With a flat fee MLS listing services, you have an alternative option for selling your home, instead of opting for a traditional real estate agent. Selling your home on your own without such an agent is referred to as “For Sale By Owner” (FSBO). If you want to go the FSBO route, a flat fee listing agent can assist you with the marketing of your home by listing it on your local Multiple Listing Service (MLS). At Real Estate Corners, Inc., we provide flat rate MLS listing for our clients. We can help you market your home so ready buyers can see it while helping you save money on paying commission upon the sale at the same time.
The Importance of the MLS
Real estate agents use the MLS to list properties and share them with other agents, enabling their clients to find homes and sale homes. Local MLS databases run into the hundreds across the country. Most of the real estate sites such as Realtor.com, Zillow, and Trulia get their property listing data from the MLS. This is why it is crucial to have your home listed on the MLS if it is to be seen by many people searching for a home like yours.
A flat fee listing agent can help get your home listed on the MLS even without using a complete real estate professional service.
Flat Fee Listing Services
As the name implies, a flat fee MLS listing service charges an upfront flat fee to list your home on the MLS. At the bare bones level, the service ends there. However, many flat fee MLS listing services provide addition help for their flat fee, including options to purchase additional services that can help you market your home and get it noticed by willing buyers.
Although you may not get all of the services you would get from a full realtor service provider, you can still get a large complement of services to assist you with the marketing and selling of your home. In addition, you are also saving potentially thousands of dollars by not having to pay the selling agent’s standard 3% commission.
Choosing a Flat Fee Listing Service, or Not
Whether the flat fee listing option is right for you will depend on the time, money, and energy you want to spend on selling your home. The financial savings involved is the big appeal of a flat fee listing service. And remember, you can still get a significant amount of help if you choose a full service package and/or other options the flat fee listing service may provide.
With flat fee listing MLS, Minneapolis, MN home sellers can have their homes listed on the MLS and also take advantage of additional service available to assist them in the home selling process.
For more information about our flat fee MLS listing services, or to arrange a free consultation, call us today at 612.483.1230 or reach us through our contact form.
