For Sale By Owner Benefits. Benefits for FSBO's. Selling your house FSBO can ... For Sale By Owner. No Commissions! Widest online exposure!* Effective online selling your house in a for sale by owner manner. http://www.usedforsalebyowner.com Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:01:09 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.usedforsalebyowner.com/general/buyowner.com-unveils-new-website-under-new-ownership.html BuyOwner.com, a leading "for sale by owner" website, today announced the re-launch of its website featuring new technology, new tools for buyers and sellers, and a refined focus. The re-launch comes on the heels of BuyOwner.com's acquisition in February by Utah entrepreneur Jonathan Holbrook. Established in 1984, BuyOwner.com quickly became the premier For Sale by Owner (FSBO) marketplace. As the internet grew, so did BuyOwner.com, becoming a powerful home-selling tool matching savvy sellers and buyers and eliminating the need for costly Realtor? middlemen and commissions. The enhanced BuyOwner.com site's state-of-the-art technology refines and streamlines search options, maximizes seller-to-buyer connections and minimizes time wasted. A highlight of the new site is the QR code technology, which enables buyers with smartphones to scan yard signs and be taken directly to the home listing details on BuyOwner.com. "It's a new website and a new company – one that's in touch with today's marketplace," said Holbrook. "Sellers now have greater marketing opportunities than ever before and buyers will have all of the information they need at their fingertips, making home sales without a broker - or the 6% commission - easier than ever." Features of the new user-friendly site include: saved searches and RSS feeds; expanded photo and text display; an open house scheduler tool; a flyer creation tool; expanded syndication partners like Yahoo! Real Estate; an HTML assistant for posting on craigslist and other classified sites; and much more. Additional buyer tools will be added in May 2011. About BuyOwner.com Since 1984, BuyOwner.com has positioned itself as the optimal place for those seeking homes to find one that best matches their real estate needs. Utah entrepreneur Jonathan Holbrook purchased the Florida-based company in February 2011. For more information, please visit www.buyowner.com. articles - General Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:32:21 +0100 http://www.usedforsalebyowner.com/general/citadel-owner-seeking-sale.html After buying up six plastics assets in four years, Citadel Plastic Holdings Inc. might be on the selling block. An Oct. 13 report from Reuters news service said Citadel’s owner — private equity firm Wind Point Partners of Chicago — is seeking a buyer for Radnor, Pa.-based Citadel. The report quoted an undisclosed source who was said to have seen marketing materials provided by the bank handling the process. Citadel most recently bought compounder QTR Inc. of Evansville, Ind. Total annual sales for Citadel are estimated at almost $300 million. Since its 2007 launch, Citadel has been led by industry veteran Mike Fitzpatrick. Neither Fitzpatrick nor Wind Point principal Paul Peterson could be reached for comment. Wind Point’s timing might be right in taking Citadel to market, according to Michael Benson, a managing director with investment firm Stout Risius Ross Inc. of Chicago. “Generally speaking, there are more buyers than sellers right now. And some private equity firms are taking advantage of this timing. There’s also been a bit of a plateau in value for some types of businesses,” he said by phone. Benson added that Wind Point’s four-year involvement with Citadel “seems to be on the short end of things,” but he also said the firm “may already have integrated the businesses and got the most out of [Citadel] that it could.” Citadel’s other holdings include compounders Matrixx Group Inc. of Evansville and Aclo Polymers Inc. of Cambridge, Ontario; and thermoset materials maker Bulk Molding Compounds Inc. of West Chicago, Ill. The firm also bought a compounding and injection molding plant in Brazil from Meridian Automotive Systems Inc. In 2009, Citadel bought compounder Fiberfil Engineered Plastics Inc. of Stoney Creek, Ontario, out of receivership. The Fiberfil plant was then closed. In 2008, Citadel sold a pair of plants operated by Matrixx in Italy. articles - General Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:32:21 +0100 http://www.usedforsalebyowner.com/general/entire-south-dakota-town-for-sale-for-799-000.html For less than the price of a one bedroom apartment in much of Manhattan, you can buy a whole town in South Dakota. The catch: it's right on the edge of the remote Badlands, 50 miles from the nearest town of any size. The population is 9. One-time rodeo star Twila Merrill, owner of 12-acre Scenic, South Dakota is selling up due to an illness. According to Coldwell Banker agent Dave Olsen, everything in Scenic ("so-called because it's beautiful," he said), is included in the sale: an old-fashioned Western saloon, two shops, and a dancehall, among other buildings. They mostly date back to the town's 1906 founding, and Olsen hopes the new owner will preserve them as relics of the Old West. Scenic has been