If you want something done right...

...You have got to do it yourself!

So, come December 16th we will be taking our house off the "realtor" real-estate market and just giving ourselves a little break from the craziness that is having your house listed, however, we are also thinking of having it up for private sale during that time. Here is the conclusion I have come to - if you want something done right, you've got to do it yourself!

As I did go through for marketing and had to take many Brian Rodney sales classes, and a few advertising courses and whatnot, I figure, this may not be so bad, in fact, it is likely the very reason I have been so involved and finding so many problems in the current work being done..... because they are realtors, they are marketers or advertisers or anything..... here are a few idea's I have that should get the word out there just a little.

1) As we are in a central location we will put a for sale by owner sign up of course, which will frequently be covered in snow, if possible we will have a listing information box attached to the sign.

2) I have already created a fact sheet and picture sheet for potential buyers (this was for the potential private sales that came through prior to the listing).

3) We will post ads on any free "classifieds" websites between Kingston and Ottawa (if you have the name of any outside your standard craigslist and kajiji let me know - does Kingston have anything like this?)

4) There is always the option of printing up a flyer for the Perth circulation of the local paper, did you know (at least in our local paper) that you can actually include flyer's for free, you are just responsible for the copies! Which is cool cause I get a discount on that!

Anyhow, I am throwing out ideas but I know I have a bunch of really smart old classmates that could have killer ideas and of course all of the people that have sold a house before me I am sure will also have ideas, so post a comment or send me an email..... any advice is helpful!

xo,
S