One
of the biggest questions we run into in our flat fee MLS listing agency is: how
are you different than listing with a traditional Atlanta real estate company?
Here’s a rundown of what we WILL & WON’T do for our clients for a low flat
fee, so that YOU can decide what’s best for your real estate needs.
1. We WON’T Price Your
House:
In a traditional real
estate sale the listing agent gets paid a percentage of the sales price
(typically between 3-6%), so his/her paycheck relies on the sales price of your
home. This may lead to a nonobjective view of what your sales price should be.
With a discount realty service, such as House Connect, you pay a flat fee of
$499* up front no matter the price of your house. This way, YOU get to decide
what’s best for your budget. And remember, you don’t have to worry about
covering that high percentage payday for the agent.
We WILL Help You Price Your House:
What we WILL do for you
is give you a free comparative market analysis (CMA) of similar houses in your
area so that you can make an informed decision of what a comparable price may
be. Only you know the details of your finances; you should ultimately decide
whether to price your home competitively or not, but at least you’ll be educated
on what your competition is doing.
2. We WON’T Make Flyers:
At House Connect, we
consider ourselves technologically advanced & eco-friendly. We use e-sign
& e-files for our docs & choose to use online promotion rather than
printed marketing flyers.
We WILL Post Your
Listing On Social Media:
We still put visuals out
there. Photos of your listing will be published on Facebook, Twitter,
Pinterest, Instagram, YouTube, TwitPic, Google+, LinkedIn, Flickr….you get the
point. We’re betting this gives you more exposure than some papers in a box
outside your house…just sayin’.
3. We WON’T Hold An Open
House:
Our unofficial motto at
House Connect is that we’re the listing company for the savvy seller. No one
knows your house or availability as well as you. We believe you are perfectly
capable of organizing your home, charming potential buyers, and serving hors
d’oeuvres if you so wish.
We Will PROMOTE An Open
House:
That being said, we are
definitely NOT anti-open house! If you want to organize a day when you’d like
buyers to tour the house more informally than individual showings just let us
know the deets! We will gladly post it on both Multiple Listing Services,
syndicate it to 100+ real estate websites AND post it on all of our social
media platforms (see #2 above).
4. We WON’T Take Pics for
You:
Look at this as a GOOD
thing. How many times do you retake pics of yourself until they’re perfect? Now
you can do the same with your house. Get the right angle, clean the house
first, hide the clutter in closets momentarily, put the dog in the cage for a
bit, wait until sunset to snap that perfect patio view…you get to be the Annie
Leibovitz of your real estate, so take some pride in it…or don’t, we’re not
judging.
We WILL
rearrange/add/update Your Pics:
If you decide you don’t
like what you’ve given us & want to hire a professional or wait until
you’ve cleaned a bit, we’ll gladly update your pics as you send them to us.
That goes for your entire listing. If you want to hire John Grisham to write
your public remarks, send them over & we’ll update! This is YOUR real
estate transaction & we believe YOU should be in control.
We also offer plenty of Atlanta real
estate tips online! Be sure to follow us on Facebook, Google+, Twitter, & Pinterest as well. We’re constantly posting
Atlanta market tips, real estate trends, and home selling pointers to keep you
ahead of the competition. Not to mention the money you’ll save in commission
prices!
House Connect is an Atlanta
flat fee MLS listing company offering an alternative to the high cost of
selling your home. We offer a discount realty service which saves Atlanta home
sellers thousands of dollars versus using the traditional real estate
brokerage.
To find
out more about our flat fee MLS listing service that can save you thousands of
dollars versus a traditional real estate brokerage, call us today or visit us
online & “let’s get moving!” 770.640.6800 www.houseconnectnow.com
Please feel free to post
comments, send emails, visit our social media pages and the House Connect website, or call
us directly for more info. We have dedicated, knowledgeable professionals
waiting to assist you with selling your home without the pricey commissions.
* * A
transaction fee of .005 x the sales price will be paid at closing.