[Rhodes22-list] Selling a house by owner

[Bill Effros]

Hank,

The Third Edition is just about to come out -- supposedly in a matter of 
days.  It is much more up to date than the second edition which was 
written 10 years ago.

Pre-order at Amazon.  They will get it first (before I do) and ship it 
out immediately:

http://www.amazon.com/How-Sell-Your-Home-Days/dp/0761146814/ref=pd_ybh_a_6/103-6952440-8163826

Ignore their shipping date information and don't buy the second 
edition.  The shipping date was shown to be on the "safe side" and we 
are running well ahead of it.

I am in the process of re-doing my web site, and setting up a "Five-Day 
Forum" based on this list.  In fact, here's the way it's described in 
the book  (I've already run this past Michael--I plan to exactly copy 
this format and provide a place where people who are considering selling 
their homes in 5-Days can talk to others who have done so, or who are 
thinking about it.):

"THE 5-DAY FORUM

"For the past eight years I have been a member of a sailing group on the 
Internet that primarily discusses a single sailboat, the Rhodes 22. This 
is a lively group of people with nothing in common except a sailboat. 
It's an open forum for adults; everything is discussed from politics to 
jokes to personal matters-and, sometimes, sailboats.

"The program that runs the forum maintains an archive accessible by 
anyone who joins the list.

"We have found that the best way to keep knowledgeable people active on 
the list is to create an open, uncensored forum of adults. We think of 
the group as similar to a group of people hanging out together at a bar.

"Strong bonds have formed, as the knowledge pool has become ever deeper. 
Even people who have long since sold their boats keep coming back to 
this forum to chat with their "friends" and to help the "newbies" with 
their questions.

"There is no cost. Anyone can join. Anyone can "lurk." Anyone can leave. 
List membership is never shared or sold. Content is completely 
uncensored. People are free to bring up any subject they would be 
comfortable discussing with fellow adults.

"I have set up a similar group centered on people interested in 5-Day 
sales. Here you can track 5-Day sales in progress; go to the list for 
advice when you're in trouble; find out what kind of advertising is the 
most cost-effective in your area; etc. The list functions 24 hours a 
day; 365 days a year.

"I monitor the list, although I hope that most of the comments will 
continue to come from other list members.

"To enter the list, simply go to my website, www.5-day.com. Click on the 
tab for the 5-Day Forum. You will be linked to a registration section 
that will enable you to receive all e-mail sent by every list member, 
either directly or in digest form.

"You can remove yourself from the list at any time."

Bill Effros

PS -- My website is under construction right now, and the 5-Day Forum is not yet functional, but it will be soon, and I will let you know when.





Hank wrote:
> Bill,
>
> Wasn't it you that wrote a book about selling your house?  Could you 
> give me
> the link to the website, please?  A friend of mine is trying to sell his
> house and I wanted to give him the info.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Hank
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