Professional How to create a good property listing Monday, November 19, 2012 admin More advice on selling property online from SellMyProperty.org, the leading international For Sale By Owner advertising service. This week, Sell My Property turns its attention to the most essential step in selling your house: creating a listing. Once you've signed up with Sell My Property and you log in for the first time, you are automatically taken through to the "Create a Listing" page. What goes into a good property listing? Which details should you leave out? Here are seven simple steps to creating a good property listing: 1.       Give it a name We don't mean "Brian" or "Audrey". This is the part that will grab people's attention or turn them away, so include all the important stuff here. How many bedrooms? Is it near the beach? Can investors expect a high rental yield? Combine them into a snappy name, e.g. "2 bed flat on Murcia coast. Refurbished. 7% return", and you're good to go. 2.       Add a reference Don't worry: this one is just for you, so you don't have to come with anything catchy. Designed for sellers with more than one property to advertise, this field helps you tell the difference between your multiple listings when looking at the "Manage My Listings" page. You cannot use any special symbols here, but any combination of alpha-numerical characters is fine. Perhaps "Brian" or "Audrey". 3.       Mark it with an "X" No one wants to buy a house