For Sale by Owner in Gainesville really WORKS!

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I can't believe it!  You posted my house on the web a week ago Saturday - an hour after it was posted I had my first phone call.  I showed the house 3 times that weekend and by Sunday night I had 2 offers.  I signed a contract this past Monday!  Please update the web to show that it is under contract. 

Thank you so much for all of your help!  I will recommend this to all of my friends - FSBOinGainesville.com is the way to go!

-Mary
Gainesville, Florida

Other than taking too long to sell (slow market, not much you can do about that), the experience was very good. The leads and showings I received as a result of your website were quite impressive, and I let every fsbo, neighbor, etc. that I come across know that your product is well worth the investment.

I had people from as far away as Washington state, Utah, and New Mexico make appointments to see the house. In the end, I sold it to a local resident, but it was a result of seeing the listing on fsboingainesville.com!

Best Wishes,
Bryan Thomas
Countrywide Home Loans
Northridge
Gainesville, Fl

City: Gainesville
Community: Kanapaha
Rented asap

City: Gainesville
Community: The Reserve
SOLD in 12 hours

City: Gainesville
Community: The Reserve
SOLD in 30 days

City: Gainesville
Community: Stillwind
SOLD in 2 days

City: Gainesville
Community: Mentone
SOLD in 30 days

The actual buyers are from South Florida, but their daughter and son-in-law found it for them on the For Sale by Owner in Gainesville website.  The daughter and son-in-law came up from Orlando yesterday, looked at it at 12:30, brought the parents at about 2:30 and a contract was signed at about 8:30. 

Thanks,
Terri McKinny

City: Gainesville
Community:Northwood
SOLD in 30 days

City: Gainesville
Community:The Courtyards
SOLD in 10 days

City: Gainesville
Community:Rural
SOLD in 6 weeks

City: Gainesville
Community:Hickory Forest
SOLD in 30 days

City: Gainesville
Community:Palm View Estates
SOLD in 10 days

City: Gainesville
Community:Creekside Villas
SOLD in 2 days

City: Gainesville
Community:Hailey Gardens
SOLD in 3 weeks!

City: Gainesville
Community:Rural S.W.
SOLD in 60 Days!

City: Gainesville
Community:Haile Plantation
SOLD in 1 Day!

City: Gainesville
Community:Creekside Villas
SOLD in 1 Day!

City: High Springs
Community: Cinnimon Hills Estates - Vacant Lot
SOLD in 2 Weeks

City: Gainesville
Community: Haile Plantation
SOLD in 30 Days!

City: Micanopy
Community: Historic District
SOLD in 3 Days!

City: Gainesville
Community: Avalon
SOLD in 15 Days!

City: Gainesville
Community: Deer Run
SOLD in 2.5 Weeks!

City: Gainesville
Community: Mentone
SOLD in 2 Weeks!

City: Gainesville
Community: The Trails - Vacant Lot
SOLD in 3 Weeks!

Your service saved us thousands in commissions! The buyer did use the website (actually looking at a home, and then found our property!)  They are out-of-the-area buyers.

Thank you,

Spring Gill

City: Gainesville
Community:Fletcher's Mill - Magnolia Court
SOLD in 40 Days

It looks like we've sold our house!  Thank you so much for your fabulous site!  Prior to using FSBOinGainesville, we worked with a real estate agent.  She was very good, but I really think people are shopping online, in the comfort of their home, late at night and early in the morning.  When we saw how many hits our site had gotten in two weeks, we were confident our home would sell.  We thank God our house sold in less than 60 days! Yee Ha! Country living, here we come!

Thanks again!

Erin and Alan Cook

City: Gainesville
Community: Stillwind
SOLD in 30 Days

Thank you for your help. Our buyer found our home from your web site!

Lisa Thannikary

City: Gainesville
Community: Haile Plantation
SOLD in 30 Days

We loved your web site and services and would not hesitate to recommend your service to anyone selling their home themselves - especially in Haile Plantation!

West Family

City: Gainesville
Community: Deer Run
SOLD in 60 Days

Thank you for your wonderful service and all the help with answering my questions!

Harry Storz

City: Gainesville
Community: Capri
SOLD in 3 Weeks

Thank you so much for your wonderful service!

Jin Jiang

City: Melrose, Fla.
Community:
SOLD in 5 Days

We got a contract on our home to the first buyers that came to our house from your web site!

Thanks,
David Cowart

City: Gainesville
Community: Rockwood Villas
SOLD in 5 Days

We received a contract on our home within 5 days from your web site. Thanks for you help with the pictures!

City: Gainesville
Community: Haile Plantation
SOLD in 1 Week

Hi Laurel, thanks to FSBO in Gainesville, we have a verbal offer from the first couple who looked at the house on the weekend.

Thanks very much for your help!

Bin

City: Gainesville
Community: Abbey Glen
SOLD in 1 Week

We knew that FSBO in Gainesville was a great investment since we used the website to sell our first home. I know that our Buyer notified us from the website because we didn't have our sign up when we got the first call. Four days after seeing the home we had an offer, two days later we signed a contract saving over 25,000!!! Thanks Laurel.

Kim VanSoest

City: Alachua
Community: Ivy Park
SOLD in 45 Days

Thank you very much for your service. Our only regret is that we did not list sooner with fsboingainesville.com. The people who came to see the house after our listing were all potential buyers. Because of the amount
of information available on the site they had a good idea of what the property offered.

Thanks,
Lynn Sollenberger

City: Archer
Community: University Acres
SOLD in 6 hours

I just want to say what a great service you provide. I had an offer and cash binder within 6 hours of my home being listed (I didn't even have time to put the signs up before I got an offer)with you on the FSBO in Gainesville web page and I closed 3 weeks later. Last year I listed my double wide mobile home with a Agent and had only 4 looks at it in 6 months and no serious offers. This time I had a waiting list of 5 people to call in case the first offer fell through.

Thank you so much for all your help,
Mary Daniels

City: Gainesville
Community: Forest Ridge
SOLD in 9 Days

My home was sold after listing with your website for three weeks. It is even surprised myself who truly believed that this house will not stay on market for too long to have it sold so quickly. I got many offers within first week after listing with your website and I never put my ad anywhere else. Your site truly works.

