Logan Patterson

So you want to sell your house. It’s time to move up, downsize, move to another town, unload your investment property, or possibly sell your fixer-upper that you just finished fixing up.

Whatever the reason, you’ve decided that now is the time to sell your house and move on to greener pastures. Having gone through the buying process before, you know what it’s like to use a real estate agent.

Whether or not you’ve ever sold a house in the past, you do know that a commission will need to be paid if you leverage the expertise of a real estate agent to list the house for sale, market your property, and represent you and your home to buyers (aka the listing agent).

Real Estate agents are useful and might be the appropriate choice for those less educated on the process.

picture of a woman holding a for sale by owner signBut for a savvy homeowner like yourself you can sell your house by owner as a “For Sale By Owner” or “FSBO”. Especially if saving money on REALTOR® commissions is an important aspect of deciding how to sell your home.

But if you decide to sell your house by owner, there is a catch. Your home will not be listed in the MLS. hat presents a problem for you and your home sale. So List Your Home On MLS. If you don’t have a real estate agent to list on the MLS and market your home, how the heck are you supposed to find interested parties to make offers? How are you going to make sure that qualified buyers actually see that your home is for sale?

While traditional advertising like old-school signage and flyers are one way to go, tech-savvy sellers might also look to leverage internet real estate marketing on Zillow or social media platforms to get the job done.

Word of mouth and networking can also be an effective strategy to employ, ranging from simply talking it up with your friends and neighbors, to putting up for sale by owner signs in your front yard.

Yet with all these tools at your disposal, one key (and critical) option is still out of your reach; the MLS or Multiple Listing Service.

The MLS is arguably the best place, of all places, to get both local & national exposure if you want to correctly list your house for sale.

This opens up getting the best form of marketing exposure for your home, by targeting active buyers who are working with a buyer’s real estate agent.

So is there a way to list your house on the MLS without a REALTOR®?