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Sellers Choose from a Menu of Services

The goal of this site is to give you, the Seller, the choice of the tools you want and need to get the job done. What a concept! Beyond the Flat Fee Listing, you select the additional consulting and support you need from our Menu of Services.

We understand that some Sellers and Buyers will not and should not sell or purchase a home without full professional representation. But we also recognize and are here to serve a marketplace where independent-minded Sellers and Buyers are ready, willing and able to do some of the the work themselves.

Check out our Sellers Roadmap and take our mini-quizzes to help you decide whether you should or can go it alone in selling your property. Use it to determine your level of comfort in the sales process.

If you are selling "by owner," our low flat fee MLS. CMA and Knowledgebase Package is such good value that you wouldn't want to pass it up. It is the indispensable foundation of your FSBO effort.

However, beyond marketing tools and a listing, many sellers really do need the comfort and protection of professional consulting for their transaction. We offer that as well! You choose the level of service you want.

Click here for our Select Menu of Services.

In deciding the level of service that is appropriate, do not ignore the liability that attends the selling party in a real estate transaction. Our involvement can help shield you from liability. And our knowledge and experience can also help you negotiate the best deal.

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Buyers Rebate Program

We are also here to serve those independent-minded Buyers who are prepared to do the initial legwork in researching properties and neighborhoods in exchange for a substantial discount in the form of a commission rebate. 

We offer discounts to Buyers, who work through our office in the purchase of their homes. The discount comes in the form of a rebate of our commission. This means that you, the Seller, get an extra edge in marketing your home.

While the MLS rules do not allow us to offer rebates or discounts in the MLS listing itself, we are free to advertise on our web site and "For Sale" signage that we will rebate up to half of the Buyer's agent's commission to a Buyer who works through our office.

This will not cost you, the Seller, one dime more in commission than you have already offered in the MLS. What is more, our commission discount to the Buyer will keep a large part of your commission dollars within the transaction, working to the benefit of both you, the Seller, and your Buyer.

To learn more about our Buyers Rebate Program, click on the Buyers Links in the left margin of this page.

Home Equity Savings

So, how much of your hard earned equity can you really save?

Just for example, say you have sold your home for $400,000. The standard commission (listing side and selling side combined at 6%), will cost you $24,000 of the equity you have in your home.

But now assume that you have opted for our $485 flat fee "limited service" listing and also assume that your Buyer has come to you through our office. Now your cost is, on the face of it, a total of $12,485 ( $485 listing fee plus $12,000 Buyer's agent commission).

But look deeper. Of the $12,000 Buyer's agent commission, we will rebate $6,000 to the Buyer. The Buyer will likely use this money as a credit towards closing costs.  This means that your commission monies are positively benefiting your transaction. If  your Buyer does not have to spend $6,000 in closing costs, s/he can afford to pay more for the home.

This is what we mean by getting more out of your commission dollars.