A Comprehensive Guide to Selling Your Home
Explore 15 distinct strategies across three main categories to find the best way to sell your property. This guide breaks down each option, its benefits, and how it works.
Traditional Real Estate Process
1. Traditional LPT Realty Home-Sale Process
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Leverage LPT’s full suite of proven marketing channels, branding tools, and transaction-coordination systems to sell your home for top dollar—fast.
- In-depth market analysis and professional staging guidance.
- Omnichannel Marketing including digital, social, and print ads.
- MLS syndication and single-property microsites.
- Lead Response & Transaction Coordination.
Quick and Cash-Based Options
2. Online Auction via Homesale.plus
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List your home in an open, timed online auction where buyers submit transparent bids over a short period.
Benefit: Competitive bidding drives top-market pricing; seller nets the accepted amount with commissions added on top.
3. Standard Cash+ Offer
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A two-stage all-cash purchase designed to guarantee market-value proceeds with immediate cash at closing.
Benefit: Speed and certainty of cash with full-market proceeds.
4. Cash+ with Repairs
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A variant of Cash+ that covers needed repairs without upfront seller expense, with funds held in escrow.
Benefit: Sellers avoid repair costs while still capturing full-market value once the home is fixed.
5. Cash Offer
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A direct, one-time purchase by an investor or company paying 100% cash.
Benefit: Lightning-fast closing (often 7–14 days) for sellers needing quick liquidity.
6. iBuyer Sale (Instant Offers)
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Sell directly to a large-scale “iBuyer” platform for an all-cash offer with minimal hassle.
Benefit: Streamlined process with competitive all-cash offers and flexible timing.
7. Short Sale
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Sell for less than the amount owed on the mortgage with lender approval, avoiding foreclosure.
Benefit: Allows you to avoid a foreclosure and its impact on your credit, providing a clean exit from a difficult financial situation.
Creative and Flexible Options
8. Sell Now, Move Later
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Lock in a cash payout upon listing, then lease back your home for up to 12 months.
Benefit: Immediate funds without forcing an immediate move, giving you flexibility around school years or finding your next home.
9. Guaranteed Home Sale Program
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I commit to buying your home at a pre-agreed price if it hasn’t sold within a set timeframe.
Benefit: You have a guaranteed exit and can plan your move with confidence.
10. Lease Option (Rent to Own)
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A buyer rents with an option to purchase later at a set price, with part of the rent crediting toward the purchase.
Benefit: Attracts tenants aiming to buy and provides you with upfront fees.
11. Off-Market Sale (Wholesale-Style)
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Sell directly—without public MLS exposure—to an investor or agent via your network.
Benefit: Ultra-fast transaction, minimal marketing costs, and privacy for the seller.
12. Subject To
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Transfer ownership “subject to” the existing mortgage; the buyer takes over payments.
Benefit: No new financing required; sellers can exit quickly and avoid foreclosure.
13. Owner Financing
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You carry the mortgage, and the buyer pays you monthly with interest.
Benefit: Opens the pool to buyers who can’t qualify for bank loans and earns you interest income.
14. For Sale By Owner (FSBO)
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You handle the entire sale solo without MLS or an agent.
Benefit: You save on agent commissions, but with high risks and heavy burden.
15. Traditional Public Auction
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An in-person auction via a local auction house.
Benefit: Urgency and competition can drive market-value sales in one day.
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