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Matt and Maureen Ladd (Closed on the sale of their home August 2008)

We were told by a realtor only one in five potential home buyers look at homes for sale by owner.  We had a great offer on our home 13 days after we listed it on billingsbyowner.com, so I guess the serious potential buyers are checking out this website!

Matt and Mareen Ladd

Rob and Angie Sanford (closed on the sale of their home March 2008)

With all the news about a housing slump we were wary of listing our house with a real estate broker and paying a heft commission.  We thought we would try BillingsByOwner just to see if it produced any interest.  As soon as we posted photos (Matt even helped us upload the photos) the phone started ringing.  I was unable to keep up with all the calls.  Frankly, I was amazed at how quickly the house sold.

Rob and Angie
Jim O' Tremba (closed on the sale of his home March 2008)

I found that listing my home for sale with BillingsByOwner.com was an easy and convenient way to sell my home. They took the photos of the home, entered all of the information and supplied and installed the signs necessary to sell my home quickly (sold in 40 days from date listed to closing date). All of this was provide for a single flat fee, which for the money was a price is right deal!

Jim O' Tremba
Billings, MT
Judy and David Shimek (closed on on the sale of their home February 2008)

Just wanted to let you know how happy we are with your service.  Our house sold for a price that we are happy with and in less than 2 months.  We listed our house at a bad time of year and in a slow housing market.  With these factors, we expected a sale to take at least 6 months. 
 
In conjunction with Billings By Owner, we paid Sam Rankin of 1st Choice Realty a flat fee to put our house on the MLS.  Sam also helped us with the paperwork for selling our house. 
 
We were surprised by the number of hits our website got the first week.  Realtors and qualified buyers alike began calling to see our home.  We accepted an offer in January from a realtor who we will pay 3% commission. 
 
From the listing date of Nov 1 to a closing date of Feb 15 we saved $7,600 in realtor fees with no extra effort on our part.
 
Judy Shimek

Tony and Jamie Pluhar (closed on the sale of their home October 2007)
 
I would like to thank BillingsByOwner.com for giving us a great alternate choice to selling our home.  We really wanted to sell it ourselves and save the fee of using a realtor and BillingsByOwner made that possible.  We got professional signs to use and other helpful tools available through the web site that were very helpful.  I would recomend them to anyone who asked about them or who was considering selling our home.  It's a great way to get more money out of your home.  It's easy and if I could do it, anyone can!!!  Thanks again BBO.  Your great!!
 
Sincerely,
Jamie Pluhar

From Cyndie Sheridan (Closed on the sale of her home September 2007)

Thanks so much for making BillingsByOwner.com available! You answered my questions immediately and in the most professional manner. The process was so simple to use and kept THOUSANDS of dollars in my pocket. My home sold in only 18 days and was viewed online nearly 800 times! Obviously, people use your website to find their next home, and I'm so glad BillingsByOwner.com brought my buyer to me! She loves the house as much as I do, which will make my transition so much easier. Thanks, again, and best wishes for much prosperity!
 
Sincerely,
Cyndie Sheridan


From Chris and Vecta (Closed on the sale of their home August 2007)

Our home sold in August 2007.

When we first put our home on the market we wanted to sell it ourselves but had no idea what to do.  We decided to get some signs and put it in the paper, but we had absolutely no response. 

My wife was working at a booth at the home improvement show and picked up a flyer for Billingsbyowner.com.  We decided for the cost we would have to at least try it.  As soon as we contacted billingsbyowner we immediately were given the signs(with flyer box) and we didn't even have to place them.  We are not very good with computers, but the website made it very easy to put the pictures on and add extras photos.(always remember people love pictures, so the more the better (hint)).  We decided to have our first open house and had a huge turn out. The first week we had three offers.  While we were hashing out the original offers we decided to have a second open house and put an ad in the newspaper, but we forgot to put the open house on the website.  We only had one person show up and they said they saw the house on the web site and wondered if they could just drive by.

We finally had the battle of the offers end and had our house sold in about 45 days.  We always have realtors asking us how hard it was and how we lost out on the extra money, but there were 3 other homes like ours for sale by realtors at the same time and they still have not sold. So not only did our home sell faster, but we save thousands on the realtor fees.  I would recommend billingsbyowner.com to anyone who is looking to sell there home and save thousands. 

Thanks again,
Chris and Vecta


From Lillian Leroy (Closed on the sale of their home August 2007)

Our home was listed with Billingsbyowner.com in July of 2007.  We were grateful to have an alternative resource available to assist us in selling our home without having to list it with a realtor. 
 
