As we all know, the Lakewood Ranch real estate market was hit hard during recent years. Thus, lots of people are being pushed to reduce their price if they really need to sell a home in Lakewood Ranch.
Unfortunately, because of the market, most people simply cannot lower their price any more. When they consider the real estate fees that must be paid these people recognize they've gone as low as they are able to go. Any lower and they are going to have to short sale their property and we all know what a headache that is.
However, as it frequently occurs to anybody selling a house in Lakewood Ranch, if they could just eliminate that commission then they could lower their price. This leads many people to try to sell their Lakewood Ranch real estate without using a real estate agent.
The problem is, these FSBOs (For Sale By Owners) do not know how hard it is to sell a home in Lakewood Ranch on their own. For starters, if you do not use a realtor, you miss out on the expert advice of the agent along with the marketing and advertising of the real estate company. Not to mention being forced to run all your own open houses and being available for all showings. However, the greatest disadvantage of all is that without the assistance of a Realtor you have no way of listing your Lakewood Ranch real estate in the Mid-Florida Regional MLS and if your house is not listed in an MLS you have cut down tremendously the chances that it will actually sell.
So what is someone who is selling a house in Lakewood Ranch to do? On the one hand they really need to do away with their real estate agent for them to lower the price of their house, but on the other hand, they require the real estate agent for the reasons described above.
Luckily, there is a solution to this problem and at some level you CAN have the best of both worlds...you CAN actually sell a home in Lakewood Ranch on your own and save the thousands of dollars you'd normally spend on real estate commission.
How?
The answer is simple...Go with a local flat fee listing company. With a flat fee listing company you can list your Lakewood Ranch real estate in the Mid-Florida Regional MLS (along with a number of other sites) for a one-time flat fee that typically ranges in price, but can be as low as 299.00 depending on the company you choose.
Having your house listed in the Mid-Florida Regional MLS certainly is the most critical step you can take if you want to sell your home in Lakewood Ranch. The reality is, if you are not in the Mid-Florida Regional MLS other real estate agents will NEVER know your home is for sale and they will NEVER know to tell their customers about it.
Naturally, if you go this route you will still have to pay a fee to an outside agent, but you don't have to pay a listing agent any commission (other than your one-time flat fee). This savings normally amounts to 3% of selling price of your home. Do the math...if your Lakewood Ranch home sells for $300,000 and you save 3% in commission, then your savings amounts to $9000 (minus your $299 flat fee). And, if you happen to secure the buyer yourself (without an outside agent bringing the buyer) then you save the entire 6%...a total of $18,000 on a $300,000 (minus the $299 flat fee).
The real estate market has made it quite difficult to sell Lakewood Ranch real estate these days. It gets even more difficult if you are selling your home by yourself. However, if you use a good local flat fee listing company you CAN sell a home in Lakewood Ranch and you CAN keep your portion of the commission (and potentially a lot more).
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