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I am working my way through old posts on a quiet Sunday morning, and I just wanted to say how much I appreciate that you updated this blog post to reflect that its worth getting an attorney or realtor or at least having someone to call in for the consult. I am a lawyer and I tell people that spending the money on a lawyer at the beginning will often save them spending 10x as much on an attorney later. I read a really badly drafted easement on Friday that has no fix but to be litigated. As I told the friend who asked me to read it, I am all but certain it was not drafted by an attorney. Also I use a realtor; not because I can’t do all the paperwork but because this isn’t my speciality and honestly I don’t have the time to market and show my house.
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I’m sorry but I truly think you should completely remove this entire post. If someone googles and gets to this post without reading anything else you have written about this process, they are only going to see that little disclaimer telling them to get an attorney before they go on to read a whole long description about how easy this was for you. If you’re not going to remove the whole post because you want the pageviews, you need to at least write a longer disclaimer that explicitly says that doing this on your own DID NOT WORK. Just saying “given the outcome” does not get the job done here. I’m sorry, I think it is irresponsible to leave this post as is.
Thanks for the feedback. Though you seem to have formed an opinion about us already, our reason for keeping this post up has nothing to do with page views. We wanted to be honest about the process we went through, and we felt like removing the post would be trying to cover up our mistakes. That said, I can see your concern. We’ll add more to the disclaimer at the top.
I have “formed an opinion” that bloggers want people to look at their blog? Is that wrong? My comment truly wasn’t meant in a derogatory way. I was simply saying that if you want to leave the post up in order to get traffic to your blog, fine, but you should heavily edit the content to describe the end result in as much detail as you provided for the FSBO process. I generally enjoy your blog and your decorating, I just didn’t think that the content should have veered into big time financial decisions. Leaving this post up is akin to writing a post about how to study for a test, failing the test pretty badly, and then leaving the study advice up with a note that a link will take you to the poor results of the test. Again, I like your blog and your deocorating skills but I think this type of post should never have been in your wheelhouse. Thanks for taking the time to respond.
No, Anonymous, your comments are derogatory. You assumed they left the post up for page views and told them what they “need to” do. 99.99% of us here love Chris and Julia and their candid blogging style. Take a hike or edit your comments for civility before posting :)
I am thrilled you two were able to “beat the system of what is the norm.” When you guys and John and Sherry(YHL) go this route, it give others the courage to try it and save major bucks. Looking forward to seeing what you do with your new place!
I am so happy for you guys but also kicking myself for not going this route. My husband wanted to use a realtor to sell our condo and it’s been HELL, not to mention the ::gulp:: nearly $20,000 we’re paying for realtor commission and fees. If we ever sell our new home, we’ll definitely try doing it ourselves or with the help of a real estate attorney :)
– V
I bought a house that was for sale by owner and I didn’t have an agent. My fantastic real estate attorney only charged me a little over a $100 to draw up the contract and handle the closing! It was an amazingly smooth process.
That is amazing! I really wanted to sell our house on our own, but my husband was too wary of it, so we have an agent who is doing exactly what we would do.
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Bummer! We decided we would try selling it on our own for a month and if we had no luck, we would hire a realtor. We definitely weren’t above the idea.
Good for you all! I kind of can’t get over how easy this whole process was for you all! Bet it feels good to have behind you, though :)
I know. I know!! IF we ever sell our new house, the story will most likely be different. There’s no way it could be as easy as it was this time around.
That’s awesome! Buying/selling a home seems so foreign to me and I have ZERO clue what happens. That makes me so nervous when we actually do buy our first house. At the same time–I can’t wait to buy a house to get us out of apartment living.
I had zero doubts about you two getting it done. You are so inspiring!