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Welcome and thank you for visiting our website and specifically our FSBO Special page. If you are considering selling your home and are frustrated by the high cost, if you don't have much equity, or if you are perhaps upside down in your mortgage; then you just found the perfect solution at the right company. We created the perfect selling tool to supplement and compliment your current advertising. (Full Service is also available at this link)
Now available... Sell your home... Use the Realtors MLS... Just $450.00 !!!
Now you can sell your home "by owner" and have it listed in the Realtors Multiple Listing Service (MLS) as well. This is your opportunity to market your home to over 45,000 highly qualified and trained real estate professionals and yet still retain the right to sell by owner. Why hope that your ad or sign might be noticed by a potential buyer? When you allow the professional Realtors at 4 Sale Realty, Inc. to put your home on the MLS, you immediately have access to over 45,000 professionals whose job it is to connect buyers and sellers. Also, when your house is on the MLS system, it is automatically listed on several top web sites including, but not limited to: Realtor.com, DailyHerald.com, ChicagoTribune.com, and well over 1000 local real estate company web sites (go to the bottom of this page for even more places that you can see your listing). This is the same MLS system that your house would be listed on if you were to sell your home with a conventional, brand name, real estate agent. Sign me up! (Full Service is also available at this link)
We understand that you, as an owner, know your house better than anyone else. You have the pride of ownership that no outside salesperson can convey. So, our company is offering you the opportunity to continue doing everything that you are doing right now including: answering your own phone, scheduling your own appointments, opening your own door, holding your own open houses, placing your own ads online, making your own brochures, and setting your own price. Everything will be exactly the same as what you are doing now; except, your house will be listed on the MLS and you will have the professional Realtors from 4 Sale Realty, Inc on your side to help with any questions that may arise throughout the process. By the way, we are not a "9-5" company and can answer your questions 7 days a week!
What is included with our Flat Fee MLS program?
We will list your property on the local multiple listing services (MLS) for a one time flat fee of $450.00. Locally that MLS is called Midwest Real Estate Data Exchange (MRED - Formally MLSNI). (MRED / MLSNI is one of the largest MLS systems in the country. It covers from Lake Michigan to Rockford and from Indiana to Wisconsin.) Your property will be available to Realtors in all of Northeastern Illinois. (If you are not in Northeastern Illinois or from another state, let us know, we still may be able to help. We have resources nationwide.)
A professional Realtor from 4 Sale Realty, Inc. will physically enter your property into the MLS system. Also, we will make sure you are not doing anything illegal in the listing of your property. Not as lawyers, only in our capacity as Realtors.
We will provide a showcase listing on Realtor.com. This includes up to 25 pictures (provided by you), an expanded write-up, a headline (provided by you), and a scrolling text (provided by you) plus a gold border around the picture. Many companies charge extra for this feature but we include it at no extra charge for our clients.
Up to 16 pictures on the MLS (provided by the you) again at no additional charge.
Unlimited free access to all commonly used and necessary forms.
Posting of your ad to an astonishing amount of top web sites as listed above (or go to the bottom of this page for even more places that you can see your listing).
Unlimited postings of your open house notifications on both MLS systems and on Realtor.com.
A free, professionally designed yard or window sign with a place for you to put YOUR telephone number on it. The sign was designed with you and Realtors in mind. It lets people know that you are for sale by owner and also that you are for sale with a Realtor. Naturally, you want the passersby to know that you are for sale by owner and you want them to call you. Also, the Realtors want to be able to identify your property as the one they saw in the MLS so they know they are at the correct property. Here is an example of the sign. It is 18x24 and made of corrugated plastic.
Unlimited changes to your ad as needed including, but not limited to: pictures, price, description, details, commission, etc. all with a simple email. We believe that you deserve an accurate ad. Also, we work 7 days a week so you can make changes and will have access to us 7 days a week. We further believe that no matter what you pay for service, you deserve good service. Some people will do what we do and call it "full service" and perhaps charge you a "full service" price. We instead offer a fantastic service at a very reasonable price and hope that you will refer your friends and family to our company.
We will help you negotiate your deal at no additional charge to you. Since 2005, we have closed well over $400 million in real estate using this program. We are very comfortable with the process. Hopefully your property will be next. On our staff we have agents trained and certified in negotiation.
Details of the Flat Fee MLS Program:
If you sell your property to a buyer NOT represented by a Realtor, you pay nothing else. Period! However, if another Realtor brings the buyer, you will agree to pay that Realtor a pre-determined percentage of the final sales price. It can be any percentage you want; however, I recommend somewhere between 2 - 3%.
You can place your own "for sale by owner" sign in the yard (provided your community allows it) or use the one that we provide (see above).
