Craig Blackmon, Seattle real estate innovator and practicing real estate attorney and real estate broker, has written this "How To" guide for selling your home For Sale By Owner (FSBO). You'll end up netting a whole lot more - up to 6% of the sale price - and get superior legal representation to boot. This series gives you all the insight you need to sell your house (or condo, or townhome) for fair market value, without having to hire a real estate broker (or two).

In this Step Six, you'll learn what happens at closing - and what happens if it doesn't close.

Craig Blackmon, Seattle real estate innovator and practicing real estate attorney and real estate broker, has written this "How To" guide for selling your home For Sale By Owner (FSBO). You'll end up netting a whole lot more - up to 6% of the sale price - and get superior legal representation to boot. This series gives you all the insight you need to sell your house (or condo, or townhome) for fair market value, without having to hire a real estate broker (or two).

In this Step Four, you'll learn about how and where to post your listing for maximum exposure.

Craig Blackmon, Seattle real estate innovator and practicing real estate attorney and real estate broker, has written this "How To" guide for selling your home For Sale By Owner (FSBO). You'll end up netting a whole lot more - up to 6% of the sale price - and get superior legal representation to boot. This series gives you all the insight you need to sell your house (or condo, or townhome) for fair market value, without having to hire a real estate broker (or two).

In this Step Three, you'll learn about how to write up the most compelling listing possible.

Craig Blackmon, Seattle real estate innovator and practicing real estate attorney and real estate broker, has written this "How To" guide for selling your home For Sale By Owner (FSBO). You'll end up netting a whole lot more - up to 6% of the sale price - and get superior legal representation to boot. This series gives you all the insight you need to sell your house (or condo, or townhome) for fair market value, without having to hire a real estate broker (or two).

In this Step Two, you'll learn about how to accurately price your home. It's not easy - but it's not rocket science either.

Craig Blackmon, Seattle real estate innovator and practicing real estate attorney and real estate broker, has written this "How To" guide for selling your home For Sale By Owner (FSBO). You'll end up netting a whole lot more - up to 6% of the sale price - and get superior legal representation to boot. This series gives you all the insight you need to sell your house (or condo, or townhome) for fair market value, without having to hire a real estate broker (or two).

In this Step One, you'll learn about the most important step of all: preparing the home for sale. To get maximum dollar, you need maximum preparation.

Craig Blackmon, Seattle real estate innovator and practicing real estate attorney and real estate broker, has written this "How To" guide for selling your home For Sale By Owner (FSBO). You'll end up netting a whole lot more - up to 6% of the sale price - and get superior legal representation to boot. This series gives you all the insight you need to sell your house (or condo, or townhome) for fair market value, without having to hire a real estate broker (or two).

Why skip the services of a real estate broker? Because pretty much all buyers today search the listings themselves on the web. You don't need to hire a real estate agent to reach this pool of buyers - the internet, after all, has changed things. 

Once a buyer is ready to make an offer - or submits one - it's time to negotiate a contract. Which is exactly what lawyers do. So hire a lawyer instead of an agent. With average house prices in Seattle above $600k, you're looking to make as much as $36,000 more on your sale. That's a tidy addition to the next egg....

Read this series and you'll learn how to sell your home FSBO. And since you end up with a lawyer for the necessary legal services rather than a Realtor, you get superior service as well.

Craig Blackmon, Seattle real estate innovator and practicing real estate attorney and real estate broker, has written this "How To" guide for selling your home For Sale By Owner (FSBO). You'll end up netting a whole lot more - up to 6% of the sale price - and get superior legal representation to boot. This series gives you all the insight you need to sell your house (or condo, or townhome) for fair market value, without having to hire a real estate broker (or two).

In this Step Five, you'll learn about how to get the home under contract - after satisfying your disclosure obligations and limiting the potential scope of your title liability.