Skip the Realtor: The New Way to Buy and Sell Homes
Release Date: 11/12/2025
Sell Fast, Save Thousands: Your No-Agent Home Sale Guide
The Home On Your Own Podcast
Episode Overview In this episode of The Home On Your Own Podcast, Dustin explains how homeowners can sell their property quickly while keeping more of their hard-earned equity by using theHOYO platform. Dustin walks through creating your seller account, choosing the right list price, selecting trusted vendors, and using AI tools to craft a strong and appealing property description. You will learn how HOYO’s flat 2.5 percent model increases your bottom line, how MLS syndication boosts your home’s visibility across major real estate sites, and how the platform gives you full...
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Stop Overpaying! How Home Buyers Save Big with HOYO
The Home On Your Own Podcast
Episode Overview In this episode of The Home On Your Own Podcast, Dustin walks you step by step through how to use HOYO to find and buy a home in Central Florida without overpaying. You’ll learn how to search and filter listings, save favorites, request disclosures, schedule in-person or virtual tours, and submit offers directly through the platform. Dustin also breaks down important buyer topics like inspection periods, deposits, closing timelines, common myths about down payments and pre-approvals, and how to avoid becoming “house broke.” Plus, he explains how HOYO’s 1%...
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Skip the Realtor: The New Way to Buy and Sell Homes
The Home On Your Own Podcast
Episode Overview In the very first episode of The Home On Your Own Podcast, Dustin Thibeault shares the vision behind HOYO and why he created a smarter, simpler, and more affordable way for Floridians to buy and sell homes - without relying on traditional realtors or paying sky-high commissions. Dustin walks through his experience as a broker, the frustrations he’s seen buyers and sellers face, and how the HOYO platform solves those problems with transparency, control, and major savings. You’ll learn how HOYO’s flat 2.5% model works, how buyers can earn up to 1% cash back, and how...
info_outlineEpisode Overview
In the very first episode of The Home On Your Own Podcast, Dustin Thibeault shares the vision behind HOYO and why he created a smarter, simpler, and more affordable way for Floridians to buy and sell homes - without relying on traditional realtors or paying sky-high commissions.
Dustin walks through his experience as a broker, the frustrations he’s seen buyers and sellers face, and how the HOYO platform solves those problems with transparency, control, and major savings. You’ll learn how HOYO’s flat 2.5% model works, how buyers can earn up to 1% cash back, and how both sides can manage showings, offers, and documents directly on the site.
If you’re ready for a modern, streamlined real estate experience, this episode lays the foundation for everything to come.
What You Will Learn
- Why Dustin created Home On Your Own after years of seeing both great and terrible real estate agents
- How the stigma around traditional agents inspired a platform that lets smart buyers and sellers handle the process themselves
- How Home On Your Own works so you can list your home, schedule tours, and make offers without using an agent
- How the flat 2.5 percent commission model can save a seller around 17,500 dollars on a 500,000 dollar home compared to a typical 6 percent commission
- How buyers pay no agent commission and can receive up to 1 percent back toward closing costs
- What “full control and full transparency” looks like when you manage your own showings, offers, and responses on the platform
- How the site keeps you legally protected with the same documents and protocols used in traditional real estate transactions
- Why getting pre approved before you start house hunting is critical if you do not want to lose the home you love to a faster buyer
- How the showing fee structure works, including the 35 dollar and 45 dollar fees and how up to 500 dollars is reimbursed at closing
- Why signing a buyer broker agreement with a traditional agent can lock you in and prevent you from using Home On Your Own
- What to expect from the next 10 episodes as Dustin walks through buying, selling, fees, safety, offers, closing, common mistakes, and Q and A