Read what our customers have said about us...

-Istvan

  "Was happy in general how the process went. The only thing I would change is that next time I would sell my house first so I could hold out closer to my price.(my fault)I wouldn't hesitate to use your service again! Thank You."

-John

  "Best service ever! People in Woodbridge are not that familiar with this system yet, but they look interested, most of them ask how this works. I used your service before, when I sold my first house in Barrie, and in the future I’ll do it again, and again! Thank you."

-Alba

  "We were very pleased with Private Real Estate they did a very good job."

-Yvon

  "I learned a lot through this experience, and would recommend selling privately to anyone. We sold for $25,000 more than what a real estate agent had suggested we list at."

-Jamie

  "Your service did exactly what we wanted especially the website. In our area PrivateRealEstate.ca is becoming very recognized so is a very credible way to sell your home. Most people liked the idea that we were the owners."

-John

  "Your service has been valuable to us and we have appreciated the customer service you provided. I have already encouraged others to use this service."

-Dale

  "A note to sellers and buyers... I found the process to be quite easy, and it's true that you are not doing any more work that you would be selling with an agent because the preparation is all up to you anyway... but be sure that you are completely clear with your offers and details, this can turn into a bit of an issue in the end. As stated in the booklet we were approached by several real estate agents through the mail, and one by phone that was quite pushy claiming 'If I can guarantee that you get what you are asking, will you let me sell your house'?, and of course instantaneously wanted to drop the price of the house because 'she can show us what the market value of the houses in our area, and M@L!S this and M@L!S that... of course we said No Thank You!"

-Veronika

  "I found that your service was very easy to use and very effective. The majority of the interest came from drive by people although we did sell it to someone that saw it online. We flipped this house and plan to continue flipping, we have decided to always list through Private Real Estate."

-Teri

  "I hate Real Estate Agents, they just take your money and do jack-s@!t..."

-Andy

  "It was so easy selling the house on line the only negative thing would be that the directional for sale signs kept having to be replaced. But it really didn't matter because the best advertising was through the website."

-Marilyn

  "A very positive experience. Your office and staff are always professional and helpful. Thank-you for this service, saved us and our buyer thousands of dollars."

-George

  "I would recommend this service to anyone selling a house. I actually have recommended it to a friend of mine, who just recently signed on. She was going through real estate agent, and was not happy. I think that this provides a more personal, and customized service to a potential buyer."

-Patricia and Arnaldo

  "Magazine exposure very beneficial in the sale of this property. Simple process to setup. With the first offer coming in almost at full listing price, I came out way far ahead than had I sold through a real estate agent. Process to in closing the offer relatively simple. Well worth the fee I paid for this service. Thanks!!!!"

-Victor

  "I would recommend using this to anyone who is trying to sell private. This is my second time."

-Karim

  "I suggested that anyone could do it. Open houses every Sunday. Keep the house very clean and clutter free. Speak to the visitors and ask them what they are looking for, how long they've been looking and what their ideal closing date would be. Sell the house to the buyers."

-Robert

  "I will tell anyone I know about your service. You where all so helpful and now I have a few extra $$$ in my pocket instead of a real estate agent."

-Sharon

  "This is our second time selling privately, we saved thousands and are very pleased with the outcome. We have told many people about our experience and recommended that if they ever sell they should do it with Private Real Estate."

-Patty

  "Could not believe how fast our house sold 2 days and no commission, love this service"

-Lukas

  "This is the 3rd house that we have sold using your service. Always great and the best way to sell. No commissions."

-Paul

  "We were so very pleased, service from your organization was excellent. Our house basically sold in one day. There is not much else to day except THANKS!"

-Carol

  "We enjoyed our experience with Private Real Estate. We would most definitely see privately again. The best part...0% commission meant we had a larger down payment for our new house."

-Krisinda

  "Overall good experience....my suggestion is that you try to have as many open houses as possible as we feel that's where most of our traffic came from."

-Mary & Dan

  "Great experience, so much so that we might consider ONLY looking at listings on Private Real Estate in the future for purchases."

-Kevin & Leslie

  "We were very pleased with your service and would recommend your service to anyone we know!"

-Joan

  "The initial consultation was very informative and helped us anticipate what to expect. The tools and resources available were invaluable and easy to use."

-Tom

  "Three couples came through our house the day before the open house. Two of these couples bid on the house which resulted in a sale above list price and without any conditions! Thanks so much!"

-Lisa

  "I found the directional signs brought a lot of drive-by looks at the house which eventually lead to a cash offer. The magazine and web advertising is also a great tool."

-Rich

  "Overall we were happy with the service provided. I know it helped the sale of our house having many other people in our area using your service."

-Dave

  "It took us awhile to sell but thankfully we were in no rush. Katrina was an outstanding help from beginning to end! We would highly recommend your company due to her extreme professionalism and kindness. We would do this again!"

-Marie

  "It really was easy. We only had three party's come through the house. Two came through twice. The second party wanted to put an offer and wait while they put their house on the market. They were a bit upset when we refused to accommodate them. The couple that have purchased our home can’t wait to get into it. They are a really nice young couple and we are glad we sold it to them. The overall experience was good and we would probably do the same again if able. One agent in particular was really ticked off, giving me all kinds of stats as to how much more money they could generate for us, and how much more quickly they could sell it....etc...etc. I am so happy we didn't listen to any of them. After all we are ahead by over 11,000.00 dollars. Thanks again for being there."

