Is It A Good Idea For Me To Sell My Home To A Company And Not An Individual
by: Stan Jones National Real Estate Coach CEO The Stan Jones Team
Selling a home is stressful. It's likely the biggest investment of a person's life. Physically moving puts a toil on a person's mind, body, and soul. Ripping up a person's 'nest' that is layered with memory after memory can be down right overwhelming. Yet, with this selling a home can be incredibly rewarding as well. Moving to a different area, neighborhood, home style is a breath of fresh air. New friends in the community. New layout to decorate and make it yours.
Selling a home can be accomplished in multiple ways. Doing it along by FSBO and hiring a realtor are the most popular. 93% of homes were sold by a professional real estate agent in 2017.
Now there is a new player in town. The so called iBuyer. An iBuyer is a company who buys your home and allows a seller to close and move on their timing. Wow! Now that is nice! As a seller you get to control the timing. In tradition real estate that is not probable.
The question is "At what cost does a seller pay for the convenience of choosing your own closing day/time?"
Take a look at the Forbes article about the iBuyer companies (90% choose not to go with the...