Thanks a lot for your great job!
Danny Wang

City: Gainesville
Community: Haile Plantation
SOLD in 6 weeks

Thanks for your help, and if the time comes again we'll use your services again!

Thanks,
Scott Stephens

City: Gainesville
Community: Shellrock Condos
SOLD in 7 Days

FSBO in Gainesville was great, lots of calls and interested people.

Thanks!!

Chris Huges

City: Gainesville
Community: Foxfire Woods
SOLD in 55 days

Thank you very much for the wonderful service!

Cheers,
June Nogle

Thanks again, Laurel. Using your service was great, it was easier than I thought!

Berni Daniels

Thanks FSBOinGainesville we saved over $7500 in commission fees! The Internet exposure enabled us to obtain over 500 hits, 2 offers and a contract in 5 days---WOW!!! I never imagined it would happen so fast. I highly recommend your service!

Thank you very much,
Melissa and Wayne Joiner

We found your website and service extremely useful. The contract was actually accepted on July 16th. One week after it was listed on your site. I do believe that our buyers found the house through your site, they were from out of town and did bring a agent with them. We also had a second offer on our home after we accepted the first and I know for sure that the couple who made the second offer found our house from your website.

Thank you so much!
Paula

Our buyer found our home in 2 days from your web site!

Thanks,
Chuck

We received tremendous response from our web site and recommend your services highly. The pictures you took and the write-up were awesome!

Thanks,
Wanda Drosin

Our Buyer found our home from your web site. They are relocating from out of the area. Thank you for all your help.

Thanks,
Brittany Honeycutt

Our buyer found our farm first from your web site and flew in from K.C. She viewed the home and made us an offer within 2 hours!

Thank you so much!
Laura Bailas

Thank you so much! The exposure on For Sale by Owner in Gainesville is exceptional! We had two offers within 3 weeks. We know that the buyer found it as a direct result from your web site because we NEVER even put the yard sign up! My mother lived alone and did not want the whole neighborhood knowing we were selling so it was perfect to be able to market the house and still remain private.

I highly recommend your services!

Thanks,
Barbara Stringfellow

I am EXTREMELY pleased with your professionalism and client service and you will come highly recommended to my classmates (Shands), who naturally, have an extremely high housing turnover rate! They are all bright people, and I'm sure if they know about a service such as yours, they would be happy to do the "footwork" of selling their homes rather than pay a Realtor, so I'm sure you can look
forward to more business from UFCOM.

I want to thank you for such wonderful service!

Sincerely,
Karyn Tapley

FSBO in Gainesville was extremely useful in selling our house. We were very skeptical that our house would sell without a realtor but soon
learned that FSBO in Gainesville was a very effective way to market our house. Our house was under contract in three weeks. We were shocked. We are still getting phone calls about the house even though it is under contract. The pictures and virtual tour helped our house to sell itself.

FSBO in Gainesville also helped us with the closing arrangements by referring an excellent attorney and providing us with contracts to use in the process. Thank you for making selling a house quick and painless.

Ed and Elena Mayo

We are pleased to let you know that we have a signed contract on our home.

For Sale by Owner in Gainesville worked great!

Thanks,
Bernard and Margaurite Collins

Thanks to Laurel and FSBO in Gainesville!!! You were a delight to work with. It was nice to hear the confirmation that you can sell your home by yourself. You don't have to have a Realtor to make it happen. We were very pleased with the advertisement, signs and Open House information that was on our web site.

Laurel was always a phone call or email away. She always got back in touch with us before the day ended. She was able to help in those times we had questions. Thank you for making it easy to sell our beautiful home. We enjoyed working with you and will recommend you and FSBO to our friends.

Blessings and thank you,
Renick Family

We received a contract in 3 days from the first couple that saw our house - for full asking price!

Thank you,
The Russells

We received a contract on our home in just 3 days from your web site. We didn't even get a chance to put our yard sign in the front yard.

Thank you,
Hannah and Jim McKenzie

The moment our home was listed on FSBO in Gainesville we started getting phone calls immediately. It was like a revolving door! We received a contract in 7 days!

Thank you,
Gregory Family

Wow! We received a CASH offer within 24 hours of our property being posted on FSBO in Gainesville. Our Buyer received your Buyer Notification and contacted us ASAP. For your information, our buyer told us that he had been working for months with various Realtors and Leasing Companies in the area looking for property in this area with no luck. He practically gave up until he found your web site and the Buyer Notification. For Sale by Owner in Gainesville REALLY WORKS!

Thank you,
Victoria Carlisle

We sold our home in 48 hours! Our Buyer received the Buyer Notification from FSBO in Gainesville and called us immediately. They drove up the next day from Ft. Lauderdale and made us an offer on the spot! I couldn't believe how it EASY it was to sell my home myself. We were referred to FSBOinGainesville from friends of ours who had used their services to successfully sell their home too.

Thank you,
Meredith Burch

We had tried every method to sell our house on our own...ads in the newspaper, street signs and open houses. After several weeks - and several dollars - we had nothing to show for our efforts. We knew about FSBOinGainesville through our own house hunting and decided to give it a try. IT WAS THE BEST INVESTMENT WE MADE! We received numerous emails and phone calls from all over the country - and ended up selling it in only three weeks to a resident of Cocoa Beach. The quality site, pictures, open house schedule and information provided cannot be matched by any service - we saved THOUSANDS of dollars in commission and can now afford our dream home.

THANKS Laurel and FSBO!"
Terry & Sheryl Heninger

Just wanted to let you know we received two offers on our home tonight, just 6 days after placing it on FSBO! We showed the house to a couple this evening and accepted their offer at just $1,500 less than our asking price. Please take the house off of the Open House list for this coming weekend. Thanks so much for all your help! FSBO in Gainesville is wonderful!

Thanks,
Sheryl Heinicka

Our buyers came to our first Open House and two weeks later made an offer that we accepted.

Selling your home yourself is pretty easy - just the marketing is hard. This is our second time selling by owner but the first time using a professional website. It has been very interesting to find out where potential buyers are coming from. We had inquiries as far away as Kuwait and all over the US. The added convenience of scheduling your Open Houses and appointments yourself has made this very easy for us. I have really appreciated your accessibility, Laurel. Always getting a response the same day by e-mail and not having to worry about missing a phone call and trying to reach you anew. We have also been able to use some of the tips and resources on your website. That has been so helpful. I have recommended and will continue to recommend your services to anyone who wants to sell their house.