You will need to determine the selling price. You will supply all of the room dimensions and necessary forms. You will provide the pictures. And, you will provide the guidelines for the write-up.
You can pay several ways....1) Pay with a credit card (We accept Visa, Master Card, American Express, and Discover) or 2) Mail us a check (cash is always welcome as well). *Note* The FSBO Flat Fee Special fee is due upon acceptance of the ad on the MLS (we will provide you with a copy of the ad) and NOT at the closing. An invoice can be mailed but it will be due upon receipt.
In order to maintain the lowest possible costs to our clients and so we can continue to offer this fantastic low cost program, we treat this program more like advertising and no refunds will be issued once the property is listed on the MLS. Also, while we move a lot of real estate we can not guarantee the sale of the property. However, you are with us until you sell or get tired of the process. There is no charge to cancel your listing and also no charge to extend your listing. Each can be done with a simple email.
Many people have successfully used this program to sell their homes. As mentioned above, we have closed well over $400 million in real estate in the past 3 years using this program. Check out our Testimonials Page to see what some of them think of our company.
This is a bare-bones way for you to list your home on the Realtors MLS system. As a result, you end up doing the bulk of the work. It is kind of like that discount supermarket where you have to bag your own groceries but you save a lot of money. It is our goal to expose your property to the greatest number of potential buyers. If you sell it yourself, great! If a Realtor brings the buyer, Great too! Either way, you are the one making the money. And, either way you end up saving money. Think about it. You've got nothing to lose and everything to gain for roughly the cost of a newspaper advertisement
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How to get started:
You will need to fill out a Flat Fee Listing Agreement and an Info Sheet. You can find these forms by following this LINK. Print the forms, fill them in, and fax them back to us. The Flat Fee Listing Agreement gives us permission to put your property on the MLS plus it specifies the price you want to list at, the appliances that will stay with the property, and what commission you will pay to the buyers broker assuming the buyer is represented by a Realtor. The Info Sheet simply helps us to accurately describe your property in the MLS. There are other forms that you may need in the selling process and you can view them all by following this LINK. Once your property is live on the MLS, we will send you a link via email so you can view the listing immediately. Also, we will mail you a hard copy along with a few other forms that you may need in the selling process.
A La Carte Menu:
If you are not happy doing the bulk of the work, let us know. 4 Sale Realty, Inc. offers a complete marketing and listing program at a very reasonable commission rate. Please check out our Full Service Sellers page if interested. Also, we can offer many additional items on an 'as needed' basis at an additional charge. We don't think you need to buy a full course meal when you only want the dessert. So, we created an a la carte menu of our most popular extras.
| $100.00 |
Secondary MLS exposure besides the one listed above. For instance: Besides the Chicago MLS (MRED) we can put a second MLS listing on any of the following systems: Rockford (RAAR), Freeport, DeKalb, and Kankakee (If you don't see yours, please ask. We are constantly expanding our coverage area). |
| $400.00 |
1 Year Home Warranty. This is like a HMO for a house. It offers the buyer a lot of peace of mind. It covers all of the appliances, the major mechanicals, and even roof leakage. |
| $250.00 |
Electronic Lock Box (rental). This box can only be opened by a Realtor. It is highly secure. Two versions are available: Supra and SentriLock. |
| $75.00 |
Combination Lock Box (purchase). This is similar to the locks on the lockers at school. It is a secure way to hide a key. |
| $100.00 |
4 Sale Realty, Inc agent to sit your open house. Price is per open house. |
| $100.00 |
Use of the 4 Sale Realty, Inc. escrow account. This is a secure depository for the earnest money from the buyer. |
| $100.00 |
25 full color brochures. |
| $500.00 |
Phone answering service. We will answer the phone, schedule all of the appointments, and make feedback calls for an upfront fee of $500.00 or 1% at closing. |
| $35.00 |
Extra signs. The first sign is free. |
| 1.5% |
Upgrade to full service listing with a 4 sale Realty, Inc agent. All other terms of the Flat Fee Listing Agreement would remain in place. The 1.5% would be paid at closing. |
What
do I do next?
You are
welcome to contact us any number of ways.
Email:
FSBO@4salerealty.com
Phone:
(847)298-HOME(4663)
Mail:
4 Sale Realty, Inc.
Attn:Quin
O'Brien Broker/Owner
1335
Locust Court
Grayslake,
IL 60030
We look forward to hearing from you. It would bring us great
pleasure to help you sell your house. We will usually have
your property live within 2 hours! Sometimes, we may need
up to 24 hours to get all of the information from you.
Thank
you for your interest,
Quin O'Brien
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