Save Money When Selling Your Home

Listing Your home for a flat fee is not only an option for sellers, over the past few years it has become a powerful way to sell your home. You might ask why is it powerful, and of course I can answer that question.

First, and most importantly I must mention that not all flat fee real estate companies are the same. At my firm, we blend in so well with the full service real estate companies in our area that most consumers wouldn't even notice the difference. Since Choice Realty is the only company in the Crossville real estate market providing Flat Fee real estate services, the seller's only other option for a Flat Fee Listing service that offers the Multiple Listing Service exposure that the seller needs is an online provider. I do not recommend any seller choosing those services because they prbably will need the knowledge and expertise of an experinced real estate agent at some point in their journey to closing.

In choosing a company, one should look for the one who will show their home in the best light online. At Choice Realty we place our seller's homes on at least 100 websites for maximum online exposure and we do it for a Flat Fee. I believe that if you compare companies, we will have the most all-inclusive marketing program while selling your home for a Flat Fee.

Remeber the essential services provided by an experienced and talented realtor are still very necessary to succeed in selling your home. Things to look for:

The company must do all of the following for you:

• Negotiate your contract! This is criticial and knowledge is no substitute for experience. Just because you may have sold a home before, doesn't mean you can negotiate with a buyer today.
• Add your hoem to 100's of websites.
• Allow you to avaoid paying abuyer's agent commission if a buyer buys your home without using an agent.
• Guide you along the way with selling strategies and tips.
• Place your home in every MLS service available in your local area.
• List your home by coming to your home so they can attract the most amount of buyers possible through the MLS search fields.
• Allow you to be in control of Open Houses.
• Allow you to offer a higher buyer agent commission to attract agents to your home.
• Allow you to make price changes and update pictures if you choose to.
• Allow you to walk away from buyers if terms aren't agreed upon.
• EMPOWER YOU to stay invloved in the selling process, if you choose to do so.

Some of the TOP reasons why sellers all over the U.S. are choosing flat fee MLS listings over traditional listings:

1. The seller likes saving THOUSANDS of dollars at the closing table with a flat fee MLS listing.

2. The seller wants to be in control of the sale.3.

3. The seller doesn't want the pressure of selling for any price.

4. The seller doesn't wnat to lower their price repeatly.

5. The seller wants to be able to have open houses to drum up traffic.

6. The seller wants to be able to sell their home to someone who saw the sign in their yard, or someone they networked with without having being penalized and having to pay a buyer agent commission. AND they certainly don't want the listing company to keep all of the hefty commission when the buyer comes in on their own.

7. The seller wants to be in control of additional marketing choices with the guidance and ideas of a professional.

8. The seller wants a company with a lot of experience in listing and sales.

9. The seller does not want a relationship with an agent who calls once in awhile and gives them reasons why their home hasn't sold yet.

10. The seller wants to save money and wants more value than what they perceived they got last time they sold a house with a traditional agent and paid a much higher commission.

For more information about Choice Realty's Flat Fee MLS listings go to: www.choiceoftn.com

This was written by Celeste Chism, Broker & Consumer Advocate, Choice Realty of Tennessee, LLC Crossville Tennessee.