There’s long been this myth – both in real estate sales and pretty much everything else – that you get what you pay for. There are other variations on the theme – “there’s no such thing as a free lunch” – and the basic gist is this: if you want top notch services and products you have to pay more.
Real estate pros really like this idea. They get it in their minds that, when home sellers use their services, they are going to earn every penny of their commission. Some do, others don’t. But here’s a question for you: if a real estate agent is providing the same service to someone whose home sells for $125,000 as someone whose home sells for $500,000 is the person with the more expensive property really getting what they are paying for?
When you sell with flat fee MLS, it doesn’t matter how much your home sells for: the cost associated with listing the property is the same. You don’t pay a percentage of the selling price, you only pay for the products and services that you use while selling your home.
But here’s the thing: when you sell with flat fee MLS, you still get top notch services, and access to everything that you need to sell your home successfully. In other words, when you sell with flat fee MLS you get far more than what you pay for: you get the experience of real estate services for less.