We knew that the house would warrant the selling price, however, getting it advertised adequately in order to accomplish that was a real challenge.  We had no results with our local newspaper, but had a great deal of response through our listing with Billingsbyowner.com. 
 
The fact that they would provide a bonafide "For Sale" sign with a flyer box attached, and additional signage for open house showings was extremely helpful.
 
We received an offer on the second day of the listing, for the full amount, and closed the sale approximately 30 days later.  There were no out of the ordinary circumstances and both parties were very happy.
 
I believe that BillingsByOwner.com was the primary reason for our good fortune, especially since they have such a large listing of properties and can ultimately save everyone involved huge amounts of money by not listing it with a broker.
 
We will definitely use their service again in the future. 
 
With best regards,
 
Lillian Leroy

From Eric and Sunny Park (Closed on the sale of their home July 2007)

We have and will continue to highly recommend using this website to everyone we know!
We started getting calls to show our home the day after it went on the website and we sold and closed within 45 days. 
Two realtors called to show our home and it was so nice to be able to control the traffic through our home.  People even called us from out of state who had visited the website and wanted to set up a time to see our house while they were in town.  The owner of Billings By Owner, Matt, was great to work with and the website is easy to use.  We will definitely use this website again and will always reference this website when shopping for real estate in the future.  Thank you to Ron Thom for showing our home and closing the deal!

Eric and Sunny Park


From Rita Harding (BUYER'S TESTIMONIAL)

After extensive review of the real estate market in the Billings area, I found my home using the Billings By Owner website.  In fact, the majority of homes in my priority consideration were all on the Billings By Owner website.  The website itself was very easy to use with information in easy format to make comparisons.  I really appreciated being able to directly communicate with the seller about questions on the property.  I also found the legal process very straight forward through the professional service and education provided by my attorney preparing the buy-sell offer, my credit union handling the loan, and the title company handling all the additional paperwork.


Rita Harding
From Andy and Heidi Schumacher (Closed on the sale of their home May 2007)

Matt, 
 
Thank you for providing such a valuable tool to the Billings housing market.  The site was easy to use and provided us with a great way to advertise our home. It also proved to be successful, as our home sold in just 2 days! We loved being able to work directly with the buyers to ensure a smooth transition with value added for both parties.  Thank you!
 
Andy & Heidi Schumacher

From Karen and Bob Lemcke (Closed on the sale of their home May 18, 2007)

What a wonderful service. We listed our home on a Friday night and Saturday
morning had a buyer. Thanks for making this all possible. You provide a
valuable and needed service to the community.

Karen & Bob Lemcke

From Cindy Hill (Cindy  has sold 3 properties through BillingsByOwner.com)

Using this site has been very user friendly. I appreciate how easy it is to make changes as necessary. I also like being able to see how often our listing has been viewed. We have had a lot of interest.

Cindy Hill

From Christine Hance (Closed on the sale of their home April 12, 2006)
 
We had a wonderful experience using Billings by Owner.com.  This service is an outstanding tool for selling your house by owner.  The website provides excellent tools for promoting your home to potential buyers.  We amazingly accepted a new job out of state, had our house under contract and moved in less than 21 days! 

Thanks for all of your help!

From Dan and Suezie Hoffer (Closed on the sale of their home April 2006)

Matt,

What a pleasure.  We highly recommend your service to all home sellers.  The day we posted the Billingsbyowner.com sign in our yard people stopped to pick up our flyer which, by the way, was a breeze to make on the website.  Within 2 days of posting our interior and exterior pictures on the site a couple called to see our home.  This was 10 days before our first scheduled open house.  We followed the expert staging advice of Leslie Atkins at Bliss and her associate Alison Kirby and our house was sold in 5 days to that same couple who called.  We saved thousands and gained some lasting friendships along the way.  This is the ONLY way to go. 

Thanks again Matt!

Dan & Suezie Hoffer

From Lee and Jennifer Kahm (BUYER'S TESTIMONIAL)

My husband and I just bought a home that was listed with you. We loved being able to do the process ourselves and save some money. The way we found the house was by your sign being in their yard. It just caught our eye. The sellers had an information sheet with the sign, and that is the main reason we decided to look at the house. I would recommend your website and service to anyone, and I have. Thank you for making selling your home yourself such an easier task. Without you we never would've found the house we will call home for at least the next 20 years.

