By Jill DeWit
Steven (Butala) and I have, combined, over 25 years of experience
selling property. The result is more than 15,000 completed transactions –
all online.
Back in the 90s when Steven first conceived this concept, there were
not nearly as many tools and resources available at one’s fingertips.
Maps had to be ordered and mailed from the county, Google Earth did not
exist, and eBay was just tapping into international markets.
Today the process is much easier, faster, and sellers can operate
from anywhere in the world. Buyers can do their due diligence online and
when ready, add property to their check-out cart and pay with their
credit card.
With a cell phone and GPS coordinates, anyone can display a map and
accurately preview a property. Steven and I buy and sell numerous
properties every week without technically ever visiting the property.
Selling is the easy part.
By creating appealing postings that include; gorgeous photos,
detailed descriptions, maps, directions, GPS coordinates, and below
market sales prices, sales are never an issue.
For each “for sale” property, we gather 5-7 images of property, the
surrounding area and plat map, write an attractive description sharing
all the benefits the area has to offer, and post with the pertinent
property details available.
Where to post? ALL of the places below. As long as the property is
priced right, then the only detail is “reach”-ing the right buyer.
Here is our currentlist of the Top 10 Places to Sell Property Online:
10. Bid4Assets.com – Online Real Estate Auctions/County Tax Sales.
Good place to sell property, although we use this more as a place to
purchase tax foreclosed property being auctioned for sale on behalf of
counties. Auction-style sales that require pre-registration and offers
advance email alert notification.
9. MLS.com – Multiple listing service portal for Realtors and realty
professionals. This site does require being listed by a licensed “agent”
therefore is best used for higher priced transactions where a
worthwhile commission is collected by realtors.
8. Realshout.com – Great substitute for formerly used Postlets.com.
(Postlets was bought by Zillow in 2016 and now it’s Zillow Rental
Manager.) Realshout syndicates property listings on: Zillow, Trulia, AOL
real estate, Craigslist, and more.
7. Craigslist.org – With a dedicated real estate section within
states/counties/cities, that can be further defined by housing type
(i.e. land), this is still a great free place to post for sale property.
6. LandWatch.com – Once a free online marketing environment,
LandWatch is a good sales venue, plus resource to determine sales prices
based on comparable properties. 30-day free trial available for up to
30 listings then reverts to monthly fee of $49.99.
5. LandAndFarm – Similar to LandWatch with thousands of listings and
good exposure. Basic subscription is $29.95 per month for up to 10
listings and $34.95 per month for up to 30 listings.
4. eBay.com – Once our top selling venue, eBay is still a great place
to advertise and gather buyers and drive them to your dedicated selling
website. Cost to post property for a 30-day auction style sale, is a
$50 insertion fee with a $35 notice fee when the auction ends. Other
sale types are “buy-it-now”, which is a fixed price type with same fee
structure. Think of eBay as; $50 per month worth of advertising to reach
potential sellers.
3. Social media – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest. Believe it
or not, these are all viable options to post properties and find
buyers. Goal is to build up personal social media accounts so buyers see
real and reputable sellers. Don’t miss the opportunity to create
attached accounts for future business listings.
*NOTE* Facebook Marketplace now even easier to use! Post houses, properties, services. Fantastic tool!
2. LandStay.com (or your own website) – Drive traffic from all over
the internet to an individual business website where buyers can purchase
and easily “check out” online is the ultimate goal.
1. Personal buyer’s list. Since 1999, real estate investors from all
over the world have opted-in to our list and receive weekly emails of
our entire inventory, wholesale priced. Properties are offered to our
Platinum Buyer’s List first and often sold before we even have time to
create listings and post to the rest of the selling venues.
We now include our “pro” LandAcademy member’s properties on LandPin.com as a selling benefit, with no commissions paid to us.
Happy Selling!
