Tips

Tips for Using Our Service

Your price is critical! Price your property correctly before you list. If you over-price your home you will get very little, if any, showing activity and you will lose marketing time. Rather than adding "cushion" to bargain with it is much smarter to list at the correct price and hold your ground. Note: During a declining market when prices are moving down, your asking price should be 2 to 3% below the last comparable sale, otherwise the market may fall past you, costing you more in the long run! Higher priced properties tend to need a higher percentage decrease to

catch the downward movement of the market.

Offer a buyer's agent a full 3% commission. Remember you are using a flat fee service and already have an almost 50% commission savings built-in. Offering less than 2.5% will bring substantial resistance from agents, causing you to lose precious marketing time. Those offering less than 2% have little or no activity, defeating the whole effort. By the same token, offering over 3% isn't likely to increase your showing activity.

Be available at all times. Use your cell phone or other number where you can be reached easily. Your level of success is directly related to your availability.

Keep your property as neat and clean as possible. First impressions can make or break a sale.

If you have had ten showings and no offers you most likely have overpriced your property. Refer back to Tip #1... PRICE!

Plan ahead! New listings take a minimum of one business day to be entered into the MLS and can take longer if there are any problems we need to resolve. Although our website is available 24/7, our offices are closed for weekends and national holidays. Requests that come in after 9:00 AM PST on Friday won't begin processing until the following Monday.

Have your photos ready! Before you begin have your .JPEG or .JPG photo(s) ready to send. The internet is only 72dpi and low resolution photos actually look better on the internet than high resolution. Photos should be around 250kb in file size. Avoid using camera vertical shots. See our Photos section to learn more about photos.