Andy Sarwal - Selling Real Estate Using Craigslist
                     Andy Sarwal - Selling Real Estate 
Using Craigslist
For many homeowners and business owners, using Craigslist is an easy 
solution for selling their property, developments or land. In most 
communities, Craigslist offers the free posting of an ad that can be 
updated weekly as required, until the property sells.
The steps to selling on Craigslist are easy. Simply go online, choose your 
community, and select the link that is labeled “housing.” The next step 
requires choosing the button or link that says “I am offering housing”, 
followed by the link stated “Real Estate for Sale.” There are other 
additional categories available that might fit what exactly you are 
selling, including parking and storage, or commercial and office 
properties.
All of the required fields will be labeled in green. This will include the 
title of your post, along with a brief description, and your email address. 
It is important to include any relevant associated fees involved in your 
real estate sale.
The easiest way to ensure that you will get a good response from 
interested parties is to post a current photo, or series of photos showing 
the property. You can do this by clicking on the “Add/Edit” button that 
allows you to up load an image.
The description that you place in the ad needs to be accurate and 
colorful. The words on the page along with the pictures will be what will 
entice any potential buyer. Be sure to list all of the amenities directly 
associated with the property. In addition, make sure you list the square 
footage, the size of the yard, any upgrades, if it has a swimming pool, or 
swimming pool accessibility, landscaping, and any other unique feature 
including parking accessibility.
In fact any amount of detail that you can include in the ad, will help you 
gain success. Attempt at all cost to avoid any negative characteristics 
that might include living on of busy street, or stating that the view is 
extremely limited. Anything that bothers you with the property might 
not bother any potential purchaser. Because of that, there is no reason 
to dwell on it, or focus on it as a way to emphasize the negative aspects.
The only way to ensure that will have good success is to always be 
available to show the property to serious buyers. Offer a variety of ways 
that they can contact you including by phone, email, or any other 
avenue. Take the time necessary to walk through the property, and 
show them all of the positive aspects of why they need to live there.
One of the easiest solutions for obtaining a long list of potential buyers 
is to listen to their needs, and attempt to figure out how your property 
fulfills that need. This can only be accomplished by spending a long 
amount of time listening to their problems, and helping them find 
solutions.
By having a positive outlook, you will likely be able to sell your property 
using craigslist. To be able to sell the property without using a real 
estate agent, allows you to save at least 6% in the commissions you 
given agent to find a buyer.
Andy Sarwal