Sincerely,

Lee and Jennifer Kahm


From Lonnie and Irene Nelson (Closed on the sale of their home February 2007)

Matt,

We just wanted to say thanks for your services. We saved thousands of dollars by selling our house ourselves, with the help of you business, BillingsByOwner.com. Being able to view the amount of hits on your listing is a real nice feature. Also, your yard sign is far more professional looking and noticable than any Realtor sign I have seen.
Selling our house was easy and enjoyable and I would recommend your service to anyone.

Thank you very much,

Lonnie and Irene Nelson

From Stan and Jennifer Eliason (Closed on the sale of their home 12/20/06)

Matt,

Thanks so much for offering this service in Billings. We had our home listed with a Realtor for four months with no luck. When we listed with BillingsByOwner.com we had several offers and closed on the sale on December 20th. Anyone trying to sell a home in Billings owes it to themselves to try BillingsByOwner.com! You saved us over $14,000! You offer the one thing that a by owner sellers don't have access to and that's online advertising.

Thanks again!

Stan and Jennifer Eliason

From Linda and Zane Dawson (Closed on the sale of their commercial property 09/29/2006)

Hi Matt,

Just to say thank you so much for the help in advertising our property. We did our closing today. We had a lots o people interested right away. After one year with a realtor and no luck. The sale was so quick with you. You were so helpful with us not having the professional use of our computer too. You have a beaming personality that made it easier to sell as well. We will tell all our friends about you.

Thanks Again,

Linda and Zane

From Greg Doty (Closed on the sale of their home 09/01/2006)

Billings By Owner

THOUSANDS of dollars worth of thanks!!!!

Everyone made selling our own home out to be difficult. Boy were they
WRONG!
We had hundreds of hits on your website within days. The buyer said they found
our house on your Open House section. After that, the hardest thing was setting
a closing date at the Title and Loan Place. They're the ones that do all the
work and we don't pay that crazy 7% fee to a realtor.
Heck, it almost took me as long to finally sit down and write this
testimonial as it did for us to sell our home. Thanks again, and I tell
everyone about your site.

Greg Doty
From Keith and Erin (Closed on the sale of their home 08/28/2006)

Matt:

Thanks so much for your prompt and professional service. The Billings area homeowners definitely benefit from your service, to the detriment of local realtors. We listed our home on July 14th, and we had several interested buyers within the first few days. The eventual buyer closed on August 28th. (He saw our home on the website and contacted me via email to begin the process.) No realtor commissions were paid, so some of our equity could be used for buyer's incentives. I will definitely recommend your service, and will attempt to educate future sellers of the irrelevance of realtors. The title company and lender do the majority of the work, and with the broadening exposure your website generates, an MLS listing is not necessary. Again, thanks for all your help.

Keith & Erin

From John and Trisha Zowada (Closed on the sale of their home 08/31/2006)

Dear Matt,

John and I listed our home with you and within 11 hours of listing (even without photos) we received a phone call from a potential buyer. That phone call turned into a signed buy/sell two hours later. We've also estimated that BillingsByOwner.com saved us $10,000 plus! Thanks so much!

John and Trisha Zowada

From George Wilson and Craig Hicks (Closed on the sale of their home 08/07/2006)

Thank you Matt...

Your service was greatly appreciated. Getting a good offer within 30 days of
listing, after having it listed with a realtor for 6 months and not even an
offer... we were greatly appreciated of your service.

Thank You,

George Wilson and Craig Hicks
From Jeff and Leticia Moore (Closed on the sale of their home 07/27/2006)

Thank you BillingsByOwner.com for the prompt and friendly service that you offered. We were able to post pictures of our home on the website, as well as, create nice flyers that ended up selling our home. The advice on the website for selling by owner was also very useful. The buyer's drove by, saw the professional looking sign and picked up one of our flyers. It was a combination of our hard work, to make the property look nice, and the professional flyer offering relevant information that sold our home. The advertising on the website is definately the best "bang for your buck." Thank you BillingsByOwner.com for your advice, service and assistance in helping us sell our home. We listed our home on your site on July 6th, accepted an offer on July 13th and are closing July 27th!!!
Jeff and Leticia Moore

From Madhu and Naresh Sethuram (Closed on the sale of their home 06/30/2006)

Hi Matt,

Your website did the trick for us. We had our ad in the paper and online on billingsgazette.com but we didn't have serious leads for a month. After advertising on your website, we got 2 serious leads out of which one led to a sale. Thank you for setting up the really big "For Sale" signs in our front yard and the directional sign near our house. Your website was instrumental in the sale of our house.