-Ross & Mildred

  "We actually initially sold our house within the first two weeks of listing with you guys however; the deal fell through due to the buyer being unable to secure financing. Your website is the best feature, the pictures are amazing and truly give people an extremely clear view of what the properly looks like even before they come for a site visit. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for offering such an amazing service. As a single Mom of three teenagers --- the money saved from lack of commission will come in extremely handy!! Thanks again."

-Lisa

  "Private Real Estate is the only way to go! This is the 2nd time we have used your service and would not sell any other way. Real Estate agents start to bother you the minute the sign goes on your front lawn until the sold sign goes up. We found that many lie about having potential buyers just to try to get you to sign up with them."

-Christine & Janes

  "Extremely happy with the results. Sold our home in 4 weeks. Had just one open house that was successful because of the signs you provided us with. Thanks for everything.....Would highly recommend using Private Real Estate!"

-Kim & Jane

  "The entire process was extremely easy and painless from start to finish. Katrina was pleasant, warm, friendly and very informative."

-Tanya

  "We were very pleased with the service. The process was very simple and manageable."

-Minoo

  "I would never use an agent again after knowing that I can sell it myself and in future will sell privately again and after seeing that I did it I know my friends will too. Private Real Estate was so helpful with the magazine, website, signs and feature sheets. Thanks! I had several agents call me and tell me that I would fail at selling the house privately. I also had many tell me that they would bring buyers in. The agent came to look and then never brought anyone. After that I told agents we were not willing to work with agents."

-Krista

  "Overall it went very well and we were satisfied with the end result. You do have to be very organized, have a plan and be ready to work it. One must remain objective and try to keep emotions out of the process as much as possible."

-Andy

  "Was not on the market very long. As soon as sign went up the first person called and put an offer in."

-Domenic & Suzy

  "We had a great experience and are thrilled that we saved approximately $20,000. You can't beat that. The package provided all of the information we needed to do the job ourselves."

-Kelly

  "What a wonderful experience. Our house sold in 2 days. The support and encouragement we had from your team was great. The photos that Robin took were wonderful and we were told it sold the house on the spot. We used the lawyer for free consultation and will close with him, he was great as well. We would definitely use your services again. It almost felt too easy. Thanks!"

-Nikki

  "Very pleased with the service. Would highly recommend to anyone. Would never use real estate agents for future sales! "

-John

  "This was a very positive experience for us. Any questions or issues were quickly addressed and resolved. Very pleased with the level of service and professionalism."

-Robert

  "The ‘privaterealestate’ experience was straightforward and easy to complete with the guidance of your reprehensive. I will insure to use your services in the further to buy/sell our next home. Positive Experiences: 1. LOTS OF COLOR PHOTOS ON INTERNET AD. 2. FREE COLOR MAGAZINES, 90% of calls were from the magazine, and had no knowledge of the Internet. "

-Don

  "Thanks for this service. We suspect the success of your service will grow substantially in the months and years ahead. Selling privately is not difficult and it is a very sensible thing to do. We received got many calls and letters from agents. This was expected. Some agents were very pleasant to talk with. A few were a little annoying. Overall it was as expected. They all tried hard to convince us that they could help and that we needed their help. But of course we did not need that help even a little. Selling privately was simple and actually a pleasant experience."

-Bob

  "It was a refreshing change working face to face with the purchaser. From previous experience working with real estate agents, I'd much prefer to be the one in the driver's seat again and again! I can't help but feel the real estate agent causes unnecessary anxiety to the transaction and experience overall, or maybe that's just a biased view due to an unfavorable past experience!! I certainly preferred having control over the situation. Will sell privately again for sure."

-Julie

  "Private Real Estate is the only way to sell Real Estate. Wish I did on my previous transaction."

-Scott

  "I am very impressed with this service. Our house sold much faster than we expected and we were able to save almost $20,000 in commission. The staff at Private Real Estate was very helpful and friendly. I would definitely use this service again and recommend it to all of my friends."

-Christina

  "We were really impressed with how quickly everything was done. We called you and the same day our house was up on the website and someone was out the very next day to take pictures and those were posted a few hours later. Very impressive. We would highly recommend Private Real Estate to anyone wanting to sell their home."

-Mike & Sylvie

  "My house was listed over 20 weeks with an agent and not even a second look from anyone. I took it over with Private Real Estate and in 7.5 weeks I received 3 offers and accepted the fourth. I used a lot of signs at all the major corners when advertising my Open House I would put them up the day before to advertise a Sunday open house and a lot of "directional" signs as our house was somewhat hidden in a circle and all that work paid off because you're basically working for yourself for a major "self gratifying" experience. There were two houses for sale just around the corner from ours which were listed but mine sold first which makes me feel good but in all honesty I lowered my price a little since I now didn't have to pay commission and therefore the buyer didn't have to pay the higher price for the house either. Had it not been for me meeting Katrina around the corner one day and explaining to me how privaterealestate.ca worked, I may still have been trying to sell my house the hard way. She is an awesome sales representative and I thank her for being at the right place at the right time. I was very pleased with the results and I have told all my friends of my experience."

-Anna

  "Thank you very much for your wonderful service, I have already recommended Private Real Estate to all my friend, and they will contact you soon."

-Violet

  "Great Jobs Guys Thank You so much!"

