Pine Manor Top Rated Flat Fee Real Estate Broker
You’ve worked extremely hard on building up the equity on your home over the years, so why would you give more of it away than you have to when you sell it?
With our unique flat-fee listing model you get to have all of the benefits of working with a full-service broker, while saving the $1000’s that you you might expect when working with a flat-fee broker.
Simply move the slider along to the level that closely matches your home value to see how much you could save when you select to sell your home with LISTED Realty…
*Note: savings compared to a 3% listing commission for comparison.
We’re Not Just About Saving You Money, But We Also Intend On EXCEEDING ALL Of Your Expectations!
There is a minimum expectation that all sellers should have when they choose a broker to sell their property, but at LISTED Realty we believe that we must ALWAYS give our MAXIMUM effort for each home-seller that we work with. There are no corners cut with what we do, regardless of the value of a house. Our major goal is to sell every property that is trusted to us as quickly as possible, for the best price possible – and doing it all while saving our customers money.
How do we do that? We simply use the most up-to-date real estate technology to get as many eyes on our customers homes as possible – and then, to save you money, our commission isn’t charged as a percentage of your home’s sales price, but instead you simply pay us a low flat-fee for the work that we do. Over the years we have saved our customers many thousands of dollars in listing commissions by using this model, and we want to do the same for you too!
Why I Chose Listed Realty
When I started my career as a licensed real estate agent I really wanted to join a brokerage that had modern ideas. Coming from a real estate photography and videography background, I was approached by a many larger brokerages who asked me to join their companies. I did go and talk to a number of them, and as excellent as they all appeared to be, the the main thing that struck me was that all of them were was saying the same thing (but using different words). Each company that I spoke to said they were unique but no one could explain anything specific that made all the difference , apart from their name, or that they were either part of a large franchise or they were a small independent brokerage (both of which have pros and cons). When it came down to the services that were on offer to their customers, there really was no identifiable difference.
Before joining LISTED Realty, I did work for a couple of other brokers, but I can’t say that I was ever completely happy because I really was always a small fish in very large ponds struggling to be noticed among the bigger fish who had been there a lot longer. I decided I needed to make change and then one day I came across LISTED Realty with their model of selling homes for flat-fee commissions, and became intrigued with the idea. While doing my research I spoke to multiple agents, most of who tried to steer me away from this model – not because they thought that it was inferior and offered less value to the home sellers, but because it meant I would earn less commission for each sale that I made. Obviously this fact would probably steer a lot of agents away from wanting to offer it, but I remember when I was growing up my dad always used to tell me that when I start working, my priority should always be about doing something that I love, and always doing the best job that I possibly can. In other words, I should always take pride in what I do. He always stressed that money shouldn’t be my main priority because if I only focused on the money, then I would probably lose focus on the enjoyment of the job and giving it my best effort.
Once I spoke to the broker at LISTED Realty, I quickly realized that her goals for the brokerage were completely aligned with my own, and her primary objective was not about earning as much money as possible, but on building a brokerage with a reputation for being trustworthy and offering a high-quality service at a fair price. Since being with LISTED Realty I have sold a number of homes for my clients, literally saving them thousands of dollars every time. The satisfaction that I get when I sell a home and show my clients how much money they have saved in commissions is immeasurable, and something I plan on continuing to do for a long time. Callum Gardner Realtor® Tel: (239) 223-8224
Check Out Some of the Great Homes we have sold…and the Savings Our Customers Have Achieved!
2 bed | 3 bath | 1,130 sqft
Ron and Denise saved $8995*
3 bed | 2 bath | 1,688 sqft
Steve and Karen saved $4450*
1 bed | 1 bath | 780 sqft
David and Lisa saved $5830*
* when compared to paying a 3% listing fee
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More About Pine Manor
Pine Manor is a census-designated place (CDP) located off U.S. Route 41 (South Cleveland Ave) and Summerlin Road in Lee County, Florida, United States. The population was 3,428 at the 2010 census, down from 3,785 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Pine Manor is located in central Lee County at 26°34′19″N 81°52′40″W / 26.57194°N 81.87778°W / 26.57194; -81.87778 (26.571853, -81.877732). It is bordered to the north by the city of Fort Myers, and by unincorporated Whiskey Creek to the west and Villas to the south. US 41 forms the eastern boundary of the community; the highway leads north 4 miles (6 km) to the center of Fort Myers and south 11 miles (18 km) to Estero.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Pine Manor CDP has a total area of 0.45 square miles (1.17 km2), of which 0.004 square miles (0.01 km2), or 1.17%, are water.
Why a Pine Manor Flat-Fee MLS Broker May Be a Better Option For You
When offering a home, it’s important to know the various manner ins which you can conserve money on your commission. For example, some representatives charge flat charges, while others need sellers to pay them a percentage commissions based off of how much they offer their property for. So which is the better alternative for you?
What Does A Seller’s Agent Do To Earn Their Commission?
