Selling your own home

Selling your own home can be a difficult decision. There may be many reasons why you have chosen to sell your home such as to move to a new location, up-size to a bigger house, or to even downsize to a smaller home.

Whatever you decision to sell you have two options - To sell your house yourself or get an agent to sell it.
There are many advantages to getting an agent to sell the house for you. An agent would take care of the listing, showing people through the house and may even be able to get a high price than the market value.
However, if you believe you can do all this yourself, you can bypass an agent and sell the house yourself. The major advantage of selling the house yourself is you don't have to pay commissions meaning more money in your pocket.
The major disadvantage of going through an agent is that the agent may look to sell the property quickly. Agents will look to get their commissions quickly rather than holding out for a buyer willing to pay an extra ten thousand to twenty thousand dollars as it doesn't add that much more to their commission. So it is almost in the agents interest to sell the house quick, get their commission and then move on to selling their next house.
By selling the house yourself you have full control over all aspects of the sale. From taking the photos, listing the property, all the way through to handing over the keys.
You may want to undertake some research before decide to sell your property on your own. There are many fantastic resources online or at your local library.