The Multiple Listing Service, aka MLS, is a database of real estate listings for sale by Realtors®. Each MLS system is a local database of properties for sale, pending and sold in the service area covered by that MLS. This includes homes for sale - new homes and resale homes, new construction; rental lease properties; acreage, lots, and land; commercial properties and investment properties.
Traditionally, for sale by owner (FSBO) homes were not listed on MLS systems. However, you can appoint The Sarasota Group, doing business as the Flat Fee Listing, to have them list your home on the MLS for a flat fee.
More than 87% of real estate is sold through the MLS. The MLS is a database of 95%+ of homes that are ready for sale or rent. That is why it is a vital tool to increase exposure for your property. Only Realtors have access to the MLS.
Yes! Your home will appear on REALTOR.com, Zillow, Trulia, Homes.com, RealEstate.com, AOL Real Estate, local real estate brokerage websites that display MLS listings, and all of the major brokerages that feed directly from MLS. Please Note: We cannot guarantee that your listing will show up on each and every website however.
Yes! Flat Fee Listing is a licensed Florida owned company. License # BK623393
Yes. A buyer’s agent commission is an amount you are willing to pay a real estate agent that brings you a willing and able buyer. The amount should be competitive, typically between 2%- 3% of the selling price.
The best way to avoid paying any commission fees is to sell to an unrepresented buyer. However, know that nearly 87% of buyers work with a realtor. If you decide not to offer a buyer's agent commission, you may severely restrict your pool of buyers.
No. Our service is strictly a flat fee service. If you find the buyer, you pocket that commission as well.
Yes.
Yes! Although we are your listing agent, if you find a buyer on your own, you pay absolutely no buyer’s agent commission.
There are several excellent lockboxes on the market and the cost is usually around $25.00.
Yes! Your listing will be added to the local MLS and look the same as all the other listings.
That’s up to you. Typically, MLS listings are posted for 6 months to a year, but you can choose or change the end date. Also, there is no cancellation fee.
Yes! Your home will appear on REALTOR.com, Zillow, Trulia, Homes.com, Redex, RealEstate.com, AOL Real Estate, local real estate brokerage websites that display MLS listings, and all of the major brokerages that feed directly from MLS.
If you want to make a change to your listing including price, description, etc., send us your request in writing via email. The listing will be updated within 24 hours. You may request as many changes as you wish.
Please email photos to [email protected] as attachments. For best results check setting that photos are being taken in Landscape Format- at least 1024W x 768H pixels in size. JPEG only. I cannot copy or use photos on Zillow, Craigslist ECT. They are in the wrong format. I highly recommend using a professional photographer in your area. They are relatively inexpensive. Check on the internet.
Our MLS listings are posted until Sold. . There is no renewal fee during this time. However you can cancel the listing at any time. There is no cancellation fee.
If a Buyer’s agent produces an acceptable offer, they will pay me a small Listing management fee when the sale is closed. For example, a buyer’s agent fee would be $750 if the property sold for $150,000. It is not an additional fee owed by the seller. If there is no buyer’s agent, there is no buyer’s agent fee due.
The MLS and Realtor.com will not allow you to be listed as the listing agent. However you are listed in the private remarks in 3 locations of the listing as the person to call for all showings. If someone contacts me, I refer them to you. On occasion a Buyer may ask me to represent them as their agent which I will do, remebering my loyality is to you. as well.
We look forward to selling your property and saving you thousands of dollars!
Gary Brey Broker - Owner BK623393
The Sarasota Group
6547 Midnight Pass Rd, Suite #3075, Siesta Key, Florida, 34242
941-376-7575
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