Selling Home by Yourself?!

By Marco Basten

If you are entertaining selling your house, have you thought of just sell it yourself as opposed to using a house agent? There are some good things of selling your home by yourself however, there are disadvantages to To make it simpler for you to decide find the most important pros and cons below. The most important advantage of selling your home by yourself is the money. If you sell your home without the help of an agent means more money for you when it's all said and done. By doing the deed yourself you save the commissions and fees, ,and that doesn't mean talking about pennys, as a matter of fact it'll be something like thousands of dollars of which would paying an agent.

Another upside is that you can to decide on for the open houses. It's up to you when when you wish to advertise. Since you are not a real estate agent that is working on selling other houses on top of yours you can work on just yours since you are selling only your home. Clearly, you will be more interested regarding the sale than a real estate agent would be.

However, as previously mentioned you might also encounter issues with sales when you do it yourself, also, agents are paid a large amount of money for good reason and that reason is that the sale of a home requires takes time and resources. They must interact with possible buyers, open houses, closing sales and the legal side of it. Real Estate agents are experienced with all the above and their experience can impact the sale. Decide realistically! Will you just drop everything to get to a scheduled showing? Do you honestly think you're good at negotiating and ask for an offer? Are you really sure you can do the closing? Selling a home is a big project and it is not everyone who would be able to handle on such a huge task while remaining calm and professional when dealing with possible buyers.

Marketing your own home is not an unattainable task but it can be difficult so if this excites and you are willing to learn then it's likely you can handle managing selling your home without using a real estate agent. With some basic knowledge and a whole lot of energy you'll definitely be able to handle selling your house without employing the services of a real estate agent and keep your money in your wallet.

So how would you start this process? Well, have a seat and have a look at your home since setting a proper amount is the initial and by far, the most important part of making the sale yourself.

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Not Just a Spectator at Fairs and Festivals

By Sam Weyland

If you have been reading some of my earlier articles, you'll be able to tell that I am an absolute nut over craft fairs. They are independent events, with people of differing talents offering just as differing crafts. Sometimes, there's even a full-blown festival. Really, it's just an amazing experience, simultaneously fun and spiritual.

Whilst I have given advice on how to start peddling your crafts in the past articles, I must admit that I myself have never sold anything at a craft fair. I do, however, have a wealth of information from friends of mine who have made it a serious business; just thing of me as a really big fan of theirs.

That said, there will probably be a few people who will say that this is pure research and secondhand tips from friends. No merit whatsoever, until I get into selling the crafts myself. I believe this is an unfounded statement; there are many writers who carefully observe what they're writing about, even without getting firsthand experience. Still, just to show I have "walked the talk", I decided to sell a few items at a craft show.

Of course, the first issue I address is: What do I sell? Other than visiting craft shows a lot in my spare time, my only other area of expertise has to do with polished concrete. Useful and beautiful, but not really a service I can display in a booth at a craft show, right? Although I'm sure I would be able to find a talent if I look back to my roots, I haven't the luxury of time at the moment. I just decided to retail some of my friends' crafts and see where it takes me.

So far, everything went fine. All I did was follow the advice I've been giving people before; I canvassed various upcoming fairs, and I decided to go for the one who offered the best deal for their event booth. Starting next week, I'll be selling various crafts from three of my talented friends; we'll see how the actual selling turns out.

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Sam Weyland is a big fan of Florida Craft Shows. She heartily suggests Florida Craft Fairs to find the closest Florida Fair near you!

Don't Think of a Purple Elephant

By Louis R Burns

I've noticed several people do this in the past month so I thought I'd mention it.

If you tell someone not to think of a pink elephant, they have to understand the words first. Most people will have to make a picture in their head of a pink elephant before they can try not to think about it. Now they have a pink elephant in their internal experience even if they didn't want it.

You may have heard some people say that the subconscious doens't process the negative part of messages. It goes about bringing into existance whatever you focus on even if you're trying not to think about it.

Instead, whenever you find yourself telling people what you don't want, stop. Ask yourself what you do want and feature that. Most of the time that will accomplish the same logical argument without causing them to make an undesirable representation.

People don't consider the images they're putting into people's heads. A friend was recently heating some wax and facitiously said not to eat it. My response was, "I was just about to, I'm glad you said something." That kind of response lets people imagine the silliness of their statements.

Marketers often take a problem/solution approach to influencing others. That works as well. Testing it will tell you which converts better for your individual needs.

When you're fine tuning your message, make sure to look for negations. See if there's something else you really want your reader to be thinking about.

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Louis Burns has used NLP modeling to learn graphic design. Follow his blog on learning new abilities through modeling at abilitywidgets.com.