So we have officially put our house up for sale since we are fixing to start building one.  We want to try and do it ourselves to avoid the realtor fee's.  Is there any ways to advertise other than a sign in our yard and the paper?

At some convenience stores/gas stations they have a bulletin board for people to advertise items for sale. I've seen more than one house/land/mobile home sell up in Crescent that way.
The Oklahoman will scare you to death with their advertising rates. Try "The Bargain Post" before you do The Oklahoman.
Also, get professional signs made and place them in strategic areas where there is a lot of traffic.
Word of mouth via church, school, etc is also another successful advertising venue.
Get rid of all clutter and unnecessary items in the home before you try to sell it. It is better to be a bit sparse on furniture than overcrowded. Make the house look bigger, not smaller, by putting a large part of your belongings in storage. Arrange the furniture so there is lots of space and the ability to go anywhere in the room without stepping around a piece of furniture if possible.
Make sure the house has curb appeal. No broken bricks, peeling paint, etc when someone is first walking up the driveway. First impressions are the biggest selling point. Some houses are sold in the first 30 seconds, before it is thoroughly seen. Your front entry should be as attractive as possible - inside and outside.
Get the bathroom(s) and kitchen looking as fresh and modern as possible.
Sometimes it's not hard to sell a house, but you'll have to dick with some real turds, rubber neckers, and deadbeats. You might make a deal, have it fall through because of misrepresented miscreant purchaser, and lose another sale in the mean time.
Most real estate agents "prequalify" clients so they don't have to waste time with showing homes they can't afford. You can't do that if you sell it yourself.
Talk to Oklahoma_Lawman. I believe he would earn his commission and do you a good job. Nothing to base that on, just a gut feeling.
It won't hurt to talk to him anyway!

Go to a Home Depot near you.

Find the isle that has the mail boxs, lettering etc.

Look for a packett aimed for the homewoner that is selling thier house as the agent.

The packett has signs, and IIRC comes with inforamtion about listing your house on the net, may even come with so many days of free internet listing.

Yeah I will probably have Oklahoma Lawman list if if we can sell it in a month or two.  We have 4 or 5 to sell it while our house is being built.  Midwest City won't let you put signs out on the main road.  I already tried and they picked them up.  Thanks for advice.  

OK, I called the store and here is what I am talking about,

It is called Home selling System.


It comes with the following:

3 yard signs.
1 flyer box, weather proof.
1 interactive cd rom.
A 14 day free trial on internet listing.
Custome brochures.

Price is $12.

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Quoted: ....Midwest City won't let you put signs out on the main road.  I already tried and they picked them up.  Thanks for advice.

Don't you know someone in the MWC municipal government?
Hell, when my grandfather was the MWC Water Commissioner he had his crew pour him a new driveway.

Do your own "open house" on a Sunday. Put signs up for that day, then take them down.

I wouldn't recommend puting your house in the paper.  I did mine, and I received probably 50 calls.......ALL from realtors!

Best bet is to talk to several realtors, and you can find on that will do it for 4% or 5% instead of the ttraditional 6%.

Yeah that is the only thing stopping us from using a realtor is that 6% thing.

We may try just paying a realtor a few hundred bucks and having them just put it on MLS for us.  A friend of ours did that and it sold in two weeks.

If you are an OEC member you can put an add in the monthly newsletter for free, if not you can do so for a small fee. www.okcoop.org