The first thing most people do when they need to sell their house is call their Realtor. After all, most people do not know any other method of selling their house.

In reality there are different ways you get your house sold.

Which method is the best?

We will explore the various methods you have at your disposal when you need to sell your house.

1. Through a Realtor

The majority of house sellers think of this option first when they need to sell their house. This method comes with several conditions, even though it is the most popular to people looking to sell their houses.

To successfully sell your house through a Realtor, the following factors are important.

The property needs to be in perfect shape for this to work. There are too many good houses sitting on the market; unless your house sticks out, you have little chance of selling it.

Your mortgage balance also needs to be low enough so you can pay Realtor commissions and other fees, and well as sell it at a discount. With so many discounted houses on the market, you stand little chance of selling your house if you price it at full market value.

Third, do not be in a hurry. There are lots of houses sitting on the market for months and they do not sell. This is not the best method if you cannot wait.

Some real estate agents can market your property aggressively, while others can just list it and leave it in the MLS hoping it will get a buyer. You must be ready to take this gamble and hope that your Realtor will market the property for you.

In this real estate market, there are more houses sitting on the market with no buyers and more and more enter into the market every day. You must be ready to have your property marketed aggressively to even get noticed.

2. Selling your house yourself

This is the For Sale By Owner method.

You must be ready to do everything yourself - look for buyers, run any advertising campaigns, negotiate the price, show the house, do the paperwork, etc .

In this case, you have to handle everything yourself, you do not get advice from anyone.

In this method, you may still have to pay closing costs. If you have time, resources and experience, you can use this method.

3. Sell your house to a real estate investor

There must be real estate investors who buy and sell houses where you live. Sometimes they buy them fix them up, them put them back on the market. Or maybe they rent them out for cash flow.

These real estate investors are flexible and can buy your house even when it may look impossible to sell using other conventional methods.

You could be facing foreclosure, or the house needs repairs, or you have no equity. Most real estate investors will work with you through most situations and buy your house.

They can relieve the stress associated with selling your house, take over payments, or even make back payments and stop foreclosure.

Most real estate investors have cash at hand and can close in a few days.

They handle everything including repairs, advice, contracts, closing, etc.