-Gary & Brenda

  "I saved the 5% commission fee which David Meade, the prominent real estate agent for the Orchard, was charging. I had previously listed for 7 months with two separate real estate agents and I did not even receive one offer. That's taking into account that I had lowered my price three times. The last price listed with a real estate agent was 264,000. Am I happy? Hell, ya! "

-Alex

  "This is the second time I have sold using your services and would use them again. One thing I found a little frustrating is, while looking at listing pictures, the "Return to feature sheet" option only goes back to the previous picture you were looking at. I would look into having this option fixed so it did indeed bring you back to the feature sheet itself. We found that in some cases, we had to scroll back some 10-20 pictures depending on how many times we looked at them."

-Jeff

  "Overall, this was a great experience! My house sold after less than 2 weeks, and I got a better price than I expected. I am very pleased!"

-Rhonda

  "Overall it was a very good experience. It was very rewarding to sell the house on our own and we met a lot of very nice people in the process."

-Samantha

  "We had a good experience with your service. Everything you put in you sales book is excellent information and very useful tips. The signage is very professional. The website is very easy to use also. The best part of the sales experience was NO COMMISSION! I think we may have had more showings if we had used a real estate agent, but I also think we had more serious inquiries using your service. We had three offers on the table in the end. Our only issue we had was trying to redeem a coupon that was offered when we signed up, however the issue was resolved in the end."

-Marcia

  "I think it was great and well worth the money! Had a call the first day, showed it to her the second and third day and sold it the fourth day! I prefer not to deal with Real Estate Agents as I find that purchasing a home is a personal thing and agents tend to take that out of the deal."

-Janet

  "Easy service. Lots of great information was given when the property was listed. Would definitely use the service again and highly recommend it to anyone who is considering selling their home. I received a call from a real estate agent who asked (rather impolitely) how long I plan to keep it up for sale privately before going to a real estate agent? I told her....for as long as it takes! I'm glad I stuck to my guns!"

-Stacy

  "Excellent service, will sell thru PrivateRealEstate.ca again, and will advise all our friends to do the same. Also the pictures taken were top of the line, very clear and much bigger than what you get when dealing with other real estate firms. To say the least, we are VERY HAPPY customers!! Thank you for top of the line service. Several real estate agents called, mainly to see if we had any response to the website and your sign on our lawn. Yup, we sure did, we told them, our phone and doorbell never stopped ringing. All agents were pleasant, offered their services if we did not sell.....but we did .......in 20 days!"

-Deirdre & Michael

  "Selling our home with the assistance of Private Real Estate was a great experience. We saved thousands of dollars by selling privately. This service is recommended to anyone out there who wants to save money by not paying commission. I congratulate the ones who started this business - I see more and more private real estate signs on properties and foresee many more in the future! Thank you Private Real Estate it was a pleasure selling our home with your support."

-Katarina

  "We found Private Real Estate to be organized and very responsive to our needs. The photographer was very skilled in her craft as well as her interpersonal skills (Thanks!). The customer service agents were polite and helpful. These interactions with staff helped us to feel important. It really says a lot about your business. We will use this service in the future to buy or sell. We also recently purchased a home privately and feel that if sellers are willing to be patient, there is no need to work with an agent. My only less than stellar feedback is regarding the issue of the SOLD sign. In our initial package of materials and signs, we did not receive one, so I called your office upon selling our home and spoke with a receptive customer service agent. He suggested that we simply take the FOR SALE sign off the property. However, it's important for us psychologically to have the 'closure' and put the damn SOLD sign up, for the whole world to know! What satisfaction- so don't rob us of this. This too, I'm sure makes Private Real Estate look good, telling others you can do what you set out to do! After pleading my case just once, the customer service agent offered to have a SOLD sign sent out to us. We can't wait to receive it!"

-Andrea

  "Staff very helpful & friendly. Would use you again."

-Florence

  "We received lots of business cards and letters left in our mailbox from agents, mostly feeling sorry for us and offering to "help" us even though we sold it after just 6 days!"

-Susan

  "The staff was very helpful every time I called with questions. We appreciate all the help and knowledge they offered throughout this process. Thanks so much for everything. We didn't have agents approaching us like we thought we would...one agent selling a town home down the road but that's all. We did have a very interested buyer's agent approach us about commission and he was not very nice about it. He came right out and said we don't know enough about Real Estate to be attempting this....before he even talked to us that was his opening line!!! Oh well, we sold in less than 4 weeks and after one open house so there!"

-Ghada & Sean

  "In two weeks, upon showing our home, we had 4 individuals interested in buying our home. We could have sold it the first week, with first prospects if we would move our closing date to Aug 1/07. We post-poned all other interested parties in viewing our home until open house (second weekend showing). We had two interested parties at the same time giving us offer, conditional upon financing only. We are extremely happy customers of your website and magazine. We have saved over $8,500 in real estate fees alone. We also believe that we had a very good home to sell and received many compliments in how clean and well-maintained our home is. We followed all of your guidelines to show our home and they paid off for us. Thank-you so much."

-Josie & Cyril

  "You provide an excellent service, and I would do it again with privaterealestate.ca."

-Nancy

  "The signage, web site and magazine were excellent and very professional. You made the house look great. All of my requests were handled immediately. We were able to sell our house in 5 weeks. I highly recommend your services."

