| Because Picket Fence Preview is so successful at selling properties - and saving people tens of thousands of dollars in expensive real estate commissions in the process - we get lots of notes and testimonials. Please consider these comments as neighborly advice from those who've been there. |
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"We had more interest from Picket Fence ads in the 1st month than in the entire 9 months we had it listed with a realtor. This is the only way to sell real estate!" -- Roger and Carol Dean, Moretown
Hello Bill & Staff,
I'm pleased to inform you that we have SOLD our home in Hinesburg.
With your help we received over 50 phone calls and showed the
property at least 30 times to very qualified prospects! When we
advertised our open house we had 18 different families come and
look and even had some offers that day! We stayed focused on the
price and even though the market is soft we sold the property
for nearly what we were asking. I would highly recommend anyone
to use your services as we saved over $25,000.00 in commissions
and were not distracted by commission based decisions! Thank you
very much for everything, we greatly appreciate your help in this
huge move my family and I have undertaken to Northern California.
Sincerely,
Brad Smith & family
"I Sold it! And, the buyer came from your website. Thanks!!!"
-- Michael Popowski, Northfield
"I need to cancel my ad -- we've had a change of heart.
We had such a tremendous response to our ad, within just hours
on the internet, that we're rethinking our plan. We thought we
wanted another second home on a different lake, but now we're
realizing what a special place we have and don't want to let it
go - at least not for now Thanks for everything - you guys were
so easy to work with!"
-- Win Whitcomb, Groton
"We are under contract but I didn't want to write to say
we've sold until we've really sold. The Picket Fence experience
is awesome. We definitely prefer to buy and sell our homes direct
with other owners...Honestly, your magazine and the popularity
of it encouraged us to start dealing direct and it has been the
best experience. Now we find that realtors complicate things more
than simplify. This process is not that difficult and thank you
for providing the service that you do!" -- Lori Jacobs, Huntington
Hello Bill,
I wanted to let you know that we were thrilled with the success we had selling our house through Picket Fence preview. The phone started ringing the day the ad appeared on line. We had a contract signed before the November print edition even made it to the presses and closed on the house this past Friday. Thanks so much for helping us sell the house so quickly and saving thousands of dollars in the process.
Jane and Tobias Burke(formerly of) 95 Woodlawn
Rd. Burlington, VT 05408
Saturday Aug 19, 2006
Just want to let you know that our ad went up on your website on Thur., 8/17. We barely finished reading the proof, when we got a call on the home from a very excited buyer. Less than 20 hours later, we are under contract for the asking price to the nicest buyers! All we can say is "WOW!"
Sincerely,
Lynn Sawyer
(Guptil Rd in Waterbury Center)
"We sold our farm! We are very pleased with the calls
we got. We received 8 - 10 calls, mostly from our internet ad.
But the buyers came carrying Picket Fence Preview in their hands.
A realtor told us we'd never sell this on our own -- I can't wait
to tell her she was wrong."
- Doris Bushey, Shelburne $1,000,000 Sale Price
"Mark us as SOLD! Another Picket Fence Success story.
We were very impressed with the number of calls
we received from all over the country for a home in our price
range! --
Fred Levine, East Montpelier ($725,000 sales price)
"I have sold my house...actually, the party who is buying
saw my ad on your internet site. I couldn't believe the # of calls
I
received and the number of offers. Certainly, I will recommend
your service to my friends who are selling and buying".
-- Linda Ayer, Burlington ($259,000 sales price)
"We sold it! This is the second house we've sold through
Picket Fences and it keeps getting better.
Not having to factor in a broker's commission really helped to
make this deal work."
Janie St. Pierre, So. Burlington Sold within a week on PicketFencePreview.com
$495,000 Sales Price
"We signed a contract last night with a very eager and
happy young couple. We had an overwhelming response of offers
and
deciding who we thought would best fit our house was very difficult
since we had a variety of people and their needs and wants.