on the market for two months, but there wasn't much interest beyond local business people until the Rapid City Journal filed a story on the listing on Monday. In the last 24 hours, CNN and ABC got in on the act, and a shocked Olsen told Forbes that the international press is descending on tiny Scenic. "The Wall Street Journal are thinking about coming out, and CNBC should be landing in two hours," he said this morning. Suffice to say, he's now seeing some interest from buyers outside South Dakota. Prospective owners from England and Australia have called in recent hours. Last night Olsen was a guest on a radio show out of Perth, Australia -- 10,000 miles away from Scenic. Olsen said the eventual buyer can be sure there'll be at least some business coming through Scenic. Right now, about 700 cars a day pass that way, mostly towards the nearby Badlands National Park or to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 6 miles away. "The town has its own sewer and water system and excellent power supply," Olsen said,... articles - General Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:32:21 +0100 http://www.usedforsalebyowner.com/general/for-sale-by-owner-decreasing-in-tough-market.html In an idiosyncratic twist, a tough housing market has brought back the need for Realtors. Real estate agents say that homeowners who normally planned to sell their houses themselves have solicited the help of Realtors after being unable to sell their houses alone. According to the National Association of Realtors’ 2010 Profile of Home Buyers & Sellers, for-sale-by-owner transactions decreased to 9 percent in 2010. That’s down from 14 percent in 2003 and 2004. “It’s because there are too many properties on the market,” said Raisa Galper, a Realtor with Prudential Gardner in New Orleans. “There has been an increase. (Owners) say, ‘I tried and it didn’t work for me.’” Galper said another reason some homeowners use Realtors more than before is that some people may need to sell their homes quickly before they go into foreclosure, and they can’t afford to keep their homes on the market for very long. “Maybe it’s hard to (sell) homes via computer because (Realtors) don’t have a list of properties that say, ‘for sale by owner,’” she said. “You just have to drive the neighborhood.” articles - General Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:32:21 +0100 http://www.usedforsalebyowner.com/general/for-sale-by-owner-in-california.html Sell your California home yourself -- and save big! Using a broker to sell your home can cost you up to six percent of the selling price -- in other words, if you sell your house for $400,000, you can lose up to $24,000. But you'll save that money if you sell the house yourself, and it's not hard to do! Thoroughly revised and scrupulously researched, For Sale by Owner in California takes you step by step through the entire selling process, from putting your house on the market to transferring the title. Find out how to: select the best time to sell prepare your house for sale price and market your home coordinate the sale of one house with the purchase of another screen buyers for financial feasibility make required disclosures working with or without real estate agents attract potential buyers with creative financing handle multiple offers write and negotiate a contract complete the escrow process The 10th edition of For Sale by Owner in California reflects the most recent changes in the housing market and laws, and now includes additional discussion of the importance of pricing a house to sell and performing a thorough vetting of potential buyers' financial conditions. It also provides all the forms and instructions you need, including: disclosure forms offer and counteroffer sales contract contingency releases deeds second mortgage note and more Sell your home yourself with the plain-English legal information found in For Sale by Owner in California. Save yourself thousands of dollars with this thoroughly researched guide as it takes you step by step through the selling process. Find out how to: pick the best time to sell set the sale price complete the escrow process For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/71aa13/for_sale_by_owner articles - General Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:32:21 +0100 http://www.usedforsalebyowner.com/general/hulu-equity-owners-announce-decision-to-terminate-the-hulu-sale-process.html “Since Hulu holds a unique and compelling strategic value to each of its owners, we have terminated the sale process and look forward to working together to continue mapping out its path to even greater success. Our focus now rests solely on ensuring that our efforts as owners contribute in a meaningful way to the exciting future that lies ahead for Hulu.” About News Corporation News Corporation (NASDAQ: NWS) (NASDAQ: NWSA) (ASX: NWS) (ASX: NWSLV) had total assets as of June 30, 2011 of approximately US$62 billion and total annual revenues of approximately US$33 billion. News Corporation is a diversified global media company with operations in six industry segments: cable network programming; filmed entertainment; television; direct broadcast satellite television; publishing; and other. The activities of News Corporation