There are numerous reasons why working with an agent might be a much better option than attempting to manage the sale of your house yourself. Representatives have access and insight into what it takes to successfully market a home. When it concerns setting the sales price of your house it’s crucial to price it properly if you want to reduce the variety of days that it remains unsold. Representatives utilize what is known as a comparative market analysis (CMA) utilizes different types of regional data to determine different prices that your house might sell for, depending on whether you are looking for a quick sale, or are prepared to wait it out in order get top dollar. In addition, when setting costs by themselves, house owners tend to use emotional info which truly has no bearing on what a home purchaser is willing to pay, or what a home loan institution is willing to provide on such a home. Real estate representatives understand this and price the homes appropriately.
The 2nd reason you must think about working with a property agent is due to the fact that they will negotiate the sale in your place. Negotiation can be made complex, and it’s crucial that you have somebody who has experience in these kinds of settlements in your corner. It’s highly most likely that a lot of purchasers will be working with an experience agent (since there is no charge for them to have this benefit), and a great agent is going to exploit every weakness that you might have when it concerns negotiating in order to get a much better deal for their client.
Third, agents bring Errors & Omissions (E&O) insurance. The complexities of a real estate transaction and the exacting information can be a breeding ground for errors. These are typically small or unintended but still liable to cause legal procedures if the buyer is not pleased with any problem found after the sale of the house has actually been finished. E&O Insurance secures versus any possible liability from mistakes committed on your behalf during the sales procedure and if they occur to be significant then E&O Insurance will cover the legal expenses.
What Is An Agents Cost When It Comes To Selling A Home?
Great representatives understand how to successfully market a home in all sort of market conditions. The reality is technology is making the online house selling process much easier and far more effective. Technology enables agents to note a house in less time, with less manual work required on their part. For most agents this has actually been not shown in the amount that they charge their sellers for listing their houses. However, flat-fee brokers do acknowledge this by charging a lower quantity than would be paid when compared to be charged 2-3% of a house’s list prices as commission.
Despite whether a commission is being charged as a percentage or a flat-fee, the same amount of effort must be made to market a house so that it sells quickly and at the very best cost possible. In a perfect world this would be a reality, but unfortunately it doesn’t seem to be the case. If you interview 5 various agents relating to the sales of your home, you will most likely get 5 various descriptions on exactly what they will do to help you get your home sold. Some representatives do as little as taking the pictures of the home, along with the details of the house, and put them onto the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) database, and just wait on buying agents to bring prospective purchasers to view the house. It becomes worse when some agents pick to bypass the costs of expert photography to ensure the house is presented as well as possible online, and will take pictures with their cellphones and utilize those. So their costs would be very little.
Then you have the more professional representatives who will invest their own cash (or their brokers’ money) to not just have professional photographs, however also video, 3D virtual tours, along with paper and online marketing (i.e. they are really making an effort to attempt and discover a purchaser as well as selling a home). With these representatives the expenses for marketing a house will be hundreds, and depending upon the location, perhaps even thousands of dollars. So the choice on exactly just how much an agent wants to invest in marketing dollars really will depend on the prospective return on their financial investment when the house ultimately sells. Therefore, an agent who is going to make 3% commission, is most likely most likely to invest more cash than a representative who is just going to make 2%.
So with this being said, you might ask with that reasoning, will not a percentage based agent invest more money on marketing than a flat-fee commissioned representative? A lot of time that is likely to be the case, and you will find flat-fee brokers out there who will openly promote that they do nothing more than include your residential or commercial property details and photos that you need to offer into the MLS. Then you have full-service flat-fee brokers like LISTED Realty in Fort Myers who use the specific same services that you would anticipate from a percentage based broker. As a representative with LISTED Realty, I offer expert photography, expert videography, a 3D virtual tour and online marketing for all of my listings regardless of just how much your house is going to be cost, due to the fact that I believe it’s my responsibility to do everything in my power to help get a house sold quickly and efficiently. Just how much commission I earn would not be a driving element for my marketing efforts.
So, Which Is The Best Option– A Percentage Based Broker Or A Flat-Fee Broker?
Plainly any house seller, when they pick a representative to help them sell their homes is performance and worth. There is no point in cutting the quantity that you will pay in commission if you select a representative who can’t sell your house and it rests on the marketplaces for months and months, and you find yourself continuing to pay a home mortgages, insurance coverages, taxes, and so on, which exercise to be more than the extra commission you would have paid to a much more efficient representative who could sell your home quicker. Preferably, you would have the very best of both worlds, where you can have the total suite of sales, marketing and assistance services of your representative and their broker, however paying as little in agents’ commission as you can.
When you talk to prospective representatives that you may want to deal with, don’t just ask them for specifics on how they’re going to market the house for you, and what extra administrative assistance is being provided, also ask them for something called a Seller’s Net Sheet, which offers a complete breakdown of all the expenses related to selling a particular home to calculate how much the seller can expect to bank when their house has been sold. A Seller’s Net Sheet will consist of all of the representatives’ commissions amongst the other costs.
As soon as you have all of the details above, then you ought to have the ability to make an informed decision on which option is best for you.
If you are thinking of selling your home in Pine Manor or any of the surrounding areas and would like to know more about the flat-fee, full broker service from LISTED Realty please call me at (239) 223-8224 and let’s schedule an appointment to talk.