Top 5 Reasons To Use A Discount Real Estate Agency-Sarasota, Fl

A good Discount Realtor can sell your property just as effectively as a full commission Realtor.  

Here are the reasons why:        

1. How It Works:  In the vast majority of cases the Real Estate commission is split between two Realtors. Typically, 3% is paid to a buyer’s agent and 3% to a selling agent based on the final sales price. The buyer’s agent finds searches for homes from the multiple listing service (MLS)  The successful Discount Realtor discounts their Listing commission and not  the commission that is paid to the agent who finds the buyer.  For example at Budget Realty of Sarasota we only take 1% Listing commission and pay 3% commission to the agent that brings the buyer to your property.  The buyer’s agent has the exact same financial incentive to show and sell your property as they would if it were listed with a full commission Realtor.

2. The Impact of the Internet.  The Internet has lowered the cost of many goods and services.   Instead of paying full retail at a bricks & mortar store we now buy books and many other items at Amazon.com, instead of paying a full commission stock broker to buy stocks we now use a Discount Broker and trade on the Internet for $10 a trade, and instead of paying a travel agent, we search for the best deals ourselves on airline tickets or hotel rooms.  The same thing is happening in the Real Estate Industry.  Buyers can find properties listed by Real Estate Agents on their own by searching the Internet.  If a buyer searches Realtor.com or any of the other Real Estate web sites to look for properties they will find the Discount Realtor’s listings just as easily as those of any other office. Also, most Real Estate offices also have a MLS search from their web sites like we do.  The searches bring up listings from all the Realtors that choose to cooperate, not just the Realtors from that office.

3. E-mail.  Whenever a buyer’s agent starts working with a buyer the first thing they do is ask them what they are looking for, so they can set up an MLS search for them.  MLS listings then are automatically sent to their e-mail.  Listings from all the offices are sent to them automatically.  The buyer then tells the Realtor which properties they want to go look at.

4. Why Pay For a Fancy Office? A  Large office with staff  is unnecessary.  A nice Real Estate office filled with office staff looks good and might make you feel good as a seller but it is expensive, and won’t bring buyers to your property.  Buyers find properties by searching the Internet and driving through neighborhoods, not by stopping into Real Estate offices.

5. How Much Can You Save? You may want to check out an article I posted outlining how Budget Realty offers the same service as a full commission Realtor, and the typical commission paid.  You decide, is paying full price really worth it?

  Our program works simply because we never discount the commission that the buyer’s agent receives, we only discount the commission that we receive.   A discount Realtor places your property in the same MLS system that every Realtor uses, the same Realtor.com, uses the same electronic lock box, uses the same paperwork.

Budget Realty of Sarasota  is a Discount Real Estate office that has been operating in Sarasota and Manatee counties since 1994.

Please call  941-371-0774  or email us for a free phone consultation on how Budget Realty can get your home sold for less!