Business At A Glance
Startup Costs: $2,000 – $10,000
Home Based: Can be operated from home.
Part Time: Can be operated part-time.
Online Operation? Yes
Business Overview
Many people attempt to sell their own homes, properties and cottagesevery year. And while some are successful, many are not. This creates afantastic opportunity for the clever entrepreneur to start afor-sale-by-owner consulting business to assist these people in sellingtheir homes and properties quickly, conveniently and for top dollar.
Duties include instructing clients in how to prepare their home forlisting, helping them to establish a value, teaching them how to markettheir property, having signs made, instructing them on the finer pointsof hosting an open house, and providing them with template forms thatcan be used to write an offer and sale agreement. The for-sale-by-ownerspecialist is not working as a real estate agent or broker, but merelyas a consultant to guide clients through the steps to help them selltheir own homes. Charge clients a flat fee for providing the service,and charge separately for extras like printing fliers, creating ForSale and Open House signs and for listings on your Homes for Sale byOwner website and in any for-sale-by-owner publications that you printand distribute.
The Market
Securing clients is as easy as calling people who currently have theirhomes for sale by owner, and by advertising locally in the real estatesection of the newspaper.