[5-DayForum] False Advertising Hey Steve!

Mon Jun 4 20:03:57 EDT 2007

Steve,

I'm a little confused.  Are you "stuff"?  I'm reading the below emails and 
didn't know you had done the 5-day before.  How did you list your house on 
"http://www.bidbadhomesalempwr.tv./news/ ?
I'm going to keep this in my file.  How did you end up on your 5-day sale 
this weekend?
Joyce

>From: "stuff" <stuff at mpwr.tv>
>Reply-To: How To Sell Your Home in 
>5-Days<5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com>
>To: "'How To Sell Your Home in 
>5-Days'"<5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com>
>Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] False Advertising  Hey Steve!
>Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 18:48:00 -0500
>
>Julie,
>
>Here's some info I answered on an earlier post, but I don't see it on the
>web.
>
>Steve
>
>Come see my home sale:  <http://bigbadhomesale.mpwr.tv/news/>
>http://bigbadhomesale.mpwr.tv/news/
>
>****************************************************************************
>********
>
>City: Arlington Heights, IL
>
>Initial Bid: $399,000.
>
>Need to Get $: $450,000
>
># Visitors: 75
>
># Bidders: 6
>
>Where You Advertised: Suburban and Chicago papers, signs and posters on
>every utility pole in the area! I think the signs and posters brought in 
>the
>most people!
>
>Final Price: $489,000
>
>Did you sell?: yes
>
>Your RE Experience: Had listed with realtor for over 9 months with less 
>than
>10 showings. We had 75 people in one weekend with the sale!
>
>Here's the amazing part: We sold the house for $470,000 on the first sale.
>The couple that signed the contract both worked for Motorola and both got
>downsized the week after the sale. We had to void the contract. I contacted
>the other bidders but they had either bought other homes or were not
>interested.
>
>We ran a 2nd sale a few weeks later and found buyers that bought the house
>at $489,000!
>
>We now live in a small TX town 60 miles from Dallas and had concerns about
>drawing enough people from a sale. We've been with a realtor for 90 days 
>and
>have had 5 showings. I've had it with realtors. I'm doing another sale. I'm
>going to try to leverage my advertising with some aggressive internet
>marketing (because that's what I do!). We'll see if it works!
>
>
>
>Regards,
>
>Steve Rosenbaum
>
>Come see my home sale:  <http://bigbadhomesale.mpwr.tv/news/>
>http://bigbadhomesale.mpwr.tv/news/
>
>
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: 5-dayforum-bounces+stuff=mpwr.tv at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com
>[mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+stuff=mpwr.tv at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.co
>m] On Behalf Of Julie Batt
>Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 4:28 PM
>To: 'How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days'
>Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] False Advertising Hey Steve!
>
>
>Steve, you didn't say the price you were hoping to get prior to the sale 
>and
>ending up taking after.  Would you kindly share?  This would provide
>valuable insight for those of us processing the unsuccess of this past
>weekend's sales.
>
>Julie
>
>   _____
>
>From: 
>5-dayforum-bounces+julie=batt.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com
>[mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+julie=batt.com at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.c
>om] On Behalf Of stuff
>Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 11:48 AM
>To: 'How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days'
>Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] False Advertising Hey Steve!
>
>
>Karen,
>I've had so many replies, that I went and dug up some old computer backup
>disks with the files!
>
>I found out that I started the price much higher than I thought! (see ad
>below)
>
>It still worked.  We got tons of traffic.  Also, note that I used both 
>terms
>"best bidder" and "highest bidder".
>
>Bill E. wrote me and said he might have some discrimination concerns about
>term "best bidder".
>He might have a valid point, so use at your own discretion.  Remember, I am
>not a lawyer or a  Realtor!
>
>Some comments for everybody I see with questions:
>
>The bottom line is this:  Bill has blessed us all with a phenominal system
>that has worked eons.
>The proof is in the pudding:  After all this time, Bill still ranks in the
>top 100k on Amazon (that's incredible!)
>Also, look at the volume of people and activity on this message board.
>
>If you are on the fence.  Give it a try!  You'll have a ton of fun and will
>probably sell your house, too!
>
>Steve
>Come see my home sale:  <http://bigbadhomesale.mpwr.tv/news/>
>http://bigbadhomesale.mpwr.tv/news/
>
>****************************************************************************
>****************
>
