No matter how many For Sale By Owner (FSBO) sites your home is listed on it will never reach a number of buyers that your local Multiple Listing Service will.  Regardless of what all the “popular” For Sale By Owner sites say on their testimonial pages – it will never happen.  It doesn’t matter which popular FSBO site you pick you’re wasting your money.  Of course, everyone likes to see SAVE 6% and NO COMMISSION taglines but this is not realistic.

Did you know that over 80% of the homes listed in America sell on the Multiple listing Service?  That’s a lot of real estate.  The real estate market has changed a lot over the last year and exposure is everything. See our partner sites.

The great thing about our flat fee MLS service is that we are only looking for a flat fee – nothing else.  Some real estate companies say they have a flat fee MLS service but they are looking for more than a flat fee. Sometimes they will say that they will put your home on the Multiple Listing Service to help you sell your home but they will also say if they find a buyer for your property they would like to be compensated a small commission for doing so.

If you cruise around the web you may see many sites offering flat fee listing services but be sure to read the fine print.  Many agents will say we have a few discount services to offer you.  The agent will come by and pitch you several options and steer you into listing with their full-service plan.

→ Get the process started by heading over to our Agreement Wizard to create, sign and execute the listing agreement online.

Traditionally, real estate agents want to create a relationship with a seller that grants them the exclusive right to market their property. In other words, listing agents are asking you to give up your right to market your home by-owner so they can do it and be paid for their services when they close the deal. It can do a lot of good to hire an agent on a full-service basis, but it’s just not for everyone.

Since the real estate market is oversaturated with traditional real estate agents many people just think they need enter into an exclusive right to sell real estate agreement.  Obviously, this is not true. In today’s real estate market you have options that range from limited service to full service.

Smart sellers who are “market savvy” will do research to find out that they do not have to go with a traditional listing agent to sell their property.  They can enter into a non-exclusive listing agreement with a flat fee real estate listing service. By doing this, the seller can market the property on their own as well as market through a flat fee MLS service who has the ability to list on MLS.  Many call this method the hybrid approach to selling real estate.  We call it the smart way to sell real estate.

In order to sell your home on the MLS, you must enter into a listing agreement.  A listing cannot be entered into the MLS without first entering into an agreement with an agent or broker. Doing so is against the MLS rules and regulations. When consumers hear the word agreement they often get overwhelmed, but the fact of the matter is that entering into an agreement shows professionalism and it will also protect your interest. As a seller, you should want the agent to put what they are going to do for you in writing.

With our flat fee MLS listing service, we use an agreement called a Facilitation Listing Agreement.  This agreement is the simple way to get your home onto the MLS without giving up your rights to market and sell your property.

→ Get the process started by heading over to our Agreement Wizard to create, sign and execute the listing agreement online.

There are many reasons why listing through a flat fee listing service makes sense, especially when using a reliable and trustworthy brokerage like Hillman Real Estate.

Although listing for a flat fee is not for everyone, it can easily outweigh the traditional methods if you are looking to save money.  When marketing real estate having a well-known brokerage brand marketing your property is critical.  When selling you should go with a service who can guarantee amazing service, extreme exposure, and fanatical customer service.  But all this doesn’t matter unless the service doesn’t make it dead simple for prospective buyers to submit offers. We are the only real estate company in Massachusetts who offers a proprietary Offer Wizard tool that makes creating and submitting legally binding offers easy. When someone views your home, you provide them with a link to our Offer Wizard. [new window will open].Our Offer Wizard displays 15 questions. Once answered the Offer Wizard creates a fully compliant Massachusetts Offer to Purchase with contingencies and TRID addendum. It takes 15 minutes and helps buyer’s who are not working with an agent.

→ Get the process started by heading over to our Agreement Wizard to create, sign and execute the listing agreement online.