Sell Your House Yourself

• 1). Set the right price. You don't want to just pull a number out of the sky. Instead, look into your county's public records to find out the sale price of other comparable homes in your surrounding area. Even some real estate agents will price your home for free because most agents assume that homeowners will eventually give up selling their home alone, according to Bankrate.
  
  
• 2). Market Your Home. Avoid a real estate agent's fees by doing all the advertising and marketing yourself. Sites like Owners.com offer home listing packages. With the package, you can even get a virtual home tour. Fisbos.com also offers a home selling kit. With the kit, you get an appraisal service and multiple listing services where available. Also, take pictures of your home and place ads on sites like Craigslist.org.
  
  
• 3). Show your home to buyers. First, you might want to go to other open houses just so you can see how things are done. Since strangers will be coming into your home, you may want to have someone else there with you during the showing.
  
  
• 4). Negotiate. Without an agent, you'll have to negotiate the price directly with the seller. Make sure you get everything in writing and keep in touch with the buyer to make sure he is getting the mortgage, homeowners insurance and appraisal together. You should also keep tabs on the appraiser, mortgage lender, and building inspectors to make sure everything is completed for closing.
  
  
• 5). Work with a lawyer during closing. You'll want to get either a lawyer or a title company to help you with the closing, according to CNBC. Hiring legal help ensures both you and the buyer have a legal representative who is an expert on the process.
  
  

Sell your Home to an Investor

• 1). Research the different investors in your area. Many investors out there are looking to buy your house quickly from you. Often these investors will take homes that need repairs or are even headed for foreclosure. Since there are many of these companies around, you'll want to do some comparative pricing. Visit websites like Homevestors.com to see what kind of cash they can offer you for your house.
  
  
• 2). Fill out the contact information. An investor's website may ask you for your phone number, email address and physical address. Fill the information in and wait for an investor to call you about giving you cash for your home. In the meantime, you can go to other investor websites and fill in your information.
  
  
• 3). Compare prices. Often when you use investors you may have to take less money that you would get for the house if you had hired an agent or sold the home yourself. Make a list of the prices you have been offered and compare them with what homes in your neighborhood in similar condition are selling for. Gauge whether it would be better for you to use an investor or try to sell the house yourself.