Thanks for everything.
Sibile Knot

Selling our home using For Sale by Owner in Gainesville was a very successful venture. We had 2 cash offers at our price within 48 hours! Laurel was very professional and pleasant to work with. We recommend her services and her web site without reservation.

Charles and Margaret Sidman

..." I am happy to write to you and ask that you modify our webpage so that it says "under contract"! It happened in just over three weeks! There was a tremendous amount of interest and it was so helpful to be able to direct people to the website and not have to answer a million questions over and over. Thanks again for all your help and for offering such a terrific service. We would highly recommend it to anyone selling by owner .."'

Thanks,
Michelle and Julius Bishop

My husband and I put our house with fsboingainesville, because that is how we found the house we are selling. Laurel was professional and courteous and did a wonderful job of photographing our house. The tour of our house was fantastic.

We had two contracts on our house in 8 days. It was nice not having to pay a commission. Thank you for all your help.

Thanks,
Pat and Linda Berry

We got more calls from the web site then from any other source. There is absolutely no way our buyer would have found our home if it wasn't for the exposure generated from your web site! Thank you very much.

Schmitt Family

Thank you for helping to make the sale of our first home go so smoothly! We
received 3 offers on our house within 2 days, and had a signed contract in 6
days for $6,000 MORE then our asking price! We can't believe how easy the entire process was, and can't imagine
ever using a Realtor. We will absolutely recommend For Sale By Owner in
Gainesville to everyone we know!

Many thanks!
Mike and Robin Fowler

Thank you for your professional & courteous service. The real estate information and sales contract you provided were easy to understand and very helpful for both the buyer and us. You saved us thousands in real estate commissions. Our home was under contract 6 days after listing with FSBO in Gainesville. The buyer is from Naples and found our home while searching the Internet. They loved the virtual tour and drove up from Naples to see the home. They were only the 3rd person we showed the house to (number 2 was also interested but didn't make an offer in time). We also got several calls from out of state including a call from a couple in Virginia who are moving to Gainesville to work at Shands. They found our listing on FSBO in Gainesville while searching the Internet and called us long distance to get additional information about the home.

Thanks again for all of your help!!
Todd & Becky Hutchison

We received a contract on our home in 6 days. The Virtual Tour made it faster and easier for our out of area buyer to make a decision because he was able to show his wife our home online.

Thanks, Steve and Lisa Bratcher

I received full asking price for my condo and didn't have to pay any Realtor fees. I will definitely refer you to friends and use your services again.

Thanks, Anne Kennedy

For Sale by Owner in Gainesville works! We avoided paying thousands in Realtor commissions and we would definitely use them again. The ad and pictures were so professionally done and
Laurel was a pleasure to work with.

Thanks, FSBO in Gainesville! David and Christine Lacinak

We sold our home in 10 days by using For Sale by Owner in Gainesville.

The Internet presence attracted our out-of-town buyer. The entire process was quite quick and easy!

Thanks, Cam Truitt & Larry Naylor, The Enclave

We received a Contract for our home in 19 days from your website!

Thank you, Roger Fleury

"....I had my home listed with a Realtor for 6 months... ...after posting my home on For Sale by Owner in Gainesville I received a contract in 6 days from a buyer in Tampa that received your Buyer Notifications..."

Thanks, Carlie Chilbers

I just wanted say thank you. After I approved the website on Monday night we started getting calls early Tuesday morning.

One of the first callers came by that evening and we signed a contract that night by 6:30 pm for the full asking price.

Thank you, Ric T'Felt

For Sale by Owner in Gainesville made it so easy for us to sell our home ourselves!

Our property was under contract in 24 hours to the first looker. We had a ton of phone calls still after! Our buyer found our home from the Buyer Notification Email you sent out and paid $3,000 more than our asking price!!

You really did help us sell our home FAST, EASY, AND WE SAVED A TON OF MONEY!

Thanks,
Jonathan Mason and Carolyn Alcantara
Gainesville

Thanks for the great job. We received a contract less than 24 hours after our house went up on your web site. The pictures on your site turned out great and best of all we saved thousands of dollars in fees. We are happy to report that the new owners closed on the house today. It was all so easy with For Sale by Owner in Gainesville.com. Thanks again.

Sincerely,
Ted & Beverly

We've completed the sale of our home and are writing to let you know what a good experience we had with For Sale by Owner in Gainesville. Our home was under contract within 10 weeks of your posting it on FSBOinGainesville.com, and the entire experience was so much smoother than our previous experience listing with a Realtor! We would highly recommend For Sale by Owner in Gainesville to anyone buying or selling a home.

In our experience, we showed our home less frequently through FSBOinGainesville.com versus the Realtor, but we sold it quickly nonetheless. We think it was because the buyers who found us through your website were informed, knew what they are looking for in a house, and wanted to see it because it was truly a potential home for them. In contrast, Realtors brought people through the house just because they were "in the neighborhood" looking at homes. When you are as busy as we are, you appreciate knowing that all the hard work you put into showing your home is for potential buyers, not for those who are just browsing to get an idea of the market!

Keep up the good work, and good luck with expanding your service to other cities.

Sincerely,
Chris & Susie Borgert

I sold my home through your wonderful service. I didn't even need to advertise in the paper. I could have had it Under Contract the first day of listing it on FSBO in Gainesville but I accepted more money 3 days later! I saved thousands of dollars. I recommend your services to anyone selling their home!

Many Thanks,
Catherine Patton

For Sale by Owner in Gainesville is awesome! I had so much traffic once I had my home advertised on your web site. I sold my home in 40 days. I recommend anyone selling their home to advertise here first!

Thanks,

Debbie Kircher
Sunnydale

We sold our house in just over one month on your web site. We had anticipated it taking 6 to 8 months and were shocked with the enormous response we had once our property was listed on FSBO in Gainesville. We were able to get moved and register our daughter for school so that our transition went very smoothly and as I stated, much quicker than anticipated. Your site works great and we appreciate your help.

