The FoolProof FSBO Podcast with Tim Street

Video 24 - 'You Should Drop The Price Of Your Home'

Tim Street Season 1 Episode 26

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Most sellers think their only options are drop the price or remodel—and both can torch your profit. In this episode, Tim shows a smarter third path: expand your buyer pool with five “creative financing” angles that make your home affordable on a monthly-payment level (without gutting your list price), so you create urgency, competition, and faster offers.

You’ll learn:

  • How assumable FHA/VA loans (especially low-rate loans from pre-2022) can become “marketing bait” that pulls in more showings and even triggers cash offers
  • Why rate buy-downs beat price cuts (small cost to you, huge monthly payment relief to buyers)
  • The psychology hack of prepaying hard costs (HOA/taxes) to make affordability feel dramatically easier
  • How seller financing can unlock high-income buyers banks reject—and how it’s structured for protection
  • How lease options work (option fee + rent + buy later) for buyers rebuilding credit or self-employed

If your home is sitting and you’re sick of hearing “just drop the price,” this episode gives you leverage: stop discounting—start creating more qualified competition.

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