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1st Option Realty's Listing Service
provides two services:
1. A fast and inexpensive way
to sell your home with our basic listing service
2. A full-service option.
Click here
to sign-up for either option.
Option #1: For $795, 1st Option
Realty features:
- A property listing in your local
Realtor Multiple Listing Service (MLS). This is the same MLS
used by thousands of real estate agents in your local market.
- Listing of your property on
MLS affiliated Internet sites such as Realtor.com and Cyberhomes.com
- A "1st Option Realty For
Sale" sign package.
- A professional photograph of
your property taken by an MLS supplied photographer.
- An electronic key box so that
Realtors can show your home.
Benefits of Option #1 to Home
SellersService:
- Save money! Our $795 fee saves thousands over the
typical 2.5% - 3% listing commission charged by traditional listing
agents.
- No risk. Our service requires that your $795
listing fee be paid at the time you list your home. If you choose
to cancel your listing with 1st Option Realty and use another
real estate company, we would be happy to provide the names of
up to three areas who can service your listing needs. When you
use one of our referred agents and close on the sale of your
home, you will receive a refund of $795 at closing.
- Retain the right to sell
your home yourself. Unlike
a traditional REALTOR®, we will not take away your right
to sell your home "Yourself". Selling your home by
owner can increase your savings, since you avoid paying a commission
to the buyer's broker.
Option #2: For a 6% commission
($795 fee is due at time of listing and credited to 6% commission
at closing):
Option
#1 above plus
the following financing options:
- Plan #1: On a thirty year fixed
rate mortgage, your buyers will receive 2% off their rate in
year 1 and 1% off their rate in year 2 at no additional cost
to you or the borrower.
- Plan #2: On a thirty year fixed
rate mortgage, your buyers will receive 3/8% below market rate
for the life of the loan at no additional cost to you or the
borrower.
Note: Preferred Financing Plans
#1 and #2 are available only through 1st Option Realty's Strategic
Partner, RFNC.com. This
option requires a 3% listing brokerage commission plus the $795
fee. Seller determines buyer broker commission.
Benefits of Option #2
to Home SellersService:
- Attract More Buyers at no
greater cost than a traditional Realtor We recommend this preferred financing option during
slow markets and for properties that may be difficult to market.
1st Option Realty will apply the majority of the listing commission
to provide below-market financing to home buyers. Buyers have
a great interest in special financing deals and the preferred
financing option will allow more buyers to qualify to purchase
your home.
- No risk. Our service requires that your $795
listing fee be paid at the time you list your home. If you choose
to cancel your listing with 1st Option Realty and use another
real estate company, we would be happy to provide the names of
up to three areas who can service your listing needs. When you
use one of our referred agents and close on the sale of your
home, you will receive a refund of $795 at closing. If you
cancel your listing with 1st Option Realty and you are referred
to another agency, the preferred financing option will not be
available to buyers.
- Retain the right to sell
your home yourself. Unlike
a traditional Realtor, we will not take away your right to sell
your home yourself. Selling your home by owner can increase your
savings, since you avoid paying a commission to the buyer's broker.
Market Facts
Listing in the Realtor MLS is
the most crucial aspect of selling your home. 80% of homebuyers
use the services of a real estate agent, and real estate agents
use the Realtor MLS to search for homes on the market.
The Realtor MLS lists all homes
that are for sale and can be accessed by all Realtors. It is
the fastest, easiest and most cost-effective way to announce
a home is for sale. The MLS itself accounts for 85% of all Realtor
listed home sales.
Traditional real estate brokers
typically charge a 5% to 6% commission. Half of this commission,
or 2.5% to 3%, goes to the listing broker for the MLS listing
and other services. You can save thousands of dollars by using
1st Option Realty's $795 Discount Listing service while still
taking advantage of the MLS.
Your tasks
Using 1st Option Realty's Discount Listing Service, the home
seller is responsible for the following aspects of the home selling
process:
- Pricing your home
- Providing Accurate Data About
Your Home
- Open Houses (if desired)
- Negotiations
Sell fast and save thousands
with 1st Option Realty's Listing Services. Click
here to sign-up.
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