Thank you,
Jennifer Jackson

The Internet has completely changed the real estate market place. We sold our home through FSBO in Gainesville. If you don't use this site, make sure you're on the net somehow. Our buyers were from Massachusetts, but we had hits as far away as Hawaii, California, Colorado and Wisconsin.

Thanks,
Tom and Cynthia Rafter

FSBO in Gainesville was great. We sold our house before we ever put up the yard sign, so it was wholly an Internet sale. With just over 600 hits on our website and several interested parties we were able to obtain a signed contract in just 18 days. This must be the best way to sell a home!

We were told selling our Summer Creek home For Sale By Owner would be difficult considering we had already moved into our new home three hours away. After placing an ad in the local newspaper and receiving not one response, we came across For Sale by Owner in Gainesville! Laurel promptly put us on her site and immediately we started receiving inquires! It was wonderful to get qualified buyers who could first view our home on the website so we did not have to travel back and forth wasting time and money. In four weeks our home sold to a couple from out of state whose wife was unable to fly here to see the house. She was able to view the house on the website and get all the details they needed to make the decision to purchase the house. Our buyers were thrilled and best of all we saved thousands of dollars! Impressed with Laurel and the services she provides, we decided to open a FSBO in Brevard County (BrevardByOwner). We know that Laurel’s professionalism, efficient manner and exceptional service is the key to FSBOingainesville and we hope to follow in her footsteps and be just as successful!!

Thank you Laurel,
Lisa and Tony Campbell
Melbourne, Fl

FSBOinGainesville was great. The help with our written description and answering all of our questions promptly was greatly appreciated. My husband and I couldn't agree on how to list our property: I thought selling our house without a Realtor would be too difficult and take too long. Thankfully, with the help of your site, I was quickly proven incorrect. The person who is buying our house called after viewing it on your webpage. It was under contract in just over a week! I would definitely recommend your site.

Thanks,
Davette Wycoff

Thank you for doing such a great job on the pictures and write up for our house. We had quite a few people from out of town who came to look because of the pictures. ...We had an offer from someone who had called us first from your ad. We will certainly recommend your service
to anyone we know who is planning to sell.

Thanks!
Barbara Francis

We just can not say enough good things about For Sale By Owner In Gainesville.com. We decided after 1 month of trying to sell "By Owner" ourselves with just a yard sign to give your website a try. We had only shown our home 2 times during the 1 month period.

With For Sale by Owner in Gainesville we increased our marketability tremendously. We received hundreds of hits on our website within the first week, and received phone calls from only serious buyers that had previewed our property online. After 3 weeks a couple from Connecticut saw our home on your website, flew into town, and placed a contract on our home. In the Melrose area houses are usually on the market for 6 months or longer. This was not the case with FSBOinGainesville. You made everything so easy from the great photos and detailed written profile on our home to your prompt, warm, courteous service. You saved us thousands of dollars !!!!! We will recommend FSBOinGainesville to anyone wanting to sell or buy a home!

Thanks A Million
Joel and Kara Alford

One week, start to finish- We contacted Laurel on a Sunday, she came by on Tuesday to take photos, and then wrote and compiled our web page by Thursday, as promised. Our property went on-line early Friday morning. We had more than 200 hits to the site in three days, and most prospective buyers first previewed our home via our on-line site. We accepted a contract on Sunday, one week from the time this process started.

FSBOinGainesville is graphically really well done, informative, and easy to navigate. Laurel is professional, efficient, responsive, encouraging, and a pleasure to work with. This was a very positive experience for us. For persons wanting to sell on their own, this is definitely a great way to go.

Bruce J. MacFadden, Ph. D.
Associate Director of Exhibits & Public Programs
Florida Museum of Natural History
University of Florida

A Buyer Testimonial sent to us on 6/4/03
....By the way, I love the web site, it is very user friendly, the search
criteria are good, and the pictures of the houses are perfect! My husband
and I have been searching for a home for about 2 months now and out of all
the Realtors' websites, Realtor company web sites and other searches we
have used trying to find the perfect home for us, this one is the best, by
far! I especially like that it is current, nothing is more disappointing
to find a house that meets your criteria only to find out it sold a month
ago and the website has not been updated!

Thanks for your help,
April Tisher

For Sale by Owner in Gainesville is awesome!!! I listed my house on FSBOinGainesville.com and my house was under contract in less than 1 week!! Since I am a cardiology fellow at Shands, and therefore have limited free time, I was thrilled to be able to quickly and easily sell my house- not to mention save a lot of money. FSBOinGainesville produced great photos of my home as well as an excellent written profile. I didn't even have to place and ad in the paper! I have literally saved thousands of dollars thanks to FSBOinGainesville. This website is the best service available for buyers and sellers if you want to save money and time.

Thanks,
Amy Eversole, M.D.

Hope all is well. We sold our house on Friday to someone who went through a Realtor but originally found the house on For Sale by Owner in Gainesville

Thank you for assistance and good luck in the future.

Stephen Monroe, MD

Thanks Laurel. The house did sell and it was due to the listing on For Sale by Owner in Gainesville. Our buyer came in from out of the area.

We had several serious inquiries even after the house had an initial contract!

Thanks again,
Hugh and Becky Thomas

Thank you so much for your help. Being single, I was hesitant to try this on my own but I have to tell you that using FSBO in Gainesville was so easy.

And saving the commission that I would have had to pay a Realtor is an extra bonus! You did a wonderful job on the pictures of my property and also the write up on your web site.

Thanks again,
Teresa Parker

I can't say enough about your service! I wanted to sell my condo, however, my circumstances were a little different from the norm. I needed to stay in the unit for a few months and because of the condo
rules, I couldn't put up a "for sale" sign. Also I had very little time to devote to this process. So, I did nothing else to advertise. The response was great and I was able to schedule the showings at my convenience.
I soon had a buyer who was willing to wait until I could close. The information packet that FSBO in Gainesville supplied gave answers to every question I had, so, it was all so easy!

Thanks so much,
Delores Tuck

Thanks FSBOinGainesville! We have a contract! The first day that our home was on FSBOinGainesville we received a number of emails and calls. We received calls from New York City, Key Largo, Ohio, Gainesville, Orlando, and Tampa. I could not believe how many people view this web site. Our home was advertised in 3 local papers and we received very little calls but as soon as we put it on For Sale by Owner in Gainesville we got immediate response.

