As you have noticed and heard the market is a little cluttered and if you bought you home in the last five years the only reason to sell right now would be due to financial circumstances. Whatever the reason you can offer some really good incentives to get your property sold by utilizing flat fee MLS. I believe the ability to offer a higher sales commission to the Realtor that bring you a qualified buyer and sells your real estate is a huge advantage that you have with Tampa flat fee MLS.
Your neighbors and competing properties most likely listed traditionally, meaning that they signed a contract obligating them to a six or seven percent commission and also gave up their rights to sell by owner. If you pay a flat fee to list your property on the MLS and offer a larger commission to sell the home, say 5%, you are already ahead of the game and have the attention of thousands of hungry local real estate agents. You can offer a 5% commission and still end up paying less than the sellers who listed with a traditional agent and are still wondering where all the buyers are.
Another way to beef up the exposure of your real estate to the local Realtors is to offer a bonus rather than a higher commission. The offer can be included on the MLS listing as an incentive to work harder to sell your property. Lets say that you are willing to pay 5% to get your property sold. Instead of offering a 5% commission you could offer the normal 3% with a very lucrative bonus offer that equals the other two percent. A 5% commission on a $300,000 home is $15,000. If you offered a 3% commission and a $6000 bonus to the agent that brings you a buyer how many Realtors do you think would word a little harder on selling your home first?
Another reason to use Tampa flat fee MLS is that you retain the right to sell your property on your own and pay no commission plus you are not locked into a contract that you can’t get out of! If you list traditionally you are usually stuck with that Realtor until the listing expires. With our service you can cancel and take your listing elsewhere at your discretion.
Please feel free to contact us with any questions about selling your home and visit our website again for more posts about the advantages of flat fee MLS home listing service.
Randy Bess
Broker
Realty-Mart America
