Mike’s For Sale By Owner House Documentary
I am excited to launch my first of many videos documenting my experiences in selling my own property For Sale By Owner through FSBO.com. I plan to share my experiences with you as I go through the exact same things you are going through right now: fixing it up, marketing it, showing it, and eventually completing a successful FSBO sale.
Once the home is ready to be put on the market, I will purchase a package from FSBO.com (at full price), and post a FSBO.com Yard Sign and Brochures in the front yard. This is a REAL house that I have owned since 2003, and nothing in this video series has been staged. (I have left the property and contact details off of these videos as to not give myself an unfair advantage over my customers)
I encourage you to check back regularly to view my progress, as well as to make comments. Now, as you have seen in the first video, I am having a little contest for those who have viewed my video. (Hint: the answer is less than “100 takes”)
Contest Rules: Be the first person (current Customer or Potential customer) to accurately guess the number of takes it took to film the intro portion (Mike Talking), and you will win the following prize. You must leave your guess as a comment on this blog.
CURRENT FSBO.COM CUSTOMERS: FREE Virtual Tour (valued at $109.00)
*If winner already has a Virtual tour a prize of equal value will be granted.
NON-FSBO.COM CUSTOMERS: FREE 9-month Gold Package Listing on FSBO.com ($99.95 value)
*Winner must create listing before Dec 31, 2008 to receive free listing
Thank you very much for watching, and wish me luck!
*HINT Update 03/25/2008: One of the guesses so far is only one number off. Thanks, Mike
March 21st, 2008 at 10:09 am
I say 11 takes!
March 21st, 2008 at 10:35 am
Good luck with the new project! I am going to guess 19 takes.
March 21st, 2008 at 11:07 am
Looks great!
13 takes?
-Matt.
March 21st, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Great idea man! I would guess 17 takes…….
I recommend you get Marc Passarella to handle the yard since he used to be the Yard Nazi for his neighborhood!
Good luck man and I will check in for updates!
March 21st, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Good Luck Mike!
I am going o guess that it took ummmm 9. I may be a little low but I see that everyone is guess over that number so I wanted to be different. I’ll check back to see how it goes.
March 21st, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Looking forward to seeing your results. My guess is 22 takes.
March 22nd, 2008 at 8:36 am
I’m going to say 47 takes, and 8 wadrobe change. You may not be an actor, but we all know you’re a diva.
March 24th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
I am going to say 5 takes.
March 24th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
I am going to say 24 tries before you got exactly WHAT YOU WANTED.
And by the way, great job!
March 24th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
less than 100?? ok 98
I look forward to the gift! LOL
March 24th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
I say 27 takes.
March 24th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
have fun remodeling . I say 32 takes..
March 24th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
I’m going very low at 1……..I think the first take would be the best so why mess with perfection. Looks like you have lots of work to do, good luck.
March 24th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
We have some very good guesses so far on the number of takes. Thank you all of your participation. I will give out a hint tomorrow to help everyone out.
Mike
March 24th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
I’ll guess 8 takes. And some good news for us - we just sold our house!!! We only used FSBO.com - thank you for a great site! We also got a TON of calls from realtors…so annoying, but recently, it’s been great telling them that it’s SOLD! Good luck with your property
March 24th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
My guess is it took only 1 take for the intro. You did good! It could use some polish, but the basic info is there. Good luck on seeling. !!
March 24th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
I’m guessing 7 times.
I’m happy to be using FSBO for our horse farm… we’re getting some traffic via this site, but I’m hoping things really pick up this spring!
March 24th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
I’m would have to say 24 takes on the film!!
March 24th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
Third times a charm Mike… 3times…
March 24th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
I will say 9 takes!
March 25th, 2008 at 7:56 am
Well, we’re not talking Academy award here so I would guess no more than 3 takes.
March 25th, 2008 at 9:48 am
Should have taken you 6 times.
March 25th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
I’ll say 2 takes…
March 25th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
i think it took you 12 takes
March 25th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
Speaking from a successful FSBO seller using your wonderful website after we fired our worthless realtor. My wife and I wish you continued success and in your new make over property. Our guess for the number of takes you took were 10!
March 26th, 2008 at 11:02 am
I say 18 takes
March 26th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
I would say 25 takes. I recommend you have more light in shooting yourself and in other shots. Good luck!
March 28th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Wasn’t there supposed to be a hint on tuesday?
March 28th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
To All: I placed a “Hint” under the Video Player on Tuesday. I will give another one right now.
March 30th, 2008 at 11:46 am
The number is 11 takes.. thanks for the hints
March 30th, 2008 at 11:50 am
oops sorry 4 takes. typed too fast
April 1st, 2008 at 10:42 pm
The answer is 23 takes!!!
April 2nd, 2008 at 8:16 am
Ok, we have a WINNER! Dahlia correctly guessed at 23. I will post a special announcement tomorrow for her highlighting her listing on our site, as well as begin the process for awarding her prize. Again, everyone that commented on this blog will be getting a personal email from me. Thanks again.
Just a reminder, Video #2 was posted today, please check it out.
Mike
April 16th, 2008 at 3:34 am
Congrats Dahlia…
I just checked it today, otherwise i also would have guessed 23
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