How to Sell Your Own Home: The Practical Homeowner's Guide to Selling by Owner [Paperback]

William F. Supple Jr. (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2003

The reference book on selling your own home and saving thousands by avoiding commission fees. This book teaches you how to price the property, show it, and close the deal using a simple step-by-step approach.

Editorial Reviews

Review

An outstanding book. Common-sense approach and useful unique information -- American Homeowners Association, October 1999

Everyone thinking about selling their home should read this book - Ken Dolan -- Your Money with the Dolans, Feb 1998

For a zillion tips on selling your own home get this book - Jane Bryant Quinn, national personal finance columnist -- Newsweek, March 7, 1997

From the Publisher

PUBLISHER'S SPECIAL-- Now you receive Sales Contracts, Disclosure Forms and other paperwork necessary to sell the property with the purchase of the book. These forms are those used in our for sale by owner real estate business that has helped tens of thousands of people SUCCESSFULLY sell by owner. When you purchase the book, inside will be an email address from which to obtain the forms in Adobe PDF format (most computers have this program pre-installed). Read the book to understand the forms then just print the forms out when you’re ready to sell.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Picket Fence Publishing; 3rd edition (June 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0965391108
• ISBN-13: 978-0965391108
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #633,590 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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50 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy reading, takes the mystery out of selling a home., August 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: How to Sell Your Own Home: The Practical Homeowner's Guide to Selling by Owner (Paperback)

I publish a FSBO Magazine and have read MANY books on "how to" but this one, by far, is the best. It's well organized and easy to understand for people who want to avoid paying real estate commissions. Dr. Supple has done a superb job of taking buyers and sellers right through to the closing.

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for the by owner seller, November 6, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: How to Sell Your Own Home: The Practical Homeowner's Guide to Selling by Owner (Paperback)

This book is the only one like it I have ever seen on the market. The information is well-organized, useful and not intimidating. The author - who publishes a for sale by owner real estate magazine - has direct experience with thousands of private homesellers like me! The best chapters are those that deal with Pricing the house, how to show the house and interact with buyers and how to hammer out the deal so that everyone is happy.

I've read other books by disgruntled real estate agents that want to "get back" at their profession by writing a for sale by owner book...they all stink. They fail to understand that real estate agents ONLY deal with those that fail in selling by owner.

Stay with Supple, his advice is unique and proven. You can see the real life examples of those that have successfully sold from his advice at the web site for his Vermont magazine ...

Robert Larsen
Needham MA

47 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars High on rah-rah, lower on technique, September 17, 2001

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Paul L. Schultz "takatsu5" (Tokyo, Japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Sell Your Own Home: The Practical Homeowner's Guide to Selling by Owner (Paperback)

I want to sell my home by myself. Dr. Supple seems to say that a real estate lawyer is a necessity, but I know people who haven't used one. Probably they are well worth it, but real estate agents don't contract with them. The point up to the marketing plan, advertising, preparation, appraising, etc. is well written, but the section after the offer is made, which includes signing a sales contract, buyers getting financing, etc. lacked details. I would have liked a matrix of necessary paperwork (i.e. Warranty Deed, Settlement Statement or Property Tax Pro-rating), who prepares it, when it is prepared, who pays for it, and if the cost can be settled closing. The long prose sections are good for detailed explanations, but I know what each of the documents is. I just need to know who takes care of them (prepping, signing, sealing). My review title refers to the fact that Supple seems to need to keep convincing people who have already decided to sell by owner. I bought the book based on the previous reviews, and gave this book 3 stars as a way to balance the somewhat overly positive praise.