We would recommend anyone to advertise on FSBOinGainesville.

Thanks so much!
Ed and Lisa Schroder
High Springs

Thank you for all of your help. The website produced ample amounts of potential buyers. I highly recommend this site to all potential sellers before you consider any Realtors.

Thanks again,
Alan Jean

I got many inquiries from FSBOinGainesville.com's website. It was great to have pictures up so that buyers could preview the house and not waste
both my time and their's. It was also very useful to just give the web address to interested parties rather than try to describe the house to them. This way they could see it for themselves. The staff at FSBOinGainesville.com was great to work with and they gave great advice. I'll certainly use them when I next have a house to sell or buy!

Thanks,
David Niblett

Literally within minutes of listing our home on For Sale by Owner in Gainesville, we received an email from an interested party living nearly 1000 miles away! They received your automatic email updating them of new listings to your website. Two days later, they both flew down to look at the house and made an offer on the spot! Our house closes in a few weeks and we couldn't be
more thrilled with the service you provided us. The Realtor's fees would have amounted to over $27,000.00 to sell our home. Instead, for $390 we sold our home through your service within 4 days. I just wish the city we are moving to had such a useful FSBO website. I may just have to create one there!

Thanks so much,
Ben and Diana Light

We are so grateful that we signed on with
FSBOinGainesville in the selling of our manufactured home. We had several people call and visit the house a few days after the ad appeared on the web site. Then, a couple in Texas saw the ad, and after weeks of e-mails and telephone calls followed by a visit, they have bought the house.

They are moving to Gainesville in the Spring so that the husband can enter a doctoral program at the University of Florida. Only through FSBOinGainesville would
this contact have been made to our knowledge. So we commend this program
which is of great value to those who wish to try to sell their property on
their own.

Thank you very much.
Richard and Louise Smith

Our house was officially sold last Friday
(11/22/02). Both my wife and I can not thank you enough for your excellent service. With your ad, our house was sold within two months after we placed it on the market. 90% of our visitors had responded to your web ad and were very impressed with the quality photos you have made for us. We have no doubt that your service is
the best one since we have used some other service too. Thank you again for your quality job and we will certainly use your service again in the future.

Wei and Yong G

Our property (unique and lake front property) had been listed with 2 Gainesville real estate agencies, for approx 2 years. Several of my tennis friends suggested For Sale by Owner in Gainesville
which we finally tired. During this time, we made several property improvements.

After listing on the web site, we received a number of phone calls from real estate sales people, suggesting we let them list the property. We told them that we would pay a 3% sales commission, but were going to let For Sale by Owner in Gainesville run it's course.

Our web site appeared on Sept 25, 2002 and we have a contract as of
Nov 8. The sale did include a 3% sales commission, but we did have a back up direct offer, via For Sale by Owner in Gainesville without a commission.

We are pleased with For Sale by Owner in Gainesville and suggest giving it a try.

Sincerely,
Dave and Margaret DeLong

I have used many Realty websites and your's is the best. I received numerous compliments on the pictures and information. We will definitely
use you again should the need arise.

We also tell all our friends how great and valuable your service is.

Good Luck and thanks,
Cindy Andrade and Jim Cunningham.
Chariot Travel Services

"We consistently got more calls and visits from FSBOinGainesville.com than from advertising in the Gainesville Sun.

My buyer came as a result of your service. "

Thanks again,
Frances Woodall

Ed and I wanted to let you know that we finally sold our home. Thanks so
much for your help!! For sale by Owner in Gainesville definitely attracted many potential buyers that would not have otherwise saw our property. I will crow to everyone who is selling or buying property about your services.

Good luck and thanks,
Lori and Ed Wirth
Buckbay - Gainesville

We tried selling our home using the newspaper as our only source of advertisement for approximately one month. During that time we only had three potential buyers walk thru. However, after listing our home with FSBOinGainesvill.com, we immediately started getting calls and had over 20 showings, which resulted in the sale.

Listing with FSBOinGainesville.com was a pleasant experience. It saved us time and money. We would highly recommend anyone who is looking to sell their home without a Realtor, list with here first

Thanks,
C. Grant
Asst. Basketball Coach
The University of Florida

Great service. Within 7 days of listing we had a verbal commitment, and
a signed contract within 10 days! The person who bought our house had
used For Sale by Owner in Gainesville before and was tracking new listings on the
site when she found our house. We even had backup offers placed on our
home by people reviewing the web site!

Thanks,
Stephen Monroe, MD

Thought you might like to know that after all the hoops we jumped through with the agent, then doing the flat fee listing, we ended up getting an offer from someone who saw the house on your site!

Thanks,
Bill Pardi
Executive - LearnitCorp.

My house sold and I had six other people on a waiting list should the deal not go through! I closed on 6/21/02 and want to thank you for your wonderful service. I would not have been able to sell my house as quickly without your help. The majority of the people who stopped by said they saw my house on your site. You will see me again as my parents want me to help them sell their home and you'll be the first person I call.

Thanks again so very much,
Sadie Darnell
Gainesville Police Dept.

Laurel, we are extremely pleased with the quality of the photos you put on the website. As you know, this sale happened so fast, our heads were swimming. The page went up on Friday, the buyers came by Saturday, made an offer which we accepted on Sunday and the Title Company you recommended did the rest. It took about 45 minutes Monday evening to complete the legal contract and collect the earnest money which the title company held for us. We certainly recommend this approach and of course the buyers saved almost $15,000 by buying from the owners. It is a win-win situation.

Thanks again,
Bill and Barbara Creech

My house sold using only the For Sale by Owner in Gainesville web. I did not use flyers, newspaper adds, or open houses and yet received many potential buyers. I received inquiries from many states and as far away as Germany. Laurel referred me to a real-estate attorney who handled everything.

Thanks,
Gaile Price, Gainesville, Florida

FSBOinGainesville.com offers a terrific listing service for a fraction of the cost of hiring a Realtor. Laurel's service provides a great way to market your home to the public; she promotes the selling points of each and every home like they were her own. We put our house on FSBOinGainesville.com and had a contract within 13 days! We would recommend using this company to any one interested in selling their home or buying a new one.

