Make sure you have a listing sheet with aphoto of your home. Most important, don't wait monthsbefore you give up on selling it yourself. If you haven't sold your homein a month, and you live in a relatively hot market, you've either gotitpriced incorrectly, or haven't marketed it to the right people. Considerhanging it up and hiring a qualified agent or broker. Don't overprice your home.
Buyers are aware that the market is hot.
Butthey'realso savvy and, thanks to the Internet, increasingly well- informed. Ifyou'remore than 5 percent or so above what they perceive to be the rightprice,you may not get a single offer. If you're priced at or below the market,you may get several offers within a few days, each of them at, or over,list price. Play the contingency game. You'll have the right to control who sees your home and mayeven garner another offer which should keep the buyers moving along.