Testimonials and Success Stories

SOLD - 6/2005
2.5 months
(Listing date to closing date)

$129,500/$128,500
(Asking Price/Selling Price)

Angelia Pridgen
(Listing #1965)

1825 Mohawk Drive

Alabaster, AL 35007

Navajo Pines

The web site was all I used.. no ad in the paper, no open house, no fliers. It was so easy, especially being able to show your house on your own, instead of having strangers in when you're not home.

Realtors called to try to get the listing, said it would sell quicker. The average time on market with a realtor is 85 days, much longer than it took for the home to sell with your web site.

I used Mr. Holliman for the closing and it went smoothly - Tracy in his office was very helpful

My neighbor will be using your website after seeing the results!

Thanks again!

SOLD - 5/2005
2.9 months
(Listing date to closing date)

$156,900/$156,900
(Asking Price/Selling Price)

Wes and Emily Hodgins
(Listing #1931)

613 Old Cahaba Drive

Helena, AL 35080

Old Cahaba

The website not only was a huge help in the sale of our home, but also helped us in our home search, as we inquired about many of the homes listed on your site.

We received phone calls about our home the same day the sign was first placed in our yard, and had two offers within the first week of our home being on your site.

You guys do great work and I appreciate your promptness in answering our questions, making changes to our website as soon as we requested, etc.

Thanks again for all of your help!

Emily Hodgins

SOLD - 5/2005
16 days
(Listing date to closing date)

$157,900/$155,000
(Asking Price/Selling Price)

Mike and Sandra Fontaine
(Listing #2093)

6229 Russet Landing Circle

Birmingham, AL 35244

Russet Landing
(Hoover/Russet Woods area)

Our home went on line around 11:00 AM on May 4. We had an offer on May 5. We countered and had a firm contract on May 6. We closed on May 20. We have had at least two inquiries a day since the home was listed and the response has been very positive. The photos were great and the web site is very user friendly. There was no real estate agent involved, although we did have several to inquire about the home. I believe we could have sold the home 5 times. I would highly recommend your service to anyone.

I do not know of anything I would change about the service you offer.

Thanks,

Michael & Sandra Fontaine

SOLD - 4/2005
1.3 months
(Listing date to closing date)

$154,900/$153,000
(Asking Price/Selling Price)

Mike Raines
(Listing #1963)

276 Warwick Lane

Alabaster, AL 35007

Weatherly

I wanted to take a few minutes and let you know about our experience with ForSale-ByOwner.com ...

Within calling to register my house with ForSale-ByOwner.com I had someone out taking pictures within 4 days. The site was up and running within 2 days and started seeing hits on the web site immediately. The staff was great in working with me to re-word my listing as I wanted to see. The changes were immediately added and my house was on the ForSale-ByOwner.com site. Within the first 4 weeks I had over 1,000 hits on the house. We only held one open house in week 1 and one of the 3 couples to come by put an offer on the house on day 13 of listing the house. We had the house closed in another 3 weeks. Wow... What a great and easy experience. You were great to work with. I will definitely use you again in my future home sale plans. Besides I saved thousands of dollars in real-estate commissions.

Thank you again,

Mike Raines

SOLD - 4/2005
1.2 months
(Listing date to closing date)

$134,900/$135,000
(Asking Price/Selling Price)

Michael and Alex Miller
(Listing #1984)

727 9th Court South

Birmingham, AL 35205

Southside - Glen Iris

We had a contract with our out-of-town buyers 2 days after the sign went in the yard! We are so impressed with the value of your service. The exposure on the internet is very good, the signs are very professional, and the helpful advice is greatly appreciated. The photos are excellent and really help to let people know what to expect.

For the 2nd time, we are thrilled with our experience with ForSale-ByOwner.com.

Alex and Michael Miller

SOLD - 4/2005
1.8 months
(Listing date to closing date)

$123,500/$123,500
(Asking Price/Selling Price)

Jared and Brooke Lyvers
(Listing #1946)

194 Hidden Creek Parkway

Pelham, AL 35124

Hidden Creek

Every offer that we received came from a person that saw the listing on your site.

We listed our home with you and within 1 week we had our first offer. Four weeks later and several other offers we closed on our house and never paid a penny to any Realtor.

I would also have to say that selling our home was not as hard as we had expected. We had originally had our home on the market with a Realtor a year before. After 6 months and only a few offers we decided it was time to go it alone. We are without a doubt glad we did.

SOLD - 4/2005
1.9 months
(Listing date to closing date)

$159,900/$157,200
(Asking Price/Selling Price)

Chris and Jessica Wylie
(Listing #1930)

1657 Deer Valley Road

Hoover, AL 35226

Deer Valley

We have been extremely impressed with your services and will definitely use you for future transactions. Thank you so much for everything. We really appreciate a company that does exactly what it says it will and gets the kind of results we were looking for. I cannot believe anyone uses realtors to sell their homes when your method works so well.

Thanks again.

Chris & Jessica Wylie

SOLD - 4/2005
2.6 months
(Listing date to closing date)

$167,900
(Asking Price)

Alan or Michel Scott
(Listing #1889)

116 Norridge Place

Pelham, AL 35124

Stratford Place

I just wanted to let you know that we have SOLD our house! It closed Friday the 22nd and everything went great! Thank you soooo much for everything you have done to help us and we will DEFINITELY use you again in the future!! Your service has been excellent and I will recommend you to everyone I know!!!!

