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For Sale By Owner Real Estate for FSBO buyers and sellers buying and selling without an agent

Home sellers and buyers asking questions, sharing best practices, lessons learned, where to get help when they buy or sell residential real estate without the help of a broker or agent. For Sale By Owner Home Sales in the fsbo realty market. Ask diy home selling buying questions about purchase agreements, disclosures, real estate contracts, closing, escrow, appraisals, inspections, moving, negotiation, mortgage loans, and getting house keys. Sell homes Do It Yourself without a Realtor.

5.9k subscribers11 posts / mo in Sep 20266 authors / mosince 2009

r/fsbo has 5.9k members (+79% over the last 12 months). It gets about 11 posts a month from 6 people. Top topics: Multi-Offer Negotiation, Offer Acceptance and House Listings & Real Estate.

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+79%in 12 months · +6.3% in 3 months · +0.7% in 1 month
Oct 20265.9k
Growing5.9k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

−76%vs Sep 2025 · −44% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202611
QuieterPeaked at 88 in May 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

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Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Multi-Offer Negotiation1.6%
  2. Offer Acceptance0.6%
  3. House Listings & Real Estate0.4%

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