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The place I currently live was FSBO. We used an attorney to buy and it was easy-peasy. I don’t expect the place to come on the market again until after I’m dead.

I’d not want to be a buyer nor seller in the current real estate market.

The place I currently live was FSBO.

We sold our starter home FSBO in Rockford, IL.

The Rockford market is rarely "hot", and our neighborhood was okay. I did my research, and was confident in our pricing. It helped that the house was on a main road. People saw the sign. Besides all the realtors who called wanting the listing, or an offer of a commission if the y bring a buyer, Iwe had only gotten a couple of tire kickers.

Then, a mother-adult daughter team. Husband was killed in civil strife in Burundi. TRUE refugees. They were concerned because they were new to the country, and didn't have their realtor, but saw the sign.

I asked them if they had a bank, and were cleared for financing. They told me they were. I told them they should go to the bank with our flyer, and let him lead them without the realtor. They came back, counter with $3,000 off, and a one-year guarantee on the furnace. That was exactly what I wanted. A reasonable counter. From there, we got a deposit, and all went smooth. That was in 2006. The paperwork is much worse now.