Thanks again,

Alan and Michel Scott

SOLD - 4/2005
4.1 months
(Listing date to closing date)

$132,000/$128,000
(Asking Price/Selling Price)

Elizabeth Harris
(Listing #1817)

3013 Cahaba Cliffs Drive

Birmingham, AL 35243

Cahaba Cliffs

The website and signs you provided generated so many calls that I found it unnecessary to list in the local newspaper at all.

I am so happy that I decided to use ForSale-ByOwner.com. Initially my decision was based upon the fact that you are a local company and I felt that I would receive better service from those who know the local market. Looks like my instincts were right! I truly appreciate that anytime I had a question, the response was immediate. Thanks for everything!

SOLD - 3/2005
27 days
(Listing date to closing date)

$204,500/$212,000
(Asking Price/Selling Price)

Matt Geller
(Listing #1904)

4817 Lincrest Drive

Birmingham, AL 35222

Forest Park/Crestwood

The process was great! The photos were outstanding and really helped me market my home. I actually had a signed contract within 72 hours following the listing of my home. As you know, we listed the house for $204,500 and, believe it or not, we ended up selling for $212,000. That's right, we had a slight bidding war and ending up selling it for over list price.

I can't thank you guys enough.

Matt

SOLD - 2/2005
28 days
(Listing date to closing date)

$221,900
(Asking Price)

Todd and Misty Ary
(Listing #1874)

5302 Harvest Ridge Lane

Birmingham, AL 35242

Meadowbrook

Dear For Sale-By Owner Staff:

I just want to say "thank you" for the 2ND TIME! We just sold another house through your WONDERFUL website. Believe it or not we had a contract on this one in 3 days TOO (See Success story for #1586) and closed on both in less than a month. It has been absolutely amazing. I would recommend this web site to ANYBODY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sincerely

Misty & Todd Ary

SOLD - 2/2005
1.5 months
(Listing date to closing date)

$189,950/$185,000
(Asking Price/Selling Price)

Kelly Lacy
(Listing #1825)

923 Greystone Highlands Circle

Hoover, AL 35242

Greystone Highlands

The web site was great. It is obvious people really know about it vs. other for sale by owner web sites. Keep it up. There was not a realtor involved in the transaction.

The house Grandmother bought was also off of your website and we used that man's attorney in this sale also. He was great, if you need another one, Clayton Sweeney was his name. The people looked at the home on Sunday and we were ready to close on Friday.

Also, the pictures [Pat] takes are GREAT!

Other than that, "this was such an easy, quick process!"
The final selling price was $185,000.

Thanks again and if we have any more houses to sell, we will definitely use you again!

Kelly

SOLD - 1/2005
2.5 months
(Listing date to closing date)

$244,950/$244,950
(Asking Price/Selling Price)

Jim and Cheryl Smith
(Listing #1784)

528 St. Lauren Way

Hoover, AL 35242

Greystone Village

I now have my home (1784) under a sales contract, and it only took two weeks on the market with your sign in the yard. Best of all, I got the full price I was asking, and the buyers are as happy as we are. You were all great to work with and made everything so easy. Thank you.

SOLD - 1/2005
2.6 months
(Listing date to closing date)

$224,900
(Asking Price)

Condra Barber
(Listing #1790)

103 Newgate Road

Alabaster, AL 35007

Norwick Forest

THANKS for all your help. I was impressed with the work all of you did and think it was well worth the investment! I had a contract on it in 28 days--only two couples looked at it (in person) and the second couple put a contract on it almost immediately. I had over a thousand hits on the site by the 28 days so I know people were looking and several calls after I'd sold it from the listing in MLS. Very impressive!

Thanks again.

SOLD - 1/2005
6.1 months
(Listing date to closing date)

$114,900/$112,900
(Asking Price/Selling Price)

Carrie or Kevin Martin
(Listing #1622)

206 Hidden Cove Circle

Pelham, AL 35124

Hidden Creek

We closed on the property on Friday, Jan 28. We couldn't be more pleased with the results. Thank you so much for answering our questions and keeping a dialogue via email to track the progress. Carrie and I will definitely use ForSale-ByOwner.com in the future, and hope to purchase a ForSale-ByOwner.com home to replace the one that closed Friday.
Thanks again,
Kevin Martin

SOLD - 1/2005
1.5 months
(Listing date to closing date)

$159,900/$159,900
(Asking Price/Selling Price)

James and Beth Walker
(Listing #1819)

2212 Myrtlewood Drive
Hoover, AL 35216

Pat,

Just wanted to let you know we closed on our house today. We received full asking price and there were no agents involved. We had three offers within 24 hours and were under contract within one day of the website going on-line. We cannot tell you how pleased we were with your service. We did no additional advertising and did not even have an open house. Thanks again for saving us thousands!!

James and Beth Walker

SOLD - 1/2005
1.3 months
(Listing date to closing date)

$185,500/$179,500
(Asking Price/Selling Price)

Jan Scott
(Listing #1803)

6352 Overlook Drive

McCalla, AL 35022

Letson Farms

I think the WEB was very helpful in selling my house. I put it up for sale on Thursday. My first, and only open house was the next Sunday. The buyer came that day. The next week, I had a contract and sold the house. We closed within a month.

The experience could not have gone any smoother. We did not involve a realtor at all. ForSale-ByOwner is the only way to go as far as I am concerned. I will be calling you again if I decide to ever sell a house.

Thank you for your help.
Jan Scott

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