Thanks,
Scott and Donna Jo Toney

Our only real concern in trying to sell our home by owner was "marketing", i.e. reaching the potential buyers who were not going to see the sign in the front yard. When we heard about FSBOinGainesville.com, we thought this would help meet this need, but we had no idea how well.

Just to tell you briefly, our web listing was posted at 2 pm one afternoon. The next 24 hours were as follows: 30 minutes after being posted, we received a call from someone who had received an email notification about our home from FSBOinGainesville.com, and he looked at our home 1 hour later; by 8 PM that same night, we had received 80 "hits" on our listing, and by the next afternoon there had been 120 total "hits", resulting in multiple phone calls; one of these visited our home the day after it was listed and made an offer 3 days later.

Thanks,
Michael Middleton
Pediatric Chief Resident
University of Florida

Thanks so much for your help in selling our home. We listed our home with For Sale by Owner in Gainesville and signed a contract in only 4 weeks.

We have been so pleased with the service and will highly recommend it to anyone selling their home!! It's so easy and so economical!! To date, we have had over 1300 hits on our website from all over the US.

Thanks again Laurel for your help and FSBOINGAINESVILLE.COM

Sincerely,
Page and Marvin Anderson
Hickory Woods

HI!!!! We closed on the house this morning!!!!!! Thanks to your web site!!!! The buyer saw the house on line in Maine!!!!!!

Thanks for your services!!!!

Chris Leavitt,
Melrose, Florida

For Sale by Owner in Gainesville is a great way to sell your house. I only had to show my house to one couple, and had a contract within days. We had over 300 hits to our site in less than a week. The site is very professionally done and easy to find on the web.

Laurel is fantastic; she made selling my house easy! I highly recommend Laurel and For Sale by Owner in Gainesville!

Thanks,

Sandy and Jim Sullivan
Gainesville

Our buyer found our townhouse directly through your web site. We are not allowed to put signs up here due to deed restrictions.

We wanted to again thank you for all of you help in selling our townhouse. You made it so easy. We received an offer 8 days after putting our home for sale on your web site and we accepted it. Our projected closing is on April 19th. We will definitely recommend you to friends who are buying or selling.

Thanks again !!!
Jeff and Diane Monson
Gainesville

"All it took was 24 hours, literally, from the time we put the sign in the yard and the website went live, we had a contract on our house. Working with FSBO in Gainesville.com has been an absolute pleasure. I wish I could say that we've gotten to know them really well, but it only took 24 hours to sell the house. Our experience has been amazing and I have recommended this service to everyone I know who's interested in selling or buying a home.

Thanks Laurel!

Marti and Brian Fernandez
Gainesville

Wow! FSBOinGainesville.com is such an incredible service. Within 3.5 weeks of listing my condo, I accepted an offer. While I had never sold a home before, the whole process was smooth and uncomplicated...and I saved $$ on a Realtor's fee! I had over 200 hits to my website within days of the posting.

If you are serious about selling your home, this is the way to go!

Thanks Laurel,
BJ Strickland
Gainesville, FL

Great News...We closed last week on our home in Rock Creek. We tried to sell our home by owner posting a sign on the street and in front of the house. We also ran ads in the Gainesville Sun. Only after we posted our home on For Sale by Owner in Gainesville did we attract qualified buyers. Within 8 days of the house appearing on FSBOinGainesville.com, we had received over 200 Internet hits on our house and received a qualified contract. The whole process of selling our home by owner was made infinitely easier by FSBOinGainesville.com.

Thank you,
Jim Smith
Gainesville, Florida

We're excited to get a contract on our house. The buyers did retrieve the information from your website and made us an extremely favorable offer. Just wanted to say thanks for all your personal touches you gave us with information and immediate assistance when we needed changes. We had lots of action with viewers and people seemed pleased that they were able to view the home via website before contacting us to show the house. Thanks again for all your help and we will be recommending this course of action to others who are interested in selling.

Thanks,
Taffy and Joel Bridges

I have a contract on my house. I was just a couple weeks away from listing it with a Realtor when I got an offer. The couple who have contracted to buy it are from Virginia - they are relocating here.

They found my house on the web site before they came to Gainesville to house hunt--rode around with a Realtor all week, then called me and loved the house. I accepted their offer by cell phone when they were in the Jacksonville airport on the way home!! Probably will close end of February, give or take a week.

They remarked how easy it was to find your website--they just put "gainesville Florida real estate" in the search engine and your site came up first!! Good job.

Thanks,
Robbi Hoskins
Alachua, Florida

We are very pleased with FSBOinGainesville.com--it is definitely the way to go for the affordable and efficient sale of property. We had a great flow of prospective buyers, and we could arrange showings at our convenience--rather than that of a real estate sales agent. However, lots of real estate people tried numerous tactics to get us to list with them. Our past experience with real estate sales agents has been less than pleasant so we resisted their pressure. We took our own digital pictures, wrote our description, printed flyers, purchased an information cylinder and used your sign. Most importantly, we only reduced our asking price by $500. We encourage everyone seeking prepared buyers to use FSBOinGainesville.com.

Thanks ever so much for your great service. Keep up the good work--sellers need you.

Gloria Martin

I just wanted to thank you for all your help with the sale of my house. Your quick response to my call enabled me to get my house on the market in a day. I started receiving calls the first day it was online. I even had calls from out of state people looking for houses online. The beautiful photos and the write up on the house attracted so many people that I started showing the house the very first weekend and I had a contract on it by the fourth week. WOW!! My closing date it the 29th of October. Other's in my neighborhood had gone with Realtors before I put mine on the market with FSBOinGainesville.com and they are still on the market. I sold for what I wanted and didn't have to pay the Realtor commission. I saved thousands of $$$$ and so did my buyer. It was so easy and you were so helpful.

Thank you and good luck with your business,
Margie M. Duke,Gainesville

Laurel, Another success story thanks to FSBOingainesvile.com!! We have just signed a contract to sell our house and will close on the 31st. Thanks for your service. Keep it up and much success to you.

Mark Baggarly, Gainesville

Yes....the buyer found our property first on For Sale by Owner in Gainesville.

Thanks!! Great Job!!!

