How I Sold My Property The Story of a Successful System of Finding Cash Buyers for Real Estate ΤΗ HIS is a short tale about a quick sale. It tells of a modern method of selling property without paying big commissions to agents. It tells how this system sold my property quickly, and for cash-and how it can do the same for you. It gives information of immense value to every man and woman who has real estate for sale. Through a business deal I became the owner of a property in an adjoining State. The place was so run down that it would have required $500 or $600 to make the house habitable. As the property was so located that I could not live on it, and, being unoccupied, brought me no income, I was, of course, anxious to dispose of it as quickly as possible. Never having tried to sell any real estate, and knowing no better method to pursue, I placed the property in the hands of a local real estate agent. This agent, following out the usual methods of the average small-town real estate man, put a "For Sale" sign on the property and then sat down and waited for some one to come along and inquire about it. After several months had elapsed without any word from the agent, I wrote and inquired as to the prospects of a sale. He replied that he had been unable to do anything with the property and had come to the conclusion that it was impossible to sell it in its present run-down condition, and advised me to spend $500 in repairs. Not having any money to spend on the place, and having lost all faith in the agent's ability to find a buyer, I decided that if anything was done I would have to do it myself. Fortunately for me, about that time I learned of "The Simplex Plans for Selling Real Estate" that had just been brought out by a New York publishing house. These I secured, and much to my delight, I found they contained seven definite plans for advertising and selling just such a property as mine. Selecting from these seven selling plans the one that seemed best suited to my requirements, I immediately put it into operation with the following gratifying results: Within three days I had eighteen people interested in my property, and within two weeks I made a satisfactory sale, having received three cash offers and two offers of exchange. And what is of the utmost importance, the cost of advertising and selling my property by the Simplex System was less than $15, whereas if I had followed the agent's advice I would have been compelled to spend $500 in repairs and pay him $125 commission when he made the sale. That my experience is not unusual is evidenced by what others say who have availed themselves of this method of selling. Here are some extracts from recent letters: "Sold my property for cash within ten days. 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The best proof of the efficiency of this system of selling real estate is the fact that through its use more than 5,000 properties in the 48 States have already been sold. you If will write to the publishers of the Plans at once, you can share in their special free examination offer. Send no money. Just fill in and mail the coupon and a complete set of these copyrighted Plans will be sent to you, prepaid, with convincing evidence of what they have done for others, and what they can do for you. In this way you take no risk, as you may examine the Plans in your own home without cost or obligation. Then if you want to keep and use them, send the publishers $10 in full payment for them. 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Beck The author of THE EVIDENCE IN THE CASE turns his penetrating satire on Wilsonism; a fearless estimate of the President, his policies, his character. There are several especially dramatic chapters written in the form of imaginary conversations between Wilson, Clemenceau, Lloyd George, Orlando and Baron Makino at the Peace Conference. INTIMATE PAGES OF MEXICAN HISTORY Edith O'Shaughnessy Author of A DIPLOMAT'S WIFE IN MEXICO At last a book by someone who can speak with authority on that puzzle which is Mexico; an intimate portrayal of its traits, principles, personalities. AMERICAN WORLD David Jayne Hill An admirably clear and convincing discussion of the whole problem of the League and the Peace Treaty by the author of AMERICANISM -WHAT IS IT? OUR ECONOMIC AND Otto H. Kahn OWE WEN WISTER, before becoming a novelist, was admitted to the Philadelphia bar. Theodore Roosevelt, when asked if Mr. Wister's character the "Virginian" was not overdrawn, once declared that his friend Seth Bullock was "in all essentials the 'Virginian in real life, not only in his force but in his charm." STEWART EDWARD WHITE, as every reader of "The Blazed Trail knows, is a lover of the woods. Native of Michigan, he has wound up in Burlingame, California. He served in the World War as Major, 144th F. A. G ERTRUDE ATHERTON is also a Californian. She was born in San Francisco. Her contribution bears a California post-mark-that of Hollywood, the motion-picture city. OSEPH C. LINCOLN's name has be come more or less of a synonym for Cape Cod. He was born in Brewster, Massachusetts. He was associate editor of the "League of American Wheelmen Bulletin" back in 1896. It must have been a relief to him to turn from breathless narration of the century runs of the time to the leisurely drawl that fills his tales of Cape Cod. DA TARBELL'S middle name is approIDA priately Minerva, for she has studied at the Sorbonne and the Collège de France, and has degrees from Allegheny College and Knox College. Her extensive writing has included biographies of Napoleon, Madame Roland, and Abraham Lincoln. She was born in Erie County, Pennsylvania, and now lives in Gramercy Park, New York. MARY ROBERTS RINEHART was once a trained nurse. She is the wife of Stanley Marshall Rinehart, M.D. She is co-author with Avery Hopwood of two plays now running in New York, "The Bat" and "Spanish Love." One of these is reviewed in this issue. REGINALD WRIGHT KAUFFMAN was born in Columbia, Pennsylvania, and still lives there. He was a correspondent with the French, Belgian, British, and American armies during the World War. In 1916 he enlisted for Mexican service in the "Roosevelt Division." His wife, Ruth Wright Kauffman, is also a writer, known to the readers of The Outlook. 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TOWNSEND, Managing Editor. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 30th day of September, 1920. (Signed) J. LYNN EDDY. [SEAL] Notary Public, Westchester County; New York County Clerk's No. 26: New York County Register's No. 2019; Certificate filed in New York County; Commission expires March 30. 1922. Published in the interest of Electrical Development by an Institution that will be helped by whatever helps the Industry. Cause-Starvation Whether it's a broad-backed ox or a street car line, we've got to keep feeding it or the thing will lie down and die. Bones whitening in the sun or a car track broken and grass-grown may lend color to the landscape, but they mark the loss of a valuable worker. Let's decide first whether we need the worker. If we do, then surely it is a long-run economy to pay what the work costs and so make certain of continued service. Thus, in our daily comings and goings do we need the street railway? Some say 66. No, it isn't worth the cost." Others say "Yes, but the fare is plenty high enough." There are arguments for and against, and obviously each case must be settled on its merits. But while talkers talk and investigators investigate, one pertinent fact remains For lack of resources to keep going, 450 miles of track have recently been abandoned, 608 miles dismantled and junked, and 4802 miles placed under receiver's management. This is the interesting answer which fourteen per cent of our street railway mileage give to the question, Are the people paying all that a car ride costs?" 66 Those who live along an abandoned car line have the chance to consider in a new light whether the street railway was necessary in their daily life. For most of them, getting down to the office, the shops or the theatre has become an added expense in time and money. Their homes are less desirable in location, and therefore worth less. Should the question of higher fares become a burning issue in our town, an eye to this side of the story will perhaps help us determine what is fair for all concerned. Western Electric Company No. 15 So completely does this organization serve the electrical field that every time you call up your grocer, switch on a light, or take a street car down town, the chances are you are making use of Western Electric equipment. |