Tampa Home Owners Save on Average 65% in Real Estate Commissions when using our Flat fee MLS Listing Service

Flat Fee MLS listings are selling faster than new ones are being listed in Tampa

The Florida real estate market has changed over the past 5 months as buyers and sellers expectations of value are narrowing. I am Keith Gordon, broker and co-owner of a Tampa flat fee MLS listing and full-service discount real estate firm, ADDvanatge®.

Our inventory of available homes in Florida dropped 21% from March-May 2010, in part, due to the expiring tax credits and the overall narrowing of sellers and buyers expectations of value.

We have 2 levels of service at ADDvantage® for the cost conscience home seller. One plan is a traditional flat fee MLS listing where the seller represents themselves and the other is our full-service discount plan called ADDvantage Success where I represent the seller just like a traditional full-service agent would. The cost of ADDvantage Success is $699 up-front and 1/3 of 1% at close.

We do save Tampa, Florida home sellers an average 65% of commissions and have a reputation as being the most reliable discount real estate service in Florida.

We offers many helpful tools on our website for our flat fee MLS sellers to guide them through the process of selling a home without an traditional agent. We have spent the past 6 years building the most advanced and intuitive MLS discount listing platform enabling sellers to list, manage and sell a home without paying 6%.

One might think that this type of service is a “no-frills do-it-yourself and good luck” way of selling a home. To the contrary, ADDvantage® is actually a serviced based discount real estate company similar to a Charles Schwab. To us, it’s all about offering the best technology and service to our customers with our emphasis on cost savings and transparency.

Our concept of selling real estate in Florida is to present the seller with a marketing system backed by heavy customer service. We remain the only Florida flat fee MLS listing service or full-service real estate company that prides itself on never missing a showing opportunity as we are open for business at 8:00am each day and close at 8:00pm, 7 DAYS a WEEK! . All calls are answered live by professional MLS assistants and I am always available to assist as well.

Our customers are by owners, sellers who want full-service but are still interested in saving about 50% in commissions, builders, out-of-state Realtors that are selling property in Florida, in-state Realtors hat need to sell a property outside their MLS board coverage area and other professionals such as home inspectors, appraisers and others that are “in-the-know.” When a professional reads about what we do at ADDvantage®, they are impressed and they truly should be because what we do everyday is nothing short of an extraordinary effort to exceed our sellers expectations. We have hundreds of very satisfied Tampa flat fee MLS home sellers.

If you compare what ADDvantage® offers with our 100% electronic website (no faxing or emails), to our advanced Internet marketing and reliable customer service, you will agree we are hands down the best value of any Florida based flat fee MLS listing service.

Call us anytime, 1-877-232-9695 or 727-942-2929. Please read my latest helpful selling tips on appraisals and other relevant tips on selling real estate in Florida.

ADDvantage® has been offering discount real estate MLS listings, “flat fee MLS,” in Florida since 2005. We have consistently held over 250 flat fee MLS listings in various Florida MLS boards so we have an excellent pulse on the entire Florida real estate market.

The call volume this past 3 weeks has exceeded any other point in time by 200%. These callers are unrepresented buyers, Realtors® requesting showing instructions and sellers asking questions about our flat fee MLS listing services.

While this spike in interest does not mean we have seen the bottom of the real estate market, nor does it mean prices will rise, but rather it means the perception held buy buyers is that real estate in Florida is a bargain…And, they are correct!

If you don’t need to sell now, it would be better to wait until 2012 or 2013 as prices should be higher by then. But, of course, if you need to sell now, do it and re-buy later this year or next and catch the next wave up in prices.

If you have to sell now, try to sell by owner using flat fee MLS marketing. When you list in the MLS flat fee with ADDvantage®, you have a 23% chance of selling by owner and a 77% chance of being sold through a Tampa Bay Realtor®. The reason so many by owners sell with no Realtor® involved at ADDvantage® is because we give all buyer leads (ones with no Realtor® attached…Leads from sources such as Realtor.com, Homes.com and our site getmoreoffers.com) to you.

Buyer leads are very valuable. Not all flat fee MLS listing services in Florida do this. You MUST read their listing agreement carefully.

We offer 4 flat fee MLS listings plans that enable you to pay just the buyer’s agent commission (no listing commission). Our basic plan is $349…Your phone number will be published in the MLS, not in Realtor.com (no seller info allowed) and this is our most popular “self-represented” way to sell.

The next level up is Street Smart ADDvantage®. To use the plan, the buyer’s agent commission must be 4% or greater. This plan is based around offering a higher-than-average buyer agent commission. We get the message to the Realtors® through an eblast system we developed in 2005. It sends emails to all Tampa Realtors within 35 miles of your property twice per month. This Realtor® eblast marketing is very successful. Realtors® read it because it’s all about the money. When they click your link in the email, they are directed right to your flat fee MLS listing at getmoreoffers.com. Our website tracks all hits so you will see the results. Street Smart ADDvantage® is $599 and includes Realtor.com showcase and World Properties.

The top plan at ADDvantage® is ADDvantage Plus™. It is $799 and $500 at close. This is not your average bargain…It is truly the best value of any real estate service in Florida. It comes with 100% contract-to-close representation from me (26 years experience), Agent Assure® (where we answer all calls for you and schedule all showings), Street Smart ADDvantage® (if you offer 4% buyer’s agent commission), Realtor.com Showcase, World Properties, Homes.com premium and a metal custom yard sign. All you do is show the home or set a lock box.

ADDvantage’s slogan is “Real Estate By Your Rules®” for a reason…We are all about the seller…And, we are the only real estate company in Tampa that answers their phone 7 days a week 8:00am-8:00pm.

1-877-232-9695 or 727-942-2929