In this two part guide we'll look at how you can prospect private / For Sale By Owner listings.
A major website for finding FSBO properties is Trade Me. There isn't a separate category for private sellers but there are couple of things you can try to speed up your manual search.
Try starting with a top level keyword search for private sale in Trade Me Property. Then order by Lowest Price instead of Featured First. This helps for a couple of reasons. FSBOs are often marketed with an asking price. Private selling is also a popular approach for selling sections and bare land. These factors tend to skew the sort results towards the lower end of the market.
Try using the search below then filtering by region:
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/property/residential/sale/search?bof=0pszv02n&search_string=private%20sale&sort_order=priceasc
It's still a good idea to scroll through the results and check for listings that sit across the entire price range.
As you're scrolling you can right-click the private sales to open them in a new tab to import into SalesPartner later.
Or click Add to watch-list so you can easily find them again under your Trade Me Account's saved listings.
Part 1. Import a listing from Trade Me into SalesPartner
Open More, Import Data, Trade Me, Single Listing.
Open Any Trade Me listing and scroll to the bottom of the page to find the Trade Me Listing number and copy it.
Paste the number into SalesPartner.
- Check that Use my Trade Me account is ticked.
- Select Import as Foreign
- Select Trade Me ID under Reference Options
- Click Download and Import
Enter your personal Trade Me account credentials if prompted and tick the Remember Me option.
Tomorrow in Part 2 we'll dive into next steps.
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