-Steve

  "We had real estate agents calling or emailing us on a daily basis telling us we were doing their job and we couldn't sell our house with out them. I told them it does not take a genius to sell a house I knew we could do it on our own many people go on your website and we had a lot of great feedback on the pictures you had taken."

-Louise

  "We have now sold 2 homes thru Private Real Estate in the last year. Both our homes sold very quickly-- 0% gave us and the purchaser room to negotiate, anybody can sell their own home, you need to follow the book advice-- clean, repair, and remove clutter = 0% commission= happy sellers and buyers. Thanks a lot."

-David

  "We found the experience quite rewarding although it does require a fair amount of work to properly prepare for the open houses and numerous customer questions. We would certainly use this service in the future if we decide to sell any future properties."

-Gloria & Larry

  "You made the process of selling our home very simple, and provided us with the necessary information to complete the deal on our own. The only suggestion I would make would be in regards to letting clients know that once the purchase agreement is made up, you need 4 copies before you start signing so that all parties end up with a copy for themselves and their lawyer."

-Jake & Lily

  "We are extremely pleased with the service of Private Real Estate and the agent assigned to us. He was very informative and helpful. We were amazed how smoothly the transaction of our sale went and how quickly it sold. We were very happy not to use a real estate agent and paying commission fees. We have already recommended Private Real Estate to all our friends."

-Mary

  "Sold in 10 days! On market Monday, offer come in the following Thursday. I would recommend Private Real Estate as you will save. I saved approx $10,000 by selling my home Privately. Your lawyer does all the legal work. You just have to set up appointments so the buyer can have an inspector, bank and insurance co. appraisals completed. It was easy ... I would recommend Private Real Estate to anyone who is selling their home. After this experience ... I am thinking about changing my career to a Real Estate Agent as the money they make is phenomenal."

-Wendy

  "Comment: The team at Private Real Estate was extremely organized and efficient. I am truly amazed with the ease of this system. Congratulations on developing an enjoyable and successful business model. "

-Derrick

  "The private estate team has been extremely helpful to us during whole the process of the sale. We would definitely recommend others to go through Private Real Estate."

-Nazma

  "It took us about 7.5 weeks to sell our home...just like you predicted! We sold for 98% of the asking price...which is actually what we wanted! It was easy and we only had 2 open houses. Overall a wonderful experience, very easy....I would do it again! I have learned a few things for next time...I really enjoyed meeting and talking to the people who are buying our home. Real Estate Agents all try to con you into listing with them and they are constantly knocking at your door and telling you they have clients when in fact they don't they just want to get in your door to get the listing...you have to be firm and strong if you want to do it on your own."

-Wendy

  "Fantastic service. Great website easier to use than any Agents website. I had agents knocking at my door to get my listing. I like having access to my add on your website and making the listing for an open house myself. Friendly and helpful staff who answered all my questions when I called and did not have to wait for an "agent to call me back". This is the fourth home that I have sold and its the first time that both the buyer and seller feel good about the whole transaction. I saved $16000.00 in commission and the buyer saved on the overall purchase price. I am "hooked" on your product it works and have no hesitation in recommending it to anyone. I sold for 99% of my asking price in three weeks. I had an agent I think, lay my open house sign down on the ground so people could see his open house sign up. Not fair play? Had many phone calls and agents knocking at the door to ask for our listing."

-Rodney

  "Fantastic marketing and resources to help anyone sell their home!"

-Lucy

  "The package provided was VERY helpful. We and the buyers filled out the forms, they took it to their lawyer for review and he said he would have even accepted that, it was fine the way it was. It was really a stress free experience because our home sold so quickly. I would DEFINITELY do this again. Three agents told us that we were listing too high, so I can only presume that they would have listed for less. However, we sold for 97% of our asking price in one week, saving 17,500 in commission. It is just a shocking amount of money to us."

-Ada

  "Our house sold in only 5 days on the market, for much more than the asking price ... with NO COMMISSION!!"

-Barry

  "I thought your website was really great. I would recommend your services to friends and family, actually the couple that bought our house are going to use Private Real Estate as when I filled in offer with them they realized it was quite straightforward/I also let them see your kit with all the helpful suggestions."

-Isabel & Andrew

  "Open Houses make a big difference. An explanation of the Private Real Estate company is important as most people are nervous about private selling. They were a lot more trusting when it was presented by professional signs, website and documents. Website is a big plus. "

-Jon

  "I thought that the entire process was clear and easy to follow. The contact people were friendly and informative and my questions were answered immediately. The only negative was that our signs kept disappearing!"

-Krista

  "Excellent internet and magazine marketing exposure at an affordable price. I would recommend your service to family and friends. Thank You!"

-Roman & Halyna

  "We had a great experience, the day we posted the house it sold, that deal fell through on conditions, but the day we reposted it we had multiple offers and we sold for 99% of asking price with no commission to pay."

-Tanya

  "I would recommend your service to anyone wanting to sell their house. The owners do all the work and the real estate agents make a big chunk of money and I don't feel that is fair."

