I have. We used an attorney. Saved all the brokerage fees. Was straight forward. We split the legal fees.

We did survey before selling and the transaction included declaration of transfer and so on. For example, property had an old out building which was not code so it was sold as a dilapidated structure, not sold as a building.

In today's real estate market where inventory is crazy small, yeah FSBO could be a good deal because its easy to find potential buyers. Still need an attorney though to CYA, but they charge a flat fee.

I sold a condo for cash in 3 days using craigslist.

No, but I like the idea of not paying 5% of the value to some schmuck.

I sold several homes that way.. One where the BUYERS agent tried to extract a commission from ME. I had a real estate attorney to review the contract and used a reputiable title company. I figure i have saved 100k over the years.

pay for an appraisal on the side to get an approximate market supported value. should be $300-500 depending on your area, but this price is if its NOT through a bank.

I'd set the asking price 5% above the appraised value.

post on FB, zillow, trulia, redfin. zillow may actually aggregate to other similar sites like trulia and redfin so you may only need to "post it once". take only what you deem to be qualified buyers, maybe ask for a "pre-approval" letter from their lender/bank so you know they're not just tire kickers.

if you know a decent lawyer or at least know of a good one, hire them to go over the Agreement when presented.

yes the appraisal and lawyer will cost a little more but winging those things is honestly fucking retarded unless you're in real estate in some capacity and have been through the process many times or have fuck you $. I've seen ppl not pay for a $500 appraisal, but leave $15k on the table because their listed price was too low. makes no fucking sense. if you start a little high you can always come down, but pretty hard to go up once you set a price short of a bidding war.

you don't need an agent, but you need a few professionals imho.

best of luck. hope it all works out for you.

one other thing I thought of. be aware of the type of financing offered. if it's a conventional loan or cash (the best) then that shouldn't be a big deal, but FHA/VA/USDA have some requirements for the home which may put you in a spot to make repairs. maybe that's something you're willing to do and maybe it isn't. I'm just making you aware. make sure you know the type of loan the potential buyer would be getting and research to see the standards your house has to meet to qualify... or make the buyer pay for it all. everything is a negotiation.

I grew up in a "Buyers Market" and everybody became a real estate agent to save the fees, the buildings sold new for $100 grand but no one ever got more than that when selling 20 years ago. The most jewish job ever protected by the gate of needing a license. Why do you need a license to sell property/buildings? Oh, because there's swindlers and schisters selling property? You hire other swindlers and schisters to sue them.

If you do sell by owner, get it inspected (oy vey...more swindlers and schisters...) and fix the problems they find and provide the documentation that everything is on the up and up. I'm in a fantastic mode today, I can tell just by my tone in this reply...

I had a client who did. He was pissed with his broker and after his contract expired he hired me (a web developer) to put together a website and some real estate related social profiles for him. After 2 years of nothing from his broker he sold the house within a month of releasing his own advertising.

The program involved a single page website with 3 photo galleries (interior, exterior, land/yard) and a video from a drone showing the whole place.

That link was added to a Zillow page which he used to drive people to an open house where he found a buyer for the property.

Good Luck.