Marketing your home is key to selling it and if you have to think about it, that is how many things are sold. There are a few things you must decide on before you move forward with selling your home yourself. The first thing you want to ask yourself is, you willing to put in time? Time is required to make flyers, set up your web site, take pictures, and return calls from buyers and agents. We are not talking about hours but you need to set a side a few minutes daily to follow up.

Next you have to decide what times you will make house available for showing, if you are or are not having an open house and what (if any) commission you are going to pay. When someone puts an offer in on your home you have to accept or counter offer. If there is a problem with any of inspections you will have to decide how to handle it with buyers. Oh wait; these are things you need to decide on with an agent any way.

The truth is there isn't a right answer. It depends on you and your situation but if you are willing to put some effort into it. Can you sell your home yourself and save thousands? Yes. Is it worth little extra work? Yes. Will attorney or Title Company handling settlement for a small fee handle seller side also which is mostly tax and mortgage payoffs information? Yes.

When tax season starts, set up a temporary hanging folder to put ALL your incoming tax paperwork and forms into. This way everything is in same place and you won't have to go searching for that W2 when you sit down to do your taxes.

The Organizing Wizard, Janet L. Hall, is a Professional Organizer, Speaker, and Author of 'Secrets of a Professional Organizer and How-To Become One.' She is owner of OverHall Consulting and Organizing By Phone. Subscribe to her FREE organizing newsletter at http://www.overhall.com/newsletter.htm or visit her web site at http://www.overhall.com

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