Thanks you so much.

With best regards,

Madhu and Naresh Sethuram.

From George and Krista Thorson (Closed on the sale of their home 06/19/06)

Matt,
 
We were very pleased with your help and expertise in selling our home. It took about six weeks because our buyers had to sell their home, with your help, before they could close on our house. e close on June 19, 2006.
Your signs and the web site are tremendous help and expertly done. The paperwork is very simple as the lender's bank and the title company have all the expertise needed to complete the transactions. Thank you for your help and support.

George and Krista Thorson

From Rowell & Marilyn Tofte (Closed on the sale of their home 06/02/2006)

Thank you for your help in selling our two homes.
We knew that Internet exposer to sell a home is vital, and the write-up plus a neat yard sign are also very important. After looking into developing a website, building a sharp yard sign and a written description of our property, we chose to look into your program, and we are sure glad we did. Your program provided us with an attractive yard sign that turned heads, also a website that brought over 700 hits per home, many phone calls about price and size. Your program provided us with yard sale, open house signs plus follow up from your personally to see how we were doing.
We were surprised to have sold the Laurel, MT home first on June 2, 2006 while advertising the Billings heights home for a longer period. Oct 5, 2006 we closed on the Billings Home which your program proudly displayed on the website.
We did not know exactly how to sell our homes ourselves but will your help and guidance we were able to make two other families happy with new homes.
We highly recommend all others to use BillingsByOwner.com and your personal service to sell their homes and businesses. Your program does the basic foot-work, all the seller does is show the property they are proudly selling.

If ever the need comes up, we will surely use BillingsByOwner.com again with price. Thanks so very much for the help.

Rowell & Marilyn Tofte


From Dan & Alina Cotrell (Closed on the sale of their home 05/15/2006)

If you are serious about selling your home yourself, we highly recommend using BillingsByOwner.com. Their professional signage & website expose your home to an unlimited number of potential buyers, for a fraction of the cost. Thanks again Matt & Brigid! We couldn't  have done it without you!

Dan and Alina Cotrell

From Larry and Kathleen Morris (Closed on the sale of their home: 04/14/06)
 
Selling our home by ourselves was far easier than any of the books we
read said it would be; and they said it would be very easy. Keeping
the house clean all the time was a tougher task than doing the
paperwork.

Using BillingsByOwner.com was a real plus because our exterior signs
and the web site looked so professional. We competed on equal footing
with the real estate companies.

The main things we learned were: price your house like similar homes in
your area, be patient (in other words, don't let anyone scare you into
thinking your home cannot sell FSBO), and go over the Buy/Sell
agreement so that you're comfortable with the terms and parts that need
to be filled in.

We no longer wonder why there are so many real estate agents. It's
pretty obvious to us now that the job is far easier than they make it
out to be. The title company did most of the work.

Our 2 months selling our home was an interesting and, amazing to say,
enjoyable experience. Thanks BillingsByOwner.com!

Larry and Kathleen Morris

From Laura & Carl Pivonka (Closed on the sale of their home: 02/22/06)

Hi Matt,

Thanks for the opportunity to enhance our efforts at selling our home. We really liked the professional signs and responsiveness to our needs. As home owners catch on to the fact that it is not that hard to sell their home, more and more will begin to list on the Internet locally with your firm. Additionally, the real estate fee savings to both the seller and the buyer are enormous, and we encourage all to make the effort to sell their own home themselves. It's easy to do with the support you gave us, and outside of that, it just takes some perseverence! We have a pending sale right now!

Best Regards,
 
Laura & Carl Pivonka
From Dave and Heather Eckness (Closed on the sale of their home: 12/09/05)

Dear BillingsByOwner.com (Matt and Brigid),
My husband and I are very pleased with the service we received from billingsbyowner.com. We were hesitant at first to sell our house by ourselves, however with the help of your business, it only took six weeks. Your service and signs are very professional and the extra exposure from the website proved to be very successful. We especially appreciated your prompt and accommodating service. Thank you again for everything, we are closing on our house on December 9th.

Sincerely,
 
David & Heather Eckness

From Josh and Jessy Catt (Closed on the sale of their home: 10/31/05)

Thank you so much for the help with selling our home. Your service and products are so excellent and professional. We were so thankful for all of the extra tools your site makes available to sellers. Blessings on your new business... and your family.

Josh and Jessy Catt
 
P.S. We closed today, thank you again.