Rotonda West Top Rated Flat Fee Real Estate Broker
You have worked hard on increasing the equity on your home over time, so why should you give more of it away than you have to when it’s time to sell?
Our unique full-service flat-fee model gives all of the positives of working with a full-service broker, while enjoying the savings that come with 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 can potentially save when you choose to sell your home with me…
*Note: savings compared to a 3% listing commission for comparison.
We Are Not Only About Saving You Money, But We Also Intend On EXCEEDING ALL Of Your Expectations!
There is a minimum expectation that all sellers ought to have when they hire a broker to list their home, but at LISTED Realty we believe that we need to ALWAYS give our BEST effort for every home-seller that we work with. There is no cutting corners with what we do, no matter the value of a house. Our major goal is to sell every home that is trusted to us as rapidly as possible, for the best price possible – and doing it all while saving our clients money.
How do we do that? We simply use the latest real estate technology to take your home to the eyes of as many potential home-buyers 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 tens of 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 became a licensed real estate agent I really wanted to join a broker that had modern ideas. Since I came from a real estate photography and videography background, I was contacted by a several larger brokerages who wanted me to join their firms. I did go and speak to a number of them, and as good as they all appeared to be, the something that struck me was that everyone was saying the exact same thing (but using different words). Each company that I spoke to said they were unique but no one could tell me anything specific that made all the difference , other than 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 worked for a couple of other brokers, but I was never completely happy because I was always the small fish in a very large pond struggling to be noticed among the bigger fish who were swimming with me. I decided I needed to make change and 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 a number of agents, most of who tried to steer me away from this model – not because they thought that it was inferior and offered less service to the seller, but because it meant I would earn less commission. I know 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 finding something that I love, and always focus on 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 should never be the number 1 priority for me 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.
After speaking to the broker at LISTED Realty, I quickly realized that her goals for the brokerage were completely aligned with my own, and her passion 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 each 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 Rotonda West
Rotonda West is an unincorporated, deed-restricted community situated in Charlotte County, Florida, United States. The U.S. Census Bureau lists it as the Rotonda census-designated place, with a population of 15,600. It is part of the Punta Gorda Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was developed and named Rotonda West by Cavanagh Communities Corporation, which purchased the land in 1969.
That developer also bought land for a projected but never developed community named Rotonda East in swamp lands in southern Martin County and northern Palm Beach County; it was not considered wise to drain those wetlands and that project was abandoned.
The layout of Rotonda West precisely mimics temporary World War II airfields in Florida, laid out like a wagon wheel.
The area was part of ranch lands prior to development for housing in the 1970s; there was no airport at this location prior to development.
Comparing Percentage Fee Brokers Against Flat-Fee Brokers
When offering a house, it’s crucial to know the different manner ins which you can conserve money on your commission. For example, some representatives charge flat costs, while others need sellers to pay them a percentage commissions based off of how much they sell their home for. So which is the much better choice for you?
What Does A Seller’s Agent Do To Earn Their Commission?
There are numerous reasons dealing with a representative might be a better alternative than attempting to handle the sale of your house yourself. Agents have gain access to and insight into what it takes to effectively market a house. When it comes to setting the list prices of your house it’s crucial to price it correctly if you wish to minimize the variety of days that it remains unsold. Representatives utilize what is called a comparative market analysis (CMA) uses various kinds of local information to determine various prices that your home may cost, depending upon whether you are trying to find 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 utilize emotional details which truly has no bearing on what a house purchaser wants to pay, or what a home mortgage institution wants to lend on such a home. Realty representatives understand this and rate the houses appropriately.
The 2nd reason that you need to think about working with a property representative is since they will work out the sale on your behalf. Settlement can be made complex, and it’s important that you have someone who has experience in these types of negotiations on your side. It’s extremely likely that many purchasers will be working with an experience agent (considering that there is no charge for them to have this benefit), and a great agent is going to make use of every weakness that you may have when it concerns working out in order to get a much better offer for their client.
Third, representatives carry Errors & Omissions (E&O) insurance coverage. The complexities of a realty transaction and the exacting information can be a breeding place for mistakes. These are typically minor or inadvertent but still liable to trigger legal procedures if the purchaser is not pleased with any issue discovered after the sale of the home has actually been finished. E&O Insurance protects against any potential liability from mistakes dedicated in your place throughout the sales process and if they occur to be major 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 type of market conditions. The reality is innovation is making the online home selling procedure much easier and much more efficient. Innovation enables representatives to note a house in less time, with less manual labor required on their part. For many representatives this has been not shown in the quantity that they charge their sellers for listing their homes. Nevertheless, flat-fee brokers do acknowledge this by charging a lower amount than would be paid when compared to be charged 2-3% of a home’s prices as commission.
Despite whether a commission is being charged as a percentage or a flat-fee, the very same quantity of effort ought to be made to market a house so that it sells quickly and at the very best rate possible. In a perfect world this would be a truth, but regrettably it does not seem to be the case. If you talk to 5 different agents concerning the sales of your house, you will most likely get 5 various descriptions on precisely what they will do to help you get your house sold. Some agents do just taking the pictures of the home, together with the details of the home, and put them onto the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) database, and simply await buying agents to bring prospective purchasers to view the home. It worsens when some representatives choose to forego the expenses of professional photography to make sure the house exists in addition to 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 agents who will invest their own money (or their brokers’ cash) to not just have professional photographs, but likewise video, 3D virtual tours, together with paper and online advertising (i.e. they are actually making an effort to try and find a buyer as well as offering a home). With these representatives the expenses for marketing a home will be hundreds, and depending on the place, perhaps even thousands of dollars. So the choice on exactly how much a representative wants to invest in marketing dollars really will depend on the prospective return on their financial investment when the house eventually offers. For that reason, an agent who is going to make 3% commission, is most likely most likely to invest more money than an agent who is just going to earn 2%.
So with this being said, you might ask with that reasoning, will not a percentage based representative spend more cash 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 freely market that they not do anything more than add your residential or commercial property information and photographs that you have to supply into the MLS. Then you have full-service flat-fee brokers like LISTED Realty in Fort Myers who use the precise very same services that you would expect from a percentage based broker. As a representative with LISTED Realty, I provide expert photography, expert videography, a 3D virtual trip and internet marketing for all of my listings regardless of how much your home is going to be sold for, because I believe it’s my duty to do whatever in my power to help get a home sold quickly and effectively. How much commission I make would not be a driving factor for my marketing efforts.
So, Which Is The Best Option– A Percentage Based Broker Or A Flat-Fee Broker?
Plainly any home seller, when they choose an agent to help them offer their homes is effectiveness 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 markets for months and months, and you find yourself continuing to pay a home mortgages, insurance coverages, taxes, etc, which exercise to be more than the additional commission you would have paid to a much more effective representative who might sell your house quicker. Ideally, you would have the best of both worlds, where you can have the total suite of sales, marketing and support services of your agent and their broker, but paying as little in agents’ commission as you can.
When you speak to potential representatives that you may want to work with, do not just ask them for specifics on how they’re going to market the home for you, and what extra administrative support is being offered, likewise inquire for something called a Seller’s Net Sheet, which offers a total breakdown of all the expenses connected with selling a specific house to calculate just 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 among the other expenses.
As soon as you have all of the info above, then you ought to be able to make a notified choice on which option is best for you.
If you are thinking of selling your home in Rotonda West 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.