-Marge

  "This was a very positive experience. We had undergone some major renovations on our house and it showed very well. The asking price of our house was the highest price this street has ever seen. In fact was $40,000 more than the last house (which used to be the highest) that sold on our street. An agent refused to list our house at our price and was $15K below our estimated value. Your future publications should tell your potential clientele to do an investigation of what’s selling in their neighbourhood and how does their house compare. If it's priced fair it will sell quickly. We had many phone calls from agents. Some were very nice and complimentary and other were rude and in my opinion ignorant of the value of homes in our area. One agency went as far as to tell (one of the people that put an offer in on our house) that they would be foolish to buy a home that was privately listed. I’m sending that lovely lady a picture of our house with your “SOLD” sign on our front lawn!! :)"

-Tony & Linda

  "I would highly recommend private real estate to anyone. We did end up having an agent bring the buyer, but still saved over 50% of the commission by not listing with an agent. Very easy process, great exposure in the magazine and on the internet, and would use private real estate again. It sold in less than 2 weeks on the market!"

-Kerri

  "The signage, web site and magazine were excellent and very professional. You made the house look great. All of my requests were handled immediately. We were able to sell our house in 5 weeks. I highly recommend your services."

-Steve

  "You provide an excellent service, and I would do it again with privaterealestate.ca. Many agents contacted me as a result of listing with your web service. However, only one, John Christiani sent me what I perceive as false and misleading information. "

-Nancy

  "We had real estate agents calling or emailing us on a daily basis telling us we were doing their job and we couldn't sell our house with out them. I told them it does not take a genius to sell a house I knew we could do it on our own many people go on your website and we had a lot of great feedback on the pictures you had taken."

-Louise

  "Excellent website, lots of calls, I did not even have a sign on the lawn, as it was a new home that I did not live in yet. I would use this method for my next sale or purchase!"

-George

  "We are very pleased with the service provided by your company. It took only 1 day to sell our home with many inquiries thereafter."

-Mary Ann

  "We were pleased that our house sold as quick as did."

-Alysha

  "We listed our house on Wed. Oct. 15, interior pictures were up the next day, exterior and room sizes/write up on home was on the web on Friday. We received 4 phone calls, 2 drive bys and my husband showed the house 3 times that weekend. The couple who purchased our house, drove by the house on the weekend to see another house that was listed. They liked our house better and called to see us on Mon. Oct. 23. They came back on Wed. and purchased the house. They knew we were adamant with the price and didn't even try to barter. We went to the lawyers on Oct. 30 got all the paperwork done, dropped it off at the new owners and they came by last night with signatures and that's it! It was so easy and we are so impressed. The new owners listed their place with Private Real Estate. They are hoping they sell as fast as we did!"

-Jim & Teresa

  "Open houses are excellent, we recommend homeowners have at least one open house a month. Who better to sell your home than someone who has been living in the home and knows the area and the neighbourhood!"

-Liliana & Sean

  "Your magazine sold our house quickly and promptly. The internet listing was the best tool, we have recommended your services to many people, we tell them to follow your advice, because it works. We loved not having to pay commission!! The process is a simple as 1-2-3 Thanks your services are great!!"

-David

  "Great experience! Our home sold in just one week of listing it. I think the key is pricing a bit lower than the market and selling it quick. We had an open house on the Thursday night before the long weekend, and had a great turn out in fact that's when we sold the house. Was not sure about holding an open house during the week but that night was our best turn out. We blew up blue and red balloons and put them on our open house signs to attract viewers. I think people get used to seeing the private real estate signs and assume it’s a sign not an open house sign, so the balloons made the open house signs attract people’s attention. I also think when selling private open houses sell your home. We had 3 in just one week."

-Deborah and Dean

  "Awesome, We received an offer in the 5th week and closed the deal a couple of weeks after that. We saved thousands and would have had to sell our house for approximately $280,000 if we had gone with a real estate agent to walk away with the same profit!"

-Robert

  "Overall, this was a positive experience. The people who purchased our home had purchased privately before which made the process very easy. They too are now selling with privaterealestate.ca and we have referred our neighbours to the web site as well for the future sale of their home."

-Amanda

  "Your service is just as good as that of a real estate agent and 1/30th of the cost. We would have had to sell our house for $21,000 more than we did just to cover the real estate costs and that was not going to happen in this market at this time of the year. Your service allowed us to sit across the table from the buyers and negotiate a fair market deal for both parties. This is the 3rd time we have sold privately and on every occasion we have sold our house for $6,000 to $10,000 more than the appraising agents suggested."

-Shona

  "Private Real Estate works very well and I will highly recommend your service to anyone. We have used this service twice now and have been successful."

-Robyn

  "I believe that anyone who doesn't at least try a private sale before going with a real estate agent is potentially leaving big money on the table. Location and condition of house is obviously always a factor in helping facilitate a private sale."

-John

  "We felt the Private Real Estate service was much easier than using a real estate agent. The service provided us with all the necessary info, direction, signage and advertising in a very efficient and convenient manner. It was a simple process that saved us a large commission. We would encourage anyone selling, to definitely go this route. Anyone can do it!"

-Angela & Barry

  "We were very pleased with your service and especially impressed with Paul your representative. He was very friendly, helpful, not pushy and brought us whatever we needed when we needed it(especially signs). We would and have recommended your service to any others who want to sell their homes and save on real estate costs. Thanks so much!!"

-Kerry & Kim

  "I found your service to be extremely helpful and very professional."

-Rob

  "My husband and I have now sold two houses by using Private Real Estate. Our First house we sold the first day, and the second house in the fifth week. I have and would recommend Private Real Estate anyone."