Eddie VanGelder
Alachua, Florida

I just want to say thank you for providing such a great service. I spent almost $500 advertising in the local paper, but it was FSBOinGainesville.com that sold my property. It really does work! I wish you much success in the future. Keep up the good work.

Sincerely,
Jake Johnson,
Hawthorne, Florida

Great News! We closed yesterday!! Talk about the WOW factor for a busness--FSBOinGainesville is an awesome service. Check it out--we had our home listed for six months with a Realtor. We had many lookers that seemed more curious than serious, and frankly, most didn't seem to qualify for the size or price of our home. We never got one serious offer during that time. Finally a friend referred me to FSBOinGainesville.com, and the nature of the lookers changed instantly--they were obviously very serious! The buyers that would eventually close on our home, viewed the home for the first time within the first three weeks of the listing. Ultimately, we received three serious offers on the fifth week of the listing, and closed within three weeks of that. And best of all, we got 98% of our listing price. An offer for full price came in two days after we had accepted the slightly discounted offer. And finally we saved $13,000 in Realtor commission fees! WOW!!

Thanks,
Jim Paladino

Thank you team for some results. I would never have imagined. In about 5 weeks I got a call from a gentleman from Iowa. He was transferring to the Gainesville area and liked what he saw over the computer. He sent a deposit check relying on ONLY THE PICTURES YOU TOOK. Fortunately, he was very pleased when he did see the house in person. Thanks for your help FSBO. Ill recommend you to all.

Jeff Bergman

8 days! We have a contract on our house in just 8 days! Thanks Laurel for your professionalism, excellent web design and cheerful personality. You provide such a terrific service to homeowners and future homeowners in the Gainesville area. Anyone selling a home or even thinking about it should definitely make a call to FSBOinGainesville. We received a tremendous response to our personalized web page designed by you and didn't even need to advertise in the paper! I highly recommend your business and am forever grateful for your assistance. We wish you continued success with your business in the future.

Kathy Douglas
Gainesville, Florida

When my wife first told me about FSBO in Gainesville, I was skeptical. I've sold For Sale By Owner before and didn't have a web site and had great success. I thought this "investment" wouldn't be worth it. I've gotta tell you that I was wrong. I wholeheartedly recommend FSBOinGainesville to anyone selling there home on there own. It is one of the best marketing tools you'll use to generate interest in your home. Laurel and company are very professional and very good at what they do. You won't be disappointed.

Gibbs Morgan
Gainesville, Florida

Laurel - Wow, what a wonderful job you did for us! The well written text & pictures you took of our home helped the buyers find our home online. We had a contract in three weeks and closed in 7 weeks. Thanks for providing such a valuable service to home owners. Much success to you as you grow your business.

Hank & Pam Hollingsworth
Gainesville, Florida

Since I had plenty of time, I gave myself 12 weeks to try selling my home by owner before working with a Realtor. I was delighted and surprised to sign a contract in 4½ weeks - to a terrific family that found the home on FSBOinGainesville.

The cost savings to both sides were significant because neither of us had used an agent. At the same time, the process was about as stress-free as I imagine selling a home could be. I sold my home for precisely what I had hoped to sell it for. My only costs above the normal seller's responsibilities were $100 for my FSBOinGainesville website and another $175 for the legal work. We used a terrific lawyer - Denise Hutson - who had come highly recommended by FSBOinGainesville, and we closed 2 ½ weeks after we signed the contract.

Had I gone with a Realtor, I would have had to ask more for the house to get the return I expected from the sale. And I cannot imagine that the house would have CLOSED seven weeks from the day I put it on the Internet. My house was not in the fanciest neighborhood with the hottest zip code, but I loved it and I knew the right family would too, if I could find them. The key to making the match was explaining the place in my own words, with photos to back them up, on FSBOinGainesville. I felt that I best knew the selling points of the home, and that's the beauty of this site: It gives you the tools and the exposure to market your home in your own words.

Laurel and her husband are highly professional and responsive; they built my site in less than a day, and any change I wanted made, I'd just e-mail them and they'd make it immediately. They work to make sure the site appears on any Internet searches for homes in Gainesville - a crucial factor in a competitive atmosphere that has every real estate office on the web. I had a couple hundred hits a week, from all over the country, but only a few calls a week - all people who wanted to see the house in person.

A comprehensive web site answers home-shoppers' questions so they don't have to waste your time or theirs. It also lets them see the entire inside and outside of the home. They either like it, or they don't. Lucky for me, the family that bought my house loved it on the FSBOinGainesville site and loved it in person.

There's no question that Realtors can be wonderful allies in the home buying and selling business. It's just not true that they are the only people capable of doing it right. My experience proves that selling by owner can be quick, lucrative and satisfying. At least it was with the help of FSBOinGainesville.

Thanks Laurel!
Cynthia Barnett
Florida Trend Magazine

We have a contract on the house! It was a contact made through your web site. I think you did an excellent job presenting the house and you were very timely getting it posted. I feel the money was well spent; I had several inquiries from the web site and I would recommend it to anyone trying to sell their own home.

Thanks again,
Wade Bullock,DVM
Williston, Florida

You were so helpful and wonderful to work with! I would encourage your clients to use interior photos of their home--that's what people want to see. Using your site is a wonderful and very cost effective way to market a home. Thanks again for your encouragement and advice!

Barbara Hatfield
Gainesville, Florida

FSBO in Gainesville was an excellent choice. We cannot say enough great things about Laurel. She created an informative web site with excellent photos. She was very easy to work with, prompt on returning our calls and answering any questions. I would highly recommend FSBO in Gainesville to anyone who has the time to sell their home without utilizing the services of a Realtor.

Cindy and Mike Dukes
Gainesville, Florida

Using the services offered by FSBO in Gainesville proved to be an excellent move. We had a great experience from the beginning. The web page that FSBO in Gainesville designed for us was outstanding. Many of the people who came to see our house told us how impressed they were with not only our web page but the entire FSBO in Gainesville web site. The articles available at the FSBO in Gainesville site were very helpful in answering some questions and minimizing our stress. Thanks to FSBO in Gainesville we have had a fun time selling our house and can now move forward into the next phase of our lives. Thank you FSBO in Gainesville!

