Service Feature
| DFWCityhomes MLS Flat Fee Listing Service
| DFWCityhomes MLS Value Listing Service
| DFWCityhomes MLS Full Listing Service
| Other 6% Realtors
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Our Customer
| Our MLS Flat Fee Listing Service is for the experienced home owner or investor comfortable with the aspects of selling a home.
| Our MLS Value Listing Service is for the home owner or investor looking for services that are professional and basically the same as those offered by 6% real estate companies, but by participating a little bit they can save a lot of money.
| Our MLS Full Listing Service is for the home owner or investor looking for services that are professional and the same as those offered by 6% real estate companies, and they do not have the time to participate in greater savings.
| Any home owner willing to pay 6% for a deferred payment.
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Listing Fee
| $195 Paid in advance.
| $495 Paid in advance.
| $495 Paid in advance.
| $0, if your home is priced for an easy sale.
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Listing Broker Commission
| $0
| $0
| 1% Paid at closing.
| 3% Paid at closing.
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Buyers Broker Commission
| 3% recommended.
| 3% recommended.
| 3% recommended.
| 3%.
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Total Commission
| $195 Plus 3% of the sales price.
| $495 Plus 3% of the sales price.
| $495 Plus 4% of the sales price.
| 6% of the sales price. Although, you may have hidden costs in time and lost proceeds. |
Term
| 6 Months or you can extend or cancel anytime.
| 12 Months or you can extend or cancel anytime.
| 12 Months.
| Usually 6 to 12 months and sometimes with residual rights to a commission for those buyers that have seen your house.
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Your Savings $200,000 example
| You save $5,805 to keep or pass to the buyer as an incentive to buy.
| You save $5,505 to keep or pass to the buyer as an incentive to buy.
| You save $3,505 to keep or pass to the buyer as an incentive to buy.
| You save $0. Although, you may have hidden costs in time and lost proceeds. |
Education and Assistance
| We answer questions by phone or email.
| Whatever time is required to help you understand the home selling process and your responsibilities.
| We provide any support you require to get your home sold.
| Any, as long as commissions look promising and expertise isn't in question.
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Real Estate Forms and Contracts
| We provide forms and contracts for you to complete.
| We provide forms and contracts and assist you with completing the forms and contracts your transaction requires.
| All forms and contracts are completed and prepared by DFWCityhomes.
| All forms and contracts.
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Pricing
| We provide complete and comprehensive Competitive Marketing Analysis (CMA) reports on request and email them to you.
| We provide as many complete and comprehensive Competitive Marketing Analysis (CMA) and Confidential Agent Reports as you need to develop your pricing strategy.
| We provide as many complete and comprehensive Competitive Marketing Analysis (CMA) and confidential Agent Reports as you need to understand your market and help you develop your pricing strategy.
| Competitive Marketing Analysis (CMA) Reports with selectively chosen properties to convince you to agree with their selling strategy.
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On-Site Assistance
| You perform all on-site duties required to list and sell your home.
| We meet with you at your home to preview your property, review CMA’s, preview nearby competitive listings, complete paperwork, take pictures and video. You show your home and host your own Open Houses.
| We do it all and provide advice and opinion one on one as required keeping you informed to sell your home. We show your home and host your Open Houses.
| All on-site assistance as long as commissions still look promising.
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Previewing Competitive Listings
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| We preview up to three competitive listings at the time of your initial on-site meeting with us.
| We preview competitive listings as required to advise you for your pricing decision.
| Competitive listings previewed but the realtor expects you to assume he knows your market.
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Lock box
| You provide a lock box.
| We provide an Electronic Supra Box.
| We provide an Electronic Supra Box.
| Electronic Supra Box.
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Signage
| You provide a yard sign.
| A professional DFWCityhomes yard sign is provided.
| Professional DFWCityhomes yard sign and flyer box are provided.
| Yard sign provided and maybe a flyer box refilled by the realtor.
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Scheduling Appointments
| CSS is optionally available for $35 every six months.
| We set up CSS for you and give you a password to make your own changes.
| We set up CSS completely for you and make all the changes.
| Usually CSS is set up for you although some agents avoid this cost by doing their own scheduling.
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Qualifying Buyers and Assistance with Financing Alternatives
| We provide professional service and representation and assist with financing as required to help them buy your home. We only represent buyers if it is to assist you in selling your home.
| We provide professional service and representation and assist with financing as required to help them buy your home. We only represent buyers if it is to assist you in selling your home.
| We provide professional service and representation and assist with financing as required to help them buy your home. We only represent buyers if it is to assist you in selling your home.
| Service and representation as required to help a buyer buy your home or any other they can put them in.
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Photographs
| You take and send us the pictures.
| We take professional quality pictures for your flyer, MLS listing and the internet.
| We take professional quality pictures for your flyer, MLS listing and the internet.
| Picture quality varies based on skills and the camera owned by the realtor.