-Ericka

  "Our house sold very fast, the exposure was great and brought the traffic by which resulted in a sale. We would definitely use Private Real Estate again."

-Phil & Cheryl

  "We sold for higher than what three real estate agents advised us to list at. We are very happy as we sold in four days and everything went very smoothly."

-John & Marion

  "Very positive experience, would recommend using by others."

-Barbara and Marek

  "We just felt confident with Private Real Estate being there to help out with any questions or concerns. The signage along with the website advertising gave it a professional feel ... buyers felt more comfortable with our presentation!"

-Donna

  "The best thing that we did was to have open houses every weekend. We always had a good turn out at open houses and it was after coming to an open house that we had a return the same afternoon with an offer. Advise sellers that the purchasers need to be educated with the process of private sale, because although you get a lot of people through on open houses, these people need to be advised on the next steps if they are interested in the home. One agent removed all of our street signs and continually called or dropped by and basically harassed us with negativity; telling us we would never sell on our own; that she felt badly for us; she can make it easier for us; we were overpriced - when she had two homes in our neighborhood (one on our street - same model, the other behind listed for a month longer than ours without success at higher prices than ours. She eventually sold one the week prior to our sale and the other one removed their listing."

-Odel

  "Overall it went quite well, did not have to pay over 15k in commission."

-Wade

  "This was actually our fourth offer, as the other three offers fell though. We were extremely happy with your services. I would definitely recommend your services, and for people to have open house. We sold our home during an open house."

-Christine & Scott

  "Privaterealestate.ca worked for us!! By the time the signs went up we already had an offer on our home. We were really impressed with the pictures that were taken of our home and the service was excellent. Your site gave our home lots of exposure and it was great to be able to track all the 'hits' that our home had on the website. It was unbelievably easy to sell our home and we saved thousands to boot!!! We will definitely use your service if we ever need to sell another home and I was so impressed that I convinced my brother to use your service to sell his home! Thanks for making selling our home a stress-free and inexpensive experience!!"

-Erin

  "This service was very easy to use. We were able to sell our house in only a couple days. Your staff was very easy to work with and answered all of our questions."

-Lori & Marc

  "SOLD 100% OF LIST PRICE IN 1 WEEK!!"

-Jennifer

  "We consulted a # of real estate agents who looked at the history of sales in our neighbourhood and recommended we price at $145 thousand. We could see more potential than that based on what we saw by shopping literally every neighbourhood in the city and surrounding area. We priced at $159K and took $155K. As far as we were concerned we were more informed and up to date than the agents because we were active in the market. By ignoring the agents and going with our informed gut instinct we think we made an additional $20 thousand. I am self employed in the moving business, this was the easiest money I have ever made. Thank you!"

-Michael

  "We would like to thank you so much for you help/advise/service. We sold our home very quickly and for an expected price. In this way we, as a seller, as well the buyer are happy because we saved a lot of money. We would like to advice and encourage other owners to use your service as a way to sell their properties. For sure, we will advice our friends about this GREAT way to sell their properties. "

-Vasile & Ana

  "Was totally impressed with the immediate creation of my home on your site - especially the way you were able to take out family pic, and clutter on the fridge!!!!! When I advertised the one open house I had, I found it inexpensive due to being able to simply say Open House, date & time - Privaterealestate.ca. I am so very thankful for your help. I was even able to advertise cheaply in the Toronto Star, out of town properties. I had three different parties interested in purchasing my home and asked each of them to bring me their best offer. With the stress of selling and buying Private Real Estate made it much easier."

-Diane

  "I would like to thank the entire staff at Private Real Estate for your assistance in helping us sell our home. With your help we received 2 offers in 3 days. We were very impressed with the prompt service, the lawn signs we received and the overwhelming response we got from the internet site. Our home got over 300 hits in 5 days and we received an amazing number of "serious" phone calls that led to over 15 showings. I would definitely use your service again and not hesitate to recommend it to anyone else. Thanks again for helping us sell at 105% of asking with 0% commissions paid."

-Scott & Laura

  "We were very impressed with your service & we feel the fees were fair as well. We have already recommended you to several people, including many who came to see our property as a result of finding us on your site."

-Dellabough

  "Very helpful service. We were very happy and would use it again!"

-Doug & Joan

  "GREAT EXPERIENCE SELLING THROUGH PRIVATE REAL ESTATE AND SAVED $12,700 IN REAL ESTATE COMMISSIONS PLUS RECEIVED $1,500 OVER OUR LIST PRICE. WOULD DEFINITELY RECOMMEND THIS SERVICE."

-Rino

  "Your service is superb, and everyone was responsive and a pleasure to work with. I think that having the 'Private Real Estate' company involved as opposed to just selling the house privately provides greater exposure, and makes potential buyers feel more comfortable, too."

-Greg

  "Delighted with the service. Never did have an open house or had to put out any signs. Presume it was the location of home. Would highly recommend this organization to any of my friends. Thank You!"

-Wendy

  "Property sold in TWO weeks!! This was much quicker than we expected from private real estate or even from a real estate shark. The website is very user friendly, and is updated in a timely fashion. We did not have an open house due to the volume of contacts/visits from the website and the signs! Special thanks to Robin and Ian who helped us enormously and were always professional and available. Our past experiences with real estate agents has been less than stellar, which is why we chose private real estate. Our contacts with agents this time has only reinforced our poor opinion of these persons who seem to have delusions of adequacy!"

