Please help with posting on Craig's List

9 years ago

Well I feel very silly because I have posted on CL many times but never for selling a home. Here is my problem. I go to my area, then I go to Housing and click on Real Estate for Sale. Then I click on post, choose the option of For Sale by Owner, and get a page of categories - and this is where I'm getting stuck. Which category do you choose from this list?

please choose a category: ( see prohibited list before posting )

antiques - by owner
appliances - by owner
arts & crafts - by owner
atvs, utvs, snowmobiles - by owner
auto parts - by owner
baby & kid stuff - by owner (no illegal sales of recall items, e.g. drop-side cribs)
barter
bicycles - by owner
boats - by owner
books & magazines - by owner
business/commercial - by owner
cars & trucks - by owner
cds / dvds / vhs - by owner (no pornography please)
cell phones - by owner
clothing & accessories - by owner
collectibles - by owner
computers - by owner
electronics - by owner
farm & garden - by owner (legal sales of agricultural livestock OK)
free stuff (no "wanted" ads, pets, promotional giveaways, or intangible/digital items please)
furniture - by owner
garage & moving sales (no online or virtual sales here please)
general for sale - by owner
health and beauty - by owner
heavy equipment - by owner
household items - by owner
jewelry - by owner
materials - by owner
motorcycle parts & accessories - by owner
motorcycles/scooters - by owner
musical instruments - by owner
photo/video - by owner
rvs - by owner
sporting goods - by owner (no firearms, ammunition, pellet/BB guns, stun guns, etc)
tickets - by owner (please do not sell tickets for more than face value)
tools - by owner
toys & games - by owner
video gaming - by owner
wanted - by owner

Any assistance you can give would be greatly appreciated!!

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nosoccermom
9 years ago
You go to:
Housing Offered, then get
please choose a category: ( see prohibited list before posting )

rooms & shares
apts/housing for rent (no shares, roommates, or sublets please!)
housing swap
office & commercial
parking & storage
real estate - by broker
real estate - by owner
sublets & temporary
vacation rentals

Check real estate by owner
sylviatexas1
9 years ago
Once you're in the 'real estate for sale' area, the screen should take you on through the selections for real estate;
those options you listed aren't in real estate.

I just signed in to my account,
clicked on 'post',
then 'housing offered',
then 'by owner',
then the area,
then it went to the screen where you fill in the details.
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kirkhall
9 years ago
I can't imagine you can post a CL listing for a house for sale without having an account. If you didn't sign in through your CL account, then I suspect, it took you to the page for normal things that people are selling, which is what that first list you posted up is.

For "big" things, CL wants to make sure you have teeth in the game, and requires you to sign in. Did you do that?
mareda
Original Author
9 years ago
OHHH......nosoccermom and sylviatexas, thank you so much! Your instructions did it - it's now posted.

Kirkhall, the problem was that I was initially clicking on Real Estate for Sale when I should have clicked on Housing Offered. I didn't need to set up an account to post it. I just needed to take the right path.

Thank you again - your instructions were PERFECT!
nosoccermom
9 years ago
The funny thing is when I looked at CL how to do it, I saw a FSBO listing and will check it out on Saturday.
sweet_tea
9 years ago
My experience posting real estate on CL was:
1) Got 95% of inquiries (calls, emails) within 36 hours of posting the ad.
2) I learned to repost every few days to get more interest and each time I reposted that calls/emails would revive. I would delete the prior post and then create a new one.
3) Always post several photos
4) Put your location and price on subject line plus top selling feature if it fits (such as waterfront or 5 acres or 1 year old or top school district)
5) Dont have to specifiy FSBO in the subject line and don't have to make it the 1st few sentences of an ad either. Just focus on marketing the property and don't have to put FSBO front and center. Dont hide it, but don't make it more important that the home and price and location and top selling features of the property.
kirkhall
9 years ago
That is a nice thing about creating an account on CL. It is easy to "renew" an ad--you don't have to delete and repost; you can just click renew.
mareda
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9 years ago
Thanks sweet tea, for some reason my posting didn't list yesterday, which may have been a good thing because I incorporated your suggestions in the ad and posted it this afternoon.

Now I just need my St. Joseph's statue, which I should have ordered / buried before, but I'm a little behind in everything trying to get the house in order.

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