are conducted principally in the United States, Continental Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia, Asia and Latin America. About Providence Equity Partners Providence Equity Partners is the leading global private equity firm specializing in equity investments in media, communications, information services and education companies around the world. The principals of Providence manage funds with over $23 billion in equity commitments and have invested in more than 100 companies operating in over 20 countries since the firm’s inception in 1989. Significant existing and prior investments include Altegrity, Bresnan Broadband Holdings, Casema, Com Hem, Digiturk, Education Management Corporation, eircom, Hulu, ikaSystems Corporation, Idea Cellular, Kabel Deutschland, NexTag, PanAmSat, ProSiebenSat.1, Study Group, TDC, Univision, VoiceStream Wireless, Warner Music Group, and Yankees Entertainment and Sports Network. Providence is headquartered in Providence, RI (USA) and has offices in New York, London, Los Angeles, Hong Kong and New Delhi. Visit www.provequity.com for more information. About The Walt Disney Company The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS), together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media... articles - General Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:32:21 +0100 http://www.usedforsalebyowner.com/general/hulu-scraps-planned-company-sale.html Hulu, the Internet TV service owned by Comcast's NBC, Disney, News Corp. and Providence Equity Partners, has scrapped plans to sell the company. Everyone from Apple to Yahoo was rumored to be making bids on the company. In a joint statement the owners said: "Since Hulu holds a unique and compelling strategic value to each of its owners, we have terminated the sale process and look forward to working together to continue mapping out its path to even greater success. Our focus now rests solely on ensuring that our efforts as owners contribute in a meaningful way to the exciting future that lies ahead for Hulu." The company was hoping to bring in $2 billion from the sale, according to All Things D. Hulu had originally planned to go public. Last December chief executive Jason Kilar said the company earned $260 million in 2010 and was turning a profit. But plans were scrapped as the company struggled to compete against Netflix for content. Hulu makes money through ads and by selling $8 per month Hulu Plus subscriptions. To get people to pay that extra money, the company needed more content. This summer rumors were rampant about different potential buyers for the company. My colleague Jeff Bercovici handicapped the likely buyers. At the time he said that Google looked like a more serious contender than Yahoo. If Yahoo is just a stalking horse, Google may be the target of the ruse. It already owns the world's biggest video site in YouTube, and it has repeatedly signaled its intentions to complement its vast trove of user-generated videos with more advertiser-friendly premium content. Apple had the cash but the combo didn't really make much sense. As Brian Caulfield pointed out, "Apple doesn't do free ad-supported business models, which is what[currently] makes Hulu's business go." So the problem could have been that... articles - General Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:32:21 +0100 http://www.usedforsalebyowner.com/general/to-sell-mansions-owners-turn-to-auctions.html Long used in the sale of foreclosed properties, auctions are becoming more popular among wealthy homeowners Markets & Finance Andrew Osinski felt the time had come to say goodbye to the waterfront home in Darien, Conn., that he had owned since 1994. His wife died eight years ago and his four children are grown up. So Osinski, a former managing director at Lehman Brothers, listed the five-bedroom, seven-bathroom property on Long Island Sound, which he bought for $1.52 million and then rebuilt, in May 2010 for $12.5 million. "After I listed the house last year, it quickly became stale," says the 67-year-old former Wall Streeter. "I've been a trader all my life. There's nothing worse than sitting on a stale position." To unload the property, Osinki turned to New York-based Concierge Auctions. The home, on which Osinki had a $5 million loan, eventually sold at auction for $8 million in June -- at the low end of the range set by the company. "The market has changed," Osinki says. "I asked too much, as we all do. I hung on for a long time. But this is it. It's time to move on." Real estate auctions, long used in the sale of foreclosed properties, are becoming more popular among wealthy homeowners to drum up interest for mansions that have languished on the market. In exchange for a quicker sale, many sellers are accepting price cuts of 50 percent or more. Stacy Kirk Reich, president of Grand Estates Auction, based in Charlotte, says only about 12 percent of the auctions it runs are the result of financial distress. "Sellers will come to us for various reasons; maybe the death of a loved one or a divorce, but most frequently because they are reallocating wealth to other locations," says Kirk Reich. Her company, which... articles - General Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:32:21 +0100