Posted by Manager on July 31st, 2007
Have you ever had the experience of selling a home? There’s the chaos of making repairs, or keeping everything just so - creating a blank canvas so that prospective buyers can see themselves moving in. That means keeping the living room, dining room, kitchen and family room in order - and of course, the kids’ bedrooms too.
There are open houses to prepare for. Checklists that should be followed, guidelines that need to be set.
If you chose flat fee MLS to sell your home - rather than a conventional real estate agent or selling entirely on your own - you know how important 3 things are:
- Having everything ready to put your home on the market, including the right price;
- Getting prospective buyers inside, and
- Taking advantage of every opportunity available to market your home.
With flat fee MLS, your home listing will be visible to real estate agents and buyers alike; by advertising your open house, you’ll have a fairly easy time getting them inside.
But marketing is more than just relying on the MLS to sell you home for you. Marketing means choosing an MLS broker who gives you your own property website that will help people know more about the home. It means choosing a broker who lets you add virtual tours and audio tours to the listing. And it means choosing a broker who will enable you to print flyers and advertisements about your home so that no stone is left unturned.
Many are starting to see that choosing flat fee MLS to sell their homes is a good decision; if you’ve chosen it, make sure that you are able to get the most out of the experience.
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Posted by Manager on July 30th, 2007
Human nature is a funny thing: we all know a good deal when we see it. More than that, we tend to seek out great deals whenever we can. Still, sometimes we’re reluctant to take advantage of those great deals.
This is often the case when people start looking at selling their homes with flat fee MLS. There’s some skepticism about whether or not it might be too good to be true.
However, in some cases, the old adage “you get what you pay for,” is proven wrong. With flat fee MLS, you get far more than what you pay for.
When you sell with flat fee MLS, you’ll find that you:
- benefit from the exposure of the multiple listing service so that buyers and buyers’ agents are aware that your property is on the market;
- have access to products and services that will help you to sell your home more quickly such as seller’s guides, access to home appraisals and much more;
- are prepared to market your home and show it to interested buyers; and
- save thousands of dollars in the process.
Don’t believe the possibilities of saving thousands? Take a look at this flat fee MLS savings calculator and see for yourself.
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Posted by Manager on July 29th, 2007
When the time comes to sell a home, one thing above all is certain: without marketing the property, it’s going to be difficult to make the sale.
For many sellers who wish to avoid the expense of selling with a real estate agent, flat fee MLS tops the list of marketing tools that they will use.
When FSBO sellers use flat fee MLS, they know that their property will be listed where buyers and buyers’ agents will be able to find it. Similarly, flat fee MLS provides an assurance that those who are searching for homes online will be able to find the listing just by looking for properties available in an area with their favorite search engine.
Many flat fee MLS brokers offer more than just flat fee MLS listings: they also offer additional marketing tools to those sellers using the service.
Some of these tools include sellers’ guides. Some are focused around marketing the property with lawn signs and flyers and newspaper advertisements. Still others offer sellers a chance to see which improvements will best benefit them - which will make their homes even more marketable.
Flat fee MLS is far more than just a listing: it’s key to getting the word out that a FSBO home is on the market.
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Posted by Manager on July 28th, 2007
There’s a big advantage that you’ll have when you sell with flat fee MLS rather than selling your home on your own: you’ll be able to get support throughout the home selling process.
Above an beyond the exposure of the MLS and the ability to save money when you sell your home, you’ll also find that you’re able to get the support you need every step of the way.
Before you sell, you’ll find information about why flat fee MLS is so effective for selling your home. When you’re ready to list, you’ll find access to home appraisal services that will help you to price your home correctly and the help you need to list your home - step by step.
While your home is on the market, you’ll find that you are able to get support with staging your home, setting up open houses, and guidance about which repairs and upgrades you should be making.
Finally - and most importantly - when the time comes to complete the selling process, you’ll find that using flat fee MLS gives you access to home inspectors, contract negotiators and help preparing the legal contract to seal the deal.
Why struggle with selling on your own? When you take advantage of flat fee MLS, you’ll still have all of the advantages, but you’ll also find that you have guidance along the way.
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Posted by Manager on July 27th, 2007
When you start planning to sell your home, there are a number of things to consider. First, you’ll need to choose how you will sell your home - with flat fee MLS, entirely on your own, or through a real estate agent who will collect a hearty commission in the process. Then you’ll need to schedule a home inspection.
When you’re selling using flat fee MLS - or any method - a home inspection will provide you and prospective buyers a sense of security. You’ll either know that there are no problems with your home or its foundation that could stop a sale or you’ll know which repairs you need to make.
What’s looked for in a home inspection? A number of things like:
- whether or not the outside stairs and sidewalks are in good repair;
- the condition of the retaining walls of the home;
- whether or not plumbing and wiring are up to code in the home;
- the condition of the basement - whether or not it is dry or prone to leaks - and attic;
- whether or not stairways are safe; and,
- the condition of the home’s foundation.
A home inspection is not necessary before selling your home (though in many cases, it is a part of making the sale). However, when you list in the MLS, confident that your home is ready for sale, a home inspection is one more service to take advantage of.
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Posted by Manager on July 26th, 2007
In order to better understand flat fee MLS it’s important to know more about what the multiple listing service is.
The multiple listing services is a marketing system for homes that are for sale. The MLS is a service where real estate brokers come together and network when there are properties that they have available and that their clients are interested in. Most importantly to many real estate agents, the MLS is a service that leaves them confident that they will be paid a commission when one of their buyers purchases a listed property.
Because of this, the only way to be listed in the MLS is through a real estate service that is a member. But that doesn’t mean that you need to sell using a real estate agent: it’s possible to be listed in the MLS through a real estate service that offers to place MLS listings for a flat fee - flat fee MLS.
For sale by owner homes listed on the multiple listing service with flat fee MLS receive all of the exposure that those represented by agents have. As a result, those who use flat fee MLS have an easier time selling their homes than those who go it entirely alone.
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