Who Drafts The Offer To Purchase In A Private Home Sale?

When you are selling your home without the services of a traditional real estate agent one of the big looming questions is "Who will write up my offer to purchase?" (also called the purchase and sale agreement)

As a Private Sale Professional, I get asked this question everyday.

The true DIY person will simply Google "Offer to Purchase" and download a form. I am of the belief that most people should not be completing legal contracts for what is typically their largest financial asset. I believe that we sure can negotiate the specifics that will make up that contract, but to enter into it before a lawyer has had a chance to review it is not in either parties best interest!

This is where the PropertyGuys.com Offer Maker and Legal Pro program come into place. Most lawyers are going to charge you upwards of $250 to draft an offer to purchase. Working as either a buyer OR seller with PropertyGuys.com our Legal Pro team will work with you 7 days a week to review any offers, draft your purchase and sale agreement, advise on anything an agent has brought you asking for a signature, or simply answer any questions relating to the legal aspect of buying or selling a home.

You can get a Legal Pro or you can call Saul, your choice.



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What Do You Get For Your Real Estate Commissions?

Would you spend $6,000 on a plain, old hamburger?

What the traditional real estate agent usually offers a home seller is a standard, plain Jane experience yet they charge you $15,000-$20,000 for it. The industry is trying to shove a value menu burger down your throat and charge you for the Cadillac of burgers.

At PropertyGuys.com, we offer you a nice juicy burger at a fair price, and we biggy size the combo.

It will leave you asking an agent why so much and...



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Why A Home Doesn't Sell

The reason a house won't sell is broken down into 3 keys, Product, Price and Exposure.

There is no doubt that the three keys to selling a home are Product, Price and Exposure. If any of these three are missing you will run into problems. At PropertyGuys.com we focus our efforts on these keys in order to deliver what our clients are really buying from us, a SOLD Sign. The one that always rear's it's ugly head as we get going is price.

In a blog I read recently, the author points to the reasons houses don't sell are based on pricing it wrong from the start and not having enough exposure. He points out that in many cases where real estate agents are involved in the pricing that the cause is either inexperience or something called "Buying A Listing". This over pricing a home in order to get a listing is, in my opinion, a fraudulent act yet they are never really held accountable.

When a private seller overprices a home it is usually ego and bravado or sometimes just straight finances that causes over pricing the home. Who doesn't think their house is nicer then their neighbours? No amount of exposure will compensate for grossly overpricing a home. This is why it is so important to have an independent, third party give you pricing advice for your home. The PropertyGuys.com Price Pro is a summary from a local professional appraiser.

In the end it is always the home owner's decision as to what to price it. If in 6 weeks you are not getting the traffic you want through the house you can usually point to Price because with PropertyGuys.com we will have already addressed Product and Exposure.