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Video
| You take, edit and send us the video and we load it on your MLS listing and YouTube.
| We take a professional quality high definition video and customize it for your home and we load it on your MLS Showcase listing.
| We take a professional quality high definition video and customize it for your home and we load it on your MLS Showcase listing, YouTube and other internet real estate video sites.
| Varies by realtor. Some use panorama's, moving still shots, Virtual tours, quality depends on skills and the equipment used by the realtor.
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Internet Advertising
| Your property information is transmitted to all major regional and national real estate portal websites and hundreds of local real estate company websites.
| Your property information is transmitted to all major regional and national real estate portal websites and hundreds of local real estate company websites.
| Your property information is transmitted to all major regional and national real estate portal websites and hundreds of local real estate company websites.
| Your property information is transmitted to various websites at the discretion of the realtor.
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For Sale Flyer
| We produce a professional 8 1/2 by 11 color flyer and PDF for you to make copies.
| We produce a professional 8 1/2 by 11 color flyer and PDF for display and distribution in the home and the yard. You can use the PDF to make additional copies.
| We make the flyer and copies and place them in your home and yard and on the front door or window of your home. You replenish as necessary to maintain availability.
| Flyers provided and replenished at the discretion of the realtor.
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Multiple Listing Service (MLS)
| You complete your MLS Listing Input Form and send it to us with pictures and forms for entry.
| We inspect and measure your home during your home preview and provide advice to help you complete your MLS Listing Input Form and help you write your advertising message.
| We complete your MLS Listing Input Form and write your advertising message.
| Listing information and advertising messages submitted by the realtor.
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Realtor.com®
| Your home is offered for sale on Realtor.com® with a "Showcase Listing".
| With us, we set up a “Showcase Listing” with up to 25 photos and a video on Realtor.com®. Also, Showcase Listings are presented before other listings in the search results. (it is a big disadvantage to not have Showcase Listing on Realtor.com®)
| In addition to a "Showcase Listing" you get a "Featured Home" display when a Featured Home spot is available in your zip code.
| Placements vary by realtor.
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Open House
| We advertise your open house in MLS.
| We advertise your open house in MLS and provide advice about how to make an open house work for you.
| We arrange, advertise, manage and attend open house showings.
| Open house showings vary by realtor. For 6% realtors, open houses are an effective technique to find more sellers and buyers for any home.
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Negotiations, Offers, and Contracts
| We receive and review offers for completeness and assist in the understanding of offers, completion of counter offers, negotiation of offers and acceptances. We answer questions relating to offers, counter offers, notices, and contingencies and assist in development and delivery of counter offers. We answer questions by phone or email.
| We receive and review offers for completeness and assist in the understanding of offers, completion of counter offers, negotiation of offers and acceptances. We answer questions relating to offers, counter offers, notices, and contingencies and assist in development and delivery of counter offers. We answer questions by phone or email.
| We receive and review offers for completeness and assist in the understanding of offers, completion of counter offers, negotiation of offers and acceptances. We answer questions relating to offers, counter offers, notices, and contingencies and assist in development and delivery of counter offers and provide Net Sheets to help you understand what you will receive.
| Texas law requires all realtors to assist with negotiations. 6% realtors are highly interested in closing deals and find it difficult to avoid putting their interests above yours.
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Closing Activities
| We answer questions by phone or email and assist on an as needed basis.
| We advise you on any issues that arise and help coordinate the response to any requirements required of the seller or the listing broker.
| We respond to any requirements required of the seller or the listing broker and coordinate access to the property. We participate in closing at the title company with you.
| A high level of interest is applied to closing activities.
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Hidden Fees and Other Assistance
| We do not have hidden fees. Some Discount Realtors charge a fee for open house announcements, price changes and anything else you ask them to do. We provide any assistance required by us to complete the transaction at no additional charge.
| We do not have hidden fees. Some Discount Realtors charge a fee for open house announcements, price changes and anything else you ask them to do. We provide any assistance required by us to complete the transaction at no additional charge.
| We take care of any requirements with your participation as necessary at no additional cost.
| Varies by realtor and is driven by commission opportunities.
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Licensing
| DFWCityhomes and its Real Estate Professionals are licensed by the Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC). TREC is the state agency responsible for licensing real estate professionals in Texas.
| DFWCityhomes and its Real Estate Professionals are licensed by the Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC). TREC is the state agency responsible for licensing real estate professionals in Texas.
| DFWCityhomes and its Real Estate Professionals are licensed by the Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC). TREC is the state agency responsible for licensing real estate professionals in Texas.
| All Texas realtors must be licensed by the Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC). TREC is the state agency responsible for licensing real estate professionals in Texas.
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