Information For Home Sellers Assist-2-Sell is America's fastest growing discount real estate franchise. We are dedicated to helping you sell your home and saving you money. Full-time, Professional Realtors® All Assist-2-Sell offices are independently owned & operated by full-time, experienced real estate professionals. You will find Assist-2-Sell Realtors® are dedicated to offering considerable savings compared to the other real estate companies in the Clearwater, Florida area. Choices Instead of offering just one, expensive marketing program like most real estate companies, Assist-2-Sell offers sellers a "menu" of services. From a paperwork-only low "flat fee" to a full-blown Multiple Listing Service (MLS®) marketing program, sellers can choose the program that they feel they want and need to sell their home. "Direct-to-Buyers" TM Marketing Program There is no question that the MLS® is a very powerful marketing tool, but it may not be necessary to use the MLS® to sell your home. Most real estate agents offer just one marketing program which primarily focuses on placing your home in the MLS® and having other agents sell it for them. At Assist-2-Sell, we believe you deserve choices, and we recognize that. In most cases, we are able to find a buyer without relying on other agents or the MLS®. We recommend the seller start with the Direct-To-Buyer program maximizing Assist-2-Sell's ability to save you, the seller, thousands of dollars over a 6% or 7% commission that a traditional Realtor® charges. How does it work? As the name implies, our marketing efforts are directed to buyers rather than MLS® agents. In order for a buyer to purchase your home, they first need to know it is available. We call this exposure. First we notify our waiting list of Buyers, who are actively looking for a home, then we expose your home to buyers utilizing the following primary marketing avenues: Signs Buyers tend to drive through neighborhoods in which they are interested. A surprising number of homes sell from buyers seeing a sign, so we use plenty of directonal signs to make sure potential customers get to your house. Advertising Buyers tend to read the local publications where homes are advertised. At Assist-2-Sell Buyers & Sellers Realty Center, we utilize the most effective publications including the St. Petersburg Times and local newspapers. Our advertising features your home, not individual agents. We advertise to attract buyers, so our ads are informative not fluffy. Your agent will review the advertising strategy designed specifically for your home. Internet Just as you have found this website, thousand of buyers do as well every month. Our site continues to get results for the homes listed on it, and with over 80% of home buyers searching on the Internet, your home is continually in front of the eyes that are searching for it. Word of Mouth People talk, and they are talking about Assist-2-Sell. We have made an impact on the market and our past customers are talking about our selection of homes and superior service. They are gladly referring both buyers and sellers to us. As a result, we are quickly becoming the destination of choice for home buyers and sellers alike. Other When you think about it, there really are not too many other ways to let buyers know that your home is available. The only thing missing under our Direct-To-Buyer program is the MLS®. What else is included in our Direct-To-Buyer program? At Assist-2-Sell Buyers & Sellers Realty Center, we also include the following in our low FLAT FEE price of only $2995: Yes! We show your home! Buyers call our office from seeing the advertising or the signs, and one of our professional agents will arrange to personally to show your home to the buyer. Yes! We negotiate the purchase agreement! If the buyer is interested in buying your home, we will handle the negotiating and all the paperwork. Yes! We oversee the closing process! There are many details involved that require expert attention once the purchase agreement is accepted. Our agents work the same as traditional agents to assure that everything that needs to be done, gets done. This includes working with the lender, appraiser, inspectors, and title companies to ensure an easy closing. And, of course, we only get paid for results! If we don't sell your home, you don't owe us anything. We have confidence and a proven success record. We don't charge up-front fees, and there are no hidden costs. Some traditional Realtors® will charge you "transaction fees" in the hundreds of dollars, but not at Assist-2-Sell. We do not have transaction or hidden fees. "MLS for Less!"SM Why do sellers often pay real estate agents 6% or 7% to sell their home? Because it works! The Multiple Listing Service (MLS®) is the single most powerful marketing tool in place today to sell homes and traditional Realtors® have grown to depend on it. Most homes around the country sell through the MLS® system. The power of the MLS® is cooperation and compensation. In traditional offices, most homes are not sold by the listing office! Actually most sales involve two different offices, a listing office and a selling office. This means that it is not as important which office you choose to list your home as it is that your home is listed in the MLS®, and that the appropriate fees are charged for doing so. You can pay less and still get MLS® Assist-2-Sell allows you enjoy the full power of MLS® while paying less. Here's how it works When you list with a traditional agent, they place your home into the MLS®. The listing office offers to share the total commission you are paying with the other MLS® agents. This offer of compensation is their incentive to sell your home. Assist-2-Sell offers MLS®! All Assist-2-Sell Buyers & Sellers Realty Center agents are REALTORS® and members of the local MLS®. Assist-2-Sell offers you the option of placing your home in the same MLS® system, but at a lower total commission. Just like the traditional offices, we share the commission with MLS® agents, so they have the same incentive to sell your home as all the other homes in the MLS®. In most cases, the cooperating agents earn the same selling commission they are accustomed to receiving because Assist-2-Sell absorbs the "discounted" portion of the total commission. How can we sell homes for a lower commission? Volume. By charging a very competitive lower commission, Assist-2-Sell generally attracts a higher number of listings than traditional agents. We can afford to make less on each sale when we sell more homes. Our fees for the MLS® are are considerably lower than the 6%-7% a traditional office will charge you. Call us for the specifics. "Paperwork Only" SM Marketing Program This program is most popular with the For-Sale-By-Owner (FSBO). Many FSBO's run into difficulty with "what do I do when I find a buyer?" At Assist-2-Sell we have a cost-effective solution. We will take care of everything for a low flat fee. We do not require a listing contract. Just call for an appointment, and bring your buyer into our office. We will write up the purchase agreement, handle all the paperwork and oversee the sale through to closing.