>Here is my ad from my sale in 2002
>
>ARLINGTON HTS   BY OWNER
>Best Bidder Sale
>
>Newer Large 4 br 2.5 ba Custom Executive home in Hist. Dist.
>Walk to train, downtown and parks.
>Upgrades throughout. Huge Basement.
>
>BIDS START AT.  $399,500
>
>OPEN HOUSE.   Inspection
>9am-5pm Sat.-Sun. 6/22&23
>Home Sold Sunday Night 6/23 to
>HIGHEST BIDDER
>Owner Direct       847-483-9560
>
>
>
>
>
>
>Regards,
>Steve Rosenbaum
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: 5-dayforum-bounces+stuff=mpwr.tv at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com
>[mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+stuff=mpwr.tv at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.co
>m] On Behalf Of newmoon_11 at earthlink.net
>Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 12:46 PM
>To: 5-dayforum at howtosellyourhomein5days.com
>Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] False Advertising Hey Steve!
>
>
>Hi, Steve!  When you used this system before, it was a while back. You were
>working from an older edition of the book.  Did you start with 50% off of
>the price like everyone is now?  What was your magic number then?
>
>Karen Reed
>352-795-2567
>Crystal River Fl
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: stuff <mailto:stuff at mpwr.tv>
>To: How To Sell  <mailto:5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com>
>Your Home in 5-Days
>Sent: 6/4/2007 12:39:30 PM
>Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] False Advertising
>
>
>Yes, Kimberly.  I used it everywhere.  We even had "Best Bidder" sale yard
>signs placed all over town.  Some people showed up thinking it was an 
>estate
>sale!  But it brought in traffic and created a huge buzz!  Which was 
>exactly
>what I needed after languishing on MLS for so long.
>
>Regards,
>Steve Rosenbaum
>
>Come see my home sale:  <http://bigbadhomesale.mpwr.tv/news/>
>http://bigbadhomesale.mpwr.tv/news/
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: 5-dayforum-bounces+stuff=mpwr.tv at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com
>[mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+stuff=mpwr.tv at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.co
>m] On Behalf Of Kimberly Gildroy
>Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 10:05 AM
>To: How To Sell Your Home in 5-Days
>Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] False Advertising
>
>
>Ha!  I like the phrase "best bidder!"  Did you put that in both places in
>the ad?  $249,500 or Best Bidder, and Home to be Sold Sunday Night to Best
>Bidder?
>
>Kimberly G.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: stuff <mailto:stuff at mpwr.tv>
>To: 'How To  <mailto:5-dayforum at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com> Sell
>Your Home in 5-Days'
>Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 7:29 AM
>Subject: Re: [5-DayForum] False Advertising
>
>
>I'm no attorney, but I can tell you I doubt that is true.
>
>1.  Most states require a written contract for a real estate transaction.
>You are not obligated to sell something based upon an 8 line classified ad.
>
>2.  Somebody would half to spend a lot of money and time to sue you for
>specific performance.  By then the house is long sold.  It ain't worth it.
>They will simply move on.
>
>3.  I used the process and changed the ad to "Best Bidder".  What is a 
>"Best
>Bidder"?.  Is it the highest bidder?  Is it the person that can close
>soonest?  Is it the guy that offered to trade me his house Palm Springs?
>It's completely subjective, it's whatever I say it is.  There is no
>definition for "Best Bidder", thus it would be very difficult to sue.
>
>There are a lot of naysayers that have no idea about the sale but want to
>convince you it's a bad idea.  Don't listen to the! m.  Don't look for
>reasons
>why not to do a 5-day home sale.  Just do it.  It works.
>
>I have sold a house like this before and am about to do it again.  You can
>see what I am doing on my blog http://bigbadhomesale.mpwr.tv/news/
>
>
>Regards,
>Steve Rosenbaum
>
>Come see my home sale: http://bigbadhomesale.mpwr.tv/news/
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: 5-dayforum-bounces+stuff=mpwr.tv at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.com
>[mailto:5-dayforum-bounces+stuff=mpwr.tv at mailman.howtosellyourhomein5days.co
>m] On Behalf Of sgilbert
>Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 12:13 PM
>To: 5-dayforum at howtosellyourhomein5days.com
>Subject: [5-DayForum] False Advertising
>
>
>I s! poke with an attorney and he told me to be careful because if you are
>not
>offered enough from your highest bidder and don't accept the bid that they
>could turn around and sue you because the ad says that you will sell Sunday
>night to the highest bidder. Does anyone know about this situation??
>
>
>
>

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