-Dennis & Julia

  "The service was very good. The phone rep, Robin, took the time to answer all my questions and made some suggestions. The field rep, Martin, that took the pictures also made some very helpful suggestions for showing the house. I was very pleased with the service and the house sold fast and for an excellent price. Thank you for all the help."

-Colin

  "Your signs sure brought the real estate agents running. It was a pleasure to tell them we sold it ourselves. The commission we saved paid for a lot in our new home. Many people that came through our home were very vocal about their dislike and mistrust of real estate agents. Almost every real estate agent in town was knocking on our door, leaving flyers in our mailbox or emailing us telling us that they could do a better job selling our home than us or that we would never sell it ourselves. The real estate agents in our area even went so far as to pull our for sale signs down from the poles we put them on. The contracts they want you to sign are to protect tem not to help you."

-Lorraine

  "Selling private was a good idea. We saved thousands on fees. We aren't moving far so it was nice getting to see, and to know, who would be buying the house."

-Clifford

  "The house sold in 5 days! We had immediate interest and had a huge turn-out for the Open House. The website is very well done. The pictures are large and give you a great feel for the property. I also really like the FOR SALE and OPEN HOUSE signs because they are very easy to read and are recognizable compared to the others out there. I think if you price your home right and try not to be greedy you will sell your home very quickly. Real estate agents tried to sway us to go with them and listed a lot of cons of selling privately, but because we had sold other homes before it seemed very straight forward to us, and it was!"

-Pamela

  "Your service was great. No problems and always helpful. Would definitely recommend you. We received both phone calls and mail from real estate agents. One in particular from Remax gave me a really hard time and was actually rude on the phone wanting to bring clients through our home. I felt like I had to defend my decision to sell privately."

-Christine

  "We will definitely use this service in the future and I have already referred you to a neighbour. Great service, I am sure that it will continue to grow as people figure out how much money they can save if they sell on their own, with all the benefits of your advertising and exposure."

-Bobby

  "We were amazed at the number of people who came through (100+) during our four Open Houses. Many arrived with their own printout from the web site. Suggestion: It would be great to have 'peel off and stick' SOLD signs to put on the directional signs. SOLD on the front lawn is great but we are missing an opportunity to show our success on the directional signs which tend to be on the main streets. We cut out a stencil and spray painted SOLD on our street signs. After all, people have been looking at the directional signs for a few weeks so it's great to give them an update. Great experience. We'd do it again."

-Tom & Trish

  "Private Real Estate is a fantastic idea. We just saved ourselves thousands in commission and our house sold in 1 week."

-Lynne & James

  "It was such a great experience selling our house our selves! It was so easy! A nice, friendly, business transaction. "

-Kathleen

  "Private is the only way to go. We saved thousands in commission. It was so painless to sell! You do not need an agent to do this, it is that easy. Your website is incredible and the pics taken of our home were fantastic. The signage is really outstanding, as they are bright and professional and lured in our purchaser in the end. Thanks for an excellent service, you are a great company for all home owners."

-Brett

  "A very straight forward way to sell a home. All necessary paperwork provided along with signs, pictures, descriptions etc. I have recommended this service to several people since listing our home. Would definitely use this service in the future. Biggest advantage, we did not lose any portion of our selling price to commission with a real estate company."

-Matti

  "This is a great site, it allows you the seller to be in total control of selling your home. Real estate agents will only end up robbing you blind in the end. "

-Wade

  "I am really glad we decided to sell privately. We sold our house to someone just going by our home. We saved $7,000 in real estate fees and was one of the highest selling properties in our complex. All you need is one interested buyer to sell your home. It has been a great experience and we would do it all again in the future even if it wasn't this successful."

-Louise

  "Outstanding service, we received offers within the first week. Sold the house by the second week. And the sale of our home was easy and effortless. Not to mention we got only $1000.00 less then our asking price. We are very happy with the private sale and would never ever do it any other way. I have recommended this service to all of our friends and family. Thanks for everything."

-Darren and Kelly

  "I think the service is great, the pictures actually did the house justice. The admin people were really helpful and nice."

-Ellie

  "The reason I chose Private Real Estate because of the negative experience with real-estate agents. One even overpriced my home by $50,000.00 so that they could get my listing, and thanks to that agent I decided to go private. My home sold in two months with very little work and a lot of gratification, I certainly will use this service again."

-Chris

  "Thanks Private Real Estate for the help on the sale of my home... Your service is well worth the time to save all that commission. I saved $17,000.00. Thanks again."

-Deo

  "Great service, provides a very informative website and allows the customer to see online before calling and booking a showing."

-Lesley

  "I love this method of selling homes. The money we saved overall was great. I'd recommend not only selling privately, but using your services to do so. Bryan was great to work with, very pleasant, and had things up and running for us in hours. In addition, he made changes quickly for us, which was very much appreciated. You guys have a great service... keep it up."

-Mark and Lianne

  "I can't believe how easy it was. With only one open house and a very short listing time, I sold the unit for 98% of the asking price. Thanks to this experience I saved close to $8000. I'd sell privately again in a heartbeat!"

-Mimi

  "Overall, I think your concept is great and will give the traditional real estate industry a run for their money. They charge way too much to sell real estate and it's not hard to sell your house on your own with a service like this one! Embrace the concept of your company and let everyone know about what you do! I will! It saved me close to $10-12,000 dollars in real estate fees. That's what the average person makes in 3-5 months of full time work!"

