8 weeks go by and closing falls apart due to buyers lender or buyer has things show up last minute therefor not approved.
Good luck!
I advertise all of my listings on Craigslist amongst many others and make it a habit to ask the caller inquiring what advertisement they are calling me from to get a general idea if my time is worth it or wasted; in this case, I've yet had a call from there but you never know. Funny how I get more calls on the properties that I manage and not my own listings. Good luck to you and keep searching for more free real estate website advertising, they are everywhere on the net.
i am not a practicing agent, but i stumbled upon hotpads.com when looking for a rental for my brother. seems you can list real estate on there also.
Having some luck with craiglist. today wednesday august 20th have showing because I put my house on CL every week. this young couple is coming back for a second look. was here three weeks ago today. called said they have bank approved loan and ready to see house again. so, hope this is the one.
should I ask my realtor for a small % off her fee since I put house on CL and I shown the home and also, did all the dealing on what they want to spend and what I want for property? I guess it can't hurt. huh?
Had my showing with couple from CL we sat down discussed price and closing.
they agreed on my house price and I agreed to pay half closing. they went to my realtor. she refused to cut fee. said she can't it's the brokers fee. so, all this work I did but at least it does sell the house. so, offer is getting done. and I did get my house price. I'll break even for what I paid for home 3 years ago.
I use it for my listings, looking for buyer agents to hire, buying furniture, sold a boat, sold and bought many motorcycles, advertising my seminar/open houses. Sold a car on there last week, posted it on Friday, closed it on Monday.
Problem is there are a lot of junk postings on there for buyers to weed through before they actually find your posting.
Steve Rooney
Fastest Realtor in North Texas
All of mine go on there. I have also bought and sold many motorcycles, advertise stuff like open houses, sold a boat, sold my wifes car, bought a pool table. The best part is it's all local and free in most areas.
Steve Rooney
Fastest Realtor in North Texas
Opps, I did that twice, sorry Im new.
In reply to maryanne72856,
You say your home was listed with a Realtor, but you showed it yourself and sat down and negotiated the price and terms with the buyers yourself. Isn't that your Realtor's job? Maybe you wouldn't have had to pay half the closing costs if you had let her negotiate with the buyers instead. It sounds like she was good at negotiating for herself anyway. Good luck with the transaction closing!
well, signed all papers got my price then today another couple from CL wanted to see house. told them I had an offer and deal on table but anything can happen with inspection. so they are back up offer.
but if all goes well sept 23 is closing date I ask for a mon or tues no fridays for closing. plus 3 days after closing to move glad it's almost over
inspection today we passed so, now we wait until closing.
I feel relief and a little sad. hate to fall in love but glad to be getting out and having a life instead of sitting in alone in the house waiting for hubby to come into town. end of next month our gypsy life begins.
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Can anyone explain to me why Craigslist is so popular with real estate professional? Also, any other competing services that real estate professionals like? Thank you so much ïŠ~
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