10	WE TAKE CARE OF THE ADVERTISING: Southern Illinois For Sale by Owner will spend the necessary dollars on advertising to gain as much exposure for your house as possible.
9	LESS HASSLE AND FRUSTRATION: You never have to leave your home for several hours while an agent shows your house. You know when people are coming and you don’t have to clean it every morning just in case it will be shown.
8	YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF NEGOTIATIONS: You don’t have to sit around and wait for the realtor to call the buyer and get back with you. You are not the only client a realtor has and your deal may not be at the top of his/her list of things to do. Hours may go by before you hear anything. When you do the negotiations yourself, you make the calls.
7	YOU CAN "SELL" YOUR HOME BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE: You know your home best. The schools, the neighborhood, what is special about the area and the house, as well as other details about the property. A well-maintained, fairly priced home virtually sells itself; your role is simply to provide additional information.
6	YOU'RE IN CONTROL OF ALL SITUATIONS: You can take your house off the web-site at any time for any reason. If you want to list with a real estate agency there is no clause preventing you from doing so. You make your own rules.
5	YOU CAN SELL FASTER: If you list your home at a full commission with a real estate agent, you'll probably inflate the asking price to cover the cost of the commission. Two to four months later you'll come to the painful realization that no one is going to buy your home at that price, and you'll end up reducing the price (or accepting an offer) equal to the original amount you would have asked if selling by owner. Do it right the first time, and avoid taking the loss.
4	LESS UNCERTAINTY: Because you meet the prospective buyers, you have a much better idea how interested people are, what they like about the home, how serious they are about buying and what their timeframe and situation is. The direct feedback is easier to live with than wondering how things are going, or worse, why no one has made an offer yet.
3	CONVENIENT: Southern Illinois For Sale by Owner gives you step by step instructions from putting the sign in the yard to signing the final documents. There is a list of many professional services, from termite inspectors to storage units, along with their rates to assist you with your transaction.
2	IT'S EASY: "If you can sell your own car, you can sell your own home... it's that simple" said one of our home sellers. And he's right, once you find a buyer... lenders, lawyers or title companies take over (depending on your area of the country).
1	The number one reason to use Southern Illinois For Sale by Owner: MORE $$$ IN YOUR POCKET: Obviously, this is the main reason that most FSBO home sellers are selling their home themselves. You can save up to 7% commission by doing it yourself. On a $200,000 home you may save up to $14,000. Here’s another way of looking at it. Let’s say that your home will sell for $200,000 and you owe $144,000 on the mortgage… so you have $56,000 in equity. If you pay $14,000 in sales commissions, that’s 25% of your equity! Sell it yourself… and you'll save a very large portion of your equity!