-Ivanna

  "WE SAVED OURSELVES $12,000. WHY SHOULD A REAL ESTATE AGENT GET THAT KIND OF $$ FOR SHOWING A HOME! NO ONE KNOWS THEIR HOUSE BETTER THAN THE OWNER."

-Raquel

  "Extremely glad we decided to use Private Real Estate. Wouldn't do it any other way. We have friends that initially would have used an agent, who will now do exactly what we did. Thanks for all the help."

-Chris

  "I did have a number of people call or stop by my house to ask how the private selling experience was going. I told them I wouldn't do it any other way. Once the sold sign went up (3 weeks after the sign went up) I had even more people stop and ask about selling privately, most of these people were unhappy with real estate agents in general. 90% of my experiences with real estate agents were negative. Things like, you'll never sell on your own, they can get me more money in my pocket even with the 5% agents fee! Ha! Ha!"

-Rob

  "Overall, we were very pleased with Private Real Estate. Your website was very helpful and you responded to our questions immediately. Your photographer was very professional and did a great job of the pictures. Your signs are very professional and eye-catching. Thank you."

-Janice

  "I think your service was fabulous because your website brought us our buyer. After 2 months of trying to do it ourselves without the assistance of privaterealestate.ca and it's advertising we looked into other options. Once we got online with your company we had an offer we accepted within two weeks! I thought the pics looked great, the house was up on the web within hours and any requests/changes to the website or open house postings was immediate. I would recommend it to anyone and definitely will use your service again. It was easy. And the best part is I saved a bundle on high priced real estate fees and got close to my asking price!!!! Thank you:))"

-LeeAnne

  "Put out road signs 9:00 PM Friday. Buyer called 10:00 AM Saturday. Scheduled house tour. Bought it. The lawn sign had been there since end of August, but because of us not being around - visiting kids and Fall getaways, we were not ready to put the other signs out. When we did, we sold it fast."

-Rollande

  "The drive by signs brought in around 10 couples. The ultimate purchasers checked us out on the web site we sold in one month. We have recommended your services to a few others."

-Richard

  "Many negative experiences with Real Estate Agents. I have found there to be many agents who are unethical and dishonest. Agents seem to be very threatened by your process and will do anything for commission, ethical or not. Several agents falsely represented themselves as purchasers in order to gain entry into our home. In each case we found out that they were selling similar homes in the area and just wanted to see our home so that they could compare it with their listing. One agent even became visibly upset when we denied him entry to our home for purposes of doing a comparative - he was selling the exact same model of home around the corner in competition with us! He even tried to send the vendors father to our home half an hour later to do the comparative for him. We denied him entry as well. Other agents who purported to bring serious purchasers, brought them only because clients asked to be brought after they saw our home advertised. Once inside the agents could be overheard making unwarranted negative or depreciating comments to discourage the buyers from buying from us so that they would buy a home through a real estate agent. We believe we even had two-three potential acceptable offers terminated because of the subsequent involvement of agents on behalf of the purchasers. There was absolutely no use or value in spending time or efforts with agents whatsoever! The involvement of agents prolonged our selling time because of their interference in the selling process. We have contemplated making complaints to RECO."

-Anonymous

  "Overall we were very happy with the service and have recommended it to the person that bought our home. We sold it ourselves with the use of your service. It is a good feeling knowing a $24,000.00 commission was not paid. That allows us to sleep at night with smiles on our faces. Cheers!"

-Kevin and Beth

  "We are ecstatic to advise you that as of 7:13 this evening our house was officially SOLD! We sold it in 13 days, to actually the first person to view it. We sold it for more than 98% of the asking price........simply put we will never, ever sell with a real estate agent again! We saved thousands! Many thanks to the Private Real Estate team!!"

-Chris and Tennille

  "Your Company is a real alternative to the present Real Estate system, which I think is way overpaid with today’s house prices. It was a pleasure to do business with you. Your staff was pleasant and proper at all times. Thank You."

-Werner

  "If I have to sell another home I will use Private Real Estate again. I saved thousands of dollars."

-Eduardo

  "Bryan's personalized service was prompt and efficient. Excellent exposure due to the website and the terrific signage."

-Stephen

  "Dean and I were both very happy with your services and love the pictures Robin took of our home. We were both amazed at the calls and e-mails we received literally hours after we put the sign up and would definitely recommend your services to family and friends."

-Dean and Cinzia

  "Had 70 showings at 8 open houses, some through the magazine ad and some through PrivateRealEstate.ca.  Additionally had 25 phone calls from purchasers who saw in the magazine which referred them to the web site. The pictures sold them.  I had a lengthy phone conversation after they viewed the site. One came through the house the next morning. It Sold.  Your product works! Thank you."

-Fred

  "Yesterday evening it was official. We have sold our house and have been very pleased with your services. Thank you for your help. It was sold not through an open house, although we did have some offers from that, but because someone saw it online and then came to see it on their own. Also, it may interest you to know that we received a call from someone living in California who was moving to Toronto, as well as calls from Niagara Falls and Hamilton because of your magazine and ad online."

-Ed and Marigrace

  "Takes a little more work than if you listed with an agent, but well worth it. I will never use a Real Estate agent to sell my house again. I saved a bundle!"

-Anthony

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