We just want to say that we are so very glad we did this ourselves
and recommend Picket Fence to everyone who
wants to sell their home in a hurry and get a chance to meet the
buyers. We thank you with all our heart for having this business."
-- Peter & Arlene Jenesse, Weathersfield
| "We sold our home on 12 Beechwood Lane in Jericho through Picket Fence. We sold it in 23 days and at the asking price we wanted thus saving $19,000 in Realtor fees. We were surprised at how many people look at Picket Fence outside Vermont, We had about 75% of our clients come from Pennsylvania, New York, Maine, upper New York State call and look at our house. We sold our house to a couple from New York. We are so excited and pleased that we used the Picket Fence services. I would highly recommend this to my neighbors!" - -- Connie and Gene Gawryczik, Jericho |
| "I will not be renewing my ad because our house sold the first day we let people come and see it! We had 4 people that wanted to make offers and we did end up with a full price offer. (Actually we ended up with an over full price offer, but we decided we did not want a bidding war and so we just accepted the full price.) Now all I have to do is find a house to buy!" -- Tracey Simmons, Milton |
| "We just wanted
to let you know we're very pleased with the process of Picket
Fence, happy to see that it really does work, and to prove the realtor's wrong! Thanks!" - Amy Farnsworth, Vergennes Vt |
| "Bill, I assume I can let you know via e-mail that my house is under contract effective 5/17/04. It is the saltbox located in Wilder,VT listed at $239,900. I have had an unbelievable response to my listing with every inquiry coming from the Internet ad. I showed it over 20 times in the 1st 3 weeks had 5 different offers and have actually sold it for much more than I listed it for. Thank you for all your help as I am moving to Hawaii with extra cash in my pocket and I am not out the $17,325 to a real estate broker. Thanks again for making this an easy do it yourself project with excellent financial bonuses." -- Nadine Gates, Wilder, Vt |
| I sold my Swanton house to the first person I showed it to! Great work. Also, I've showed the Enosburg house to 5 interested buyers over the past 2 months, which is 5 more than the realtor showed to in 6 months of listing. I am very pleased with the results! - Tonya Pearson, Enosburg Falls |
| "We saved over $18,000 plus we got $10,000 over our asking price! What a great way to spend a day...saving almost $30,000 in a day!" -- Magelda Hulda, Hanover NH |
| "It's under contract! I sold it for $20,000 OVER my asking price, and $40,000 MORE than a real estate agent told us we should list it!!! -- Kelly Lowery, Montpelier |
| "We're selling to the kids of our next door neighbors. They saw the house on PicketFencePreview.com and they're from Burlington. They want to be by their parents and to have their kids near their grandparents. They really love the house and we feel wonderful knowing they are buying it. It's great - this is the way homes should be sold! We're off to Wichita Kansas - giving 6-7% to a realtor to sell a house is crazy-- Tom Luther, Randolph Center |
| "I'm so thrilled with Picket Fence Preview - I had over 160 email responses! We're selling to a couple from California. I wish I'd known about you a year ago, we wasted an entire year with a realtor" -- Cath McMaster, Barton |
| "I can't thank you enough...We followed every single piece of advice you outlined in your How to Sell Your Own home book. The house sold within 4 days, and we got 98.4% of our asking price. Your section on dealing with real estate agents was most helpful. As predicted, we did receive many calls from agents trying to scare us out of selling it ourselves. Thanks to your book, we were able to handle those situations easily and effectively. You have managed to do a very rare thing...write a book that has a tangible, positive effect on people's lives. Successfully selling this house ourselves is allowing us to make the transition back home to Santa Barbara CA with a lot more money in our pockets. Thank you very much! -- Greg Harrison, Brattleboro |
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"It was a piece of cake, a wonderful experience, in fact, exactly the OPPOSITE of what we went through with the purchase of our new place through a real estate agent. Nightmare...trying to forget...but we made it in spite of the agent. We sold our house through Picket Fence in 2 weeks at the asking price. Thanks again for making it so easy!! -- Mike Horner, Castleton |
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