Mark and Judith Wishin
Gainesville, Florida

Buyer Testimonial:

Just wanted to tell you what a GREAT SITE you have here. Wish many Realtors could duplicate it. EASY to maneuver and FIND what you want without 100lbs of reconstruction time. On a scale of one to ten, your site rates a ten!

Sincerely,
Geri Milinski
Appleton, Wisconsin

We needed to sell our house and move closer to our adorable grand children. Now we had to think about the inconvenience and expense of marketing our house. Then, we heard about FSBO in Gainesville - this beautiful lady, Laurel, took the pictures, put them up on the web early on a recent Sunday morning. By 9:30 AM that morning we had our first phone call and by the end of the day we had two families come by to look at the house. Within five weeks we had a contract for our full asking price. During the period of time the house was for sale we had over 700 hits from all over the country. For anyone that wants to sell a property, in our judgment, this is the best way to do it. Laurel, we love you.

Gene and Rosemarie Dreyer
Gainesville, Florida

I want to take this opportunity to thank Laurel and Diane of FSBO in Gainesville for all their help. Laurel and Diane came to my property and helped me select all the features of my home to include on my web page - they even found features that I would have never thought of including. They were very professional and knowledgeable with their advice and took all of the digital pictures for my web page. Within 15 minutes of my property being listed at FSBO in Gainesville, I received a phone call from a buyer who had been automatically notified by them of my property. The buyer came by with a copy of my web page(as I don't own a computer and had not seen my property online) and said how beautiful my home looked on the computer. I received a deposit that very same day and I am moving out this week! I never thought selling my home could be this easy - finally a business that is REALLY service oriented - no hassles or pressure! Thank you Laurel and Dianel!!

Jeff Highsmith
Gainesville, Florida

We just wanted you to know how thrilled we are with FSBO in Gainesville. Advertising on FSBO in Gainesville and in the newspaper is a knockout combination. Our home was in the paper and online early Saturday morning and twelve hours later, it was sold! Instead of people calling wanting to know about the house, they were calling asking to see the house because they had already gotten all the information by looking up the web site listed in the newspaper ad. Sellers pay a lot less for newspaper advertising by listing their web site because you don't have to include all the information that the web site covers. Best of luck to you and your staff and keep up the good work! We think you've totally tapped into a needed market here in Gainesville!

Thanks,
Jim and Kim Hasko, Gainesville

This property was found first at FSBO in Gainesville from a buyer in Miami.

I want to thank Laurel of FSBO in Gainesville for all her assistance in helping me sell my home myself. She was wonderful and so easy to work with!! If anyone is thinking of selling their home this is definitely the way to go. I never realized how easy it would be. Having my home on FSBO in Gainesville gave the home so much exposure to so many people. Congratulations FSBO in Gainesville for a job well done!!

Thanks again,
Melanie Mikos
Gainesville, Florida

The owner sold her home to a buyer from Louisiana relocating to our area because of the University of Florida. They saw this property first at FSBO in Gainesville!

We want to express our thanks to Laurel of FSBO in Gainesville. We never realized the exposure Nationwide that the web page would generate. It was so easy; no muss no fuss plus we could make changes at any time. It was fun to follow the visitors log on a daily basis, just to see how many people were looking. You made us feel really special!! Thanks again, Laurel

Ernie and Sandy
Newberry, Florida

"Hats off to Laurel Housden.. This ingenious method of home-selling has many advantages and began to work immediately for us. Far better than a newspaper ad, though we never needed to do that in addition because our home sold so quickly. The sign out front gives the web site address and helps neighborhood browsers to screen themselves (no pun intended). I wish this had been available years ago."

Ron and Erica Formisano
Gainesville, Florida

The buyer said that he had worked with Realtors for several weeks and they were unable to find him what he wanted. He saw our home on For Sale by Owner and Gainesville and called us the same day. That was Monday. We showed him the house on Tuesday and signed a contract today (Wednesday). He gave us the full asking price of 212,900. We did agree to pay a Realtor commission, but only 1%. So everything has finally worked out!"

Thanks for all your help!
Bobby and Kristie Davis
Gainesville, Florida

My experience with For SAle by Owner in Gainesville has been wonderful. I can't say enough good things about you, Laurel. The quality of the web page was outstanding--the information accurate, you were responsive immediately anytime I had a question or a need (like replacement signs!), and just did an all around great job! Thank you, thank you. I know that we sold our house without a Realtor because of the web page!

Regards,
Barb
Gainesville, Florida

My husband and I are so incredibly grateful to "FSBO in Gainesville" for everything you did to help us sell our house. It began with a warm greeting at our door on an open house day and the offer of your services for a VERY reasonable price. That very day you left us some very sharp looking signs to put out, giving the web site address so that lookers and prospective buyers would be able to visit our house on the web site. The pictures taken were very professional and attractive, the results were posted very quickly after you took the photos, and the hits started pouring in!

FSBO in Gainesville provided exactly the kind of help we needed. We didn't want to give up our precious profits to a Realtor, because we had already spent a lot of money improving the house. The FSBO folks were there for us, always warm and encouraging and professional, and ready to help with ideas if at any point we needed them. We were thrilled to be able to go to the web site and see how wonderfully our house showed there, and to be able to see how much interest was being generated.

All the way around, working with FSBO in Gainesville was a great help and support. With a little patience, we were able to obtain a very good offer on the house, and we just can't be happier that we went with FSBO in Gainesville. We highly recommended this invaluable service to anyone selling a house-or looking to buy- in the Gainesville area.

Sincerely,
Mary Hollinger and Brian Schremp - Gainesville, FLA

"I was extremely pleased with FSBOinGainesville.com. I sold my house in three weeks and FSBOinGainesville.com had a lot to do with that. In the three weeks I had it listed I had over 100 hits on my web site with hits coming from as far away as Connecticut & Atlanta with several hits from Ocala, Orlando, Palatka etc. I ended up selling the home to someone that a Realtor brought to me after seeing my home on the web site, however she agreed to accept a 2% commission. When you compare that to the 6% I would of had to pay with a full listing I saved $11,600.

FSBOinGainesville.com is the best deal going!
Danny Gilliland

Thank you for all your help. We were able to sign a contract in 3 weeks!

Thanks,
Renea Sparrow