For Des Moines metro homeowners selling on their own

Find out exactly what you'd walk away with.

I'll build you a real net proceeds estimate myself — every cost broken down, from commissions to state and closing fees, priced against actual comps I pull for your specific address. Not a generic online calculator. Email me your address and I'll send it back to you directly.

I run the comps myself — a realistic price, not a Zestimate guess

Every cost itemized: commissions, state & closing fees, payoff

No obligation — just email me, no forms or accounts

Email me your address — korey@agencyiowa.com

Korey Hauenstein

REALTOR, Agency Iowa — former DMPS teacher

Try the quick version yourself

Then email me for the real, comp-based breakdown

Expected sale price $425,000

Remaining mortgage balance $210,000

Selling method

Buyer's agent commission (typical)$10,625

Listing agent commission$0

Closing costs & title fees (est.)$8,500

Mortgage payoff$210,000

Estimated net proceeds $195,875

This is a rough, self-entered version. Your actual price shouldn't come from a slider — it should come from comps.

I'll personally run comps for your address, itemize every fee — commissions, state transfer fees, title and closing costs — and send back a realistic number. No charge, no obligation.

Where should I send your personalized breakdown — pulled from actual recent sales near you?

Not a pitch to list with me

Most FSBO sellers don't lose money on the commission. They lose it somewhere else.

You already know what a 6% commission costs. What's harder to see from the outside is where deals quietly lose money — or fall apart — after the sign goes in the yard.

THE GAP

Pricing it wrong in either direction

Price too high and you sit on the market while buyers assume something's wrong. Price too low and you hand a buyer's agent leverage before a single showing happens.

THE GAP

The buyer's agent negotiates, you don't

Even in a FSBO sale, the buyer almost always has an agent. They negotiate for a living. You're doing it for the first time, on the biggest asset you own.

THE GAP

Disclosures and contract terms

Iowa has specific seller disclosure requirements. A missed one doesn't just risk the deal — it can come back as a legal claim after closing.

If you ever want a second opinion

One conversation, zero obligation

This is what happens if you reach out — nothing more, nothing hidden.

You tell me where things stand

How long it's been listed, what feedback you're getting from showings, and what's actually on your mind — not a sales script, just a real conversation.

I pull the real comps for your block

Not a Zestimate. Actual closed sales, square footage, and days-on-market for homes within a few blocks of yours, so your price has something behind it.

You decide what happens next

Keep going on your own with better numbers in hand, or ask what working together would actually look like. Either answer is fine with me.

Real situations, names withheld

What this actually looks like

Every FSBO situation is different. These are a few I've worked on recently.

After her husband passed, a woman was helping her mother try to sell the family home FSBO. I reached out, and after months with no offers, we met, regrouped on pricing and presentation, and got it sold without a single hiccup.

Family home sale

Des Moines metro

A homeowner going through a divorce had listed it himself to save on commission, but was worn down from doing all the work solo. We relisted at $15,000 above his original price and got it sold.

For-sale-by-owner relist

Des Moines metro

A couple going through divorce had owned their home barely a year and owed more than it could sell for — a short sale, with foreclosure closing in. What's normally a 90-day process, we closed in 30.

Short sale, ahead of foreclosure

Des Moines metro

Active and sold

See what I've got on the market right now

Current listings, sale prices on recent closings, and everything else tied to my license — all kept current on my brokerage's site.

View my current & past listings

Just here to check your own home's number? Run the free estimate instead.

Find out exactly what you'd walk away with.

Try the quick version yourself

Most FSBO sellers don't lose money on the commission. They lose it somewhere else.

Pricing it wrong in either direction

The buyer's agent negotiates, you don't

Disclosures and contract terms

One conversation, zero obligation

You tell me where things stand

I pull the real comps for your block

You decide what happens next

What this actually looks like

See what I've got on the market right now

See more of my work

Get your real number. Keep your sign in the yard.