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Orlando By Owners Learn how Flat Fee MLS works by watching our videos

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

Orlando by-owners are using flat fee listings to gain a competitive advantage.

ADDvantage® now makes it simple to understand how flat fee listing works by watching our flat fee MLS videos.

In today’s price driven real estate market, every penny counts these days and ADDvantage® is leading the way on this cost saving campaign by offering the best by-owner flat fee MLS listing service.

ADDvantage® holds direct MLS membership with 28 Florida Realtor Associations from Ft. Myers, Ft. Lauderdale,  Orlando, Florida Keys, Marco Island,  Ocala, Jacksonville, Tallahassee, The Pan Handle, Bradenton, Tampa, St. Pete, Clearwater, Gainesville, Naples, Boca and just about every small Florida city in between.

Listing Flat fee in the MLS has grown in popularity because sellers save 50% in commissions without sacrificing marketing or service. We offer the best live phone support and superior Internet marketing so selling your Florida home is easy and cost effective. ADDvantage® has been working overtime for years earning the respect of fellow Realtors and by-owners throughout Florida.

In today’s price driven buyer’s market, sellers must sell and compete along side short sales and bank owned properties. Lower sales commissions are an excellent starting point to get noticed and sold faster. ADDvantage® has done a great job in Florida for by-owners…Just take a look at our flat fee MLS sales statistics!

When listing flat fee MLS, in Orlando, by-owners only pay a commission to buyer’s agents. If you sell without a Realtor, no commission is due. Our basic 9 month flat fee listing is just $349 which includes a listing in Mid-Florida Regional.

With flat fee MLS, there is no binding listing agreement (view flat fee MLS listing agreement) and you can cancel anytime, with a moments notice and without a fee or penalty.

Our Internet marketing is superior and we will list your home, condo, commercial property or vacant land on hundreds of sites such as MSN, homes.com, Craigslist, AOL, Realtor.com, getmoreoffers, Bargain Network, Yahoo and many more.

Our service commitment to our Orlando by owners makes ADDvantage® your best partner in Florida to list flat fee in the MLS. We offer the most reliable live phone support from 8:00am and to 8:00pm every day o the week including Saturday and Sunday.

We are the only Florida discount real estate broker or full-service real estate company to do this. We truly understand real estate is a sales business and we understand each call is important and maybe your sale. We have offered this live phone support for six years now and continue to do so. We enjoy the best reputation in Florida among fellow Realtors because of it. When Realtors see our name in the MLS, they know what to expect when they call. Real-time live support 7 days a week!

We also give every seller more control over your MLS listing because each seller has their own seller control panel to change price, commission, view who has viewed your listing and all seamless, 100% on-line and electronic. No faxes, or emails, just clicks.

Even Realtors trust ADDvantage® to list their own listings when they need marketing outside their local MLS coverage. Homeowners, builders and investors all trust ADDvantage®.

Contact ADDvantage 727-942-2929

Why our reputation with Orlando Realtors is your asset

Saturday, June 13th, 2009

What do restaurants and flat fee MLS services have in common? Customers will not come back if the service or product is not worth the money.

Managing a Flat Rate MLS service is complicated because we service the Realtors® with showing instructions and must do an excellent job with Internet marketing, making sure our MLS listing are accurate and manage our clients change requests in a timely manor. 

At ADDvantage®, we have succeeded is both categories of delivering excellent service to Realtors® and our Orlando home owners for 5 years in a row. 

Our formula for success was simple to think of but very difficult to implement. We decided in 2005 that all calls will be answered “live” by a human between the hours of 8:00am-8:00pm 7 days a week.  

We are the only Florida flat fee MLS or full service real estate service has done this…Even Saturday and Sunday. 

Realtors® throughout Florida now know ADDvantage® as the real estate company that is always available. Our positive reputation with Orlando Realtors® helps you get more showing because when a Realtor® searches the MLS and sees our name they know one phone call gets immediate gratification….Instant showing instructions! 

It’s no secret Realtors® don’t love flat fee MLS services because we represent competition for listings and flat fee MLS services are notorious for horrible service to both teh Realtors® and their clients. 

Our approach since we started ADDvantage® in 2005 was to do the opposite of what we perceived as “business as usual” real estate. Hence, ADDvantage® was born and we now we enjoy without doubt the best reputation of any flat fee MLS service in Florida. 

ADDvantage is also a “concierge” flat fee MLS service because 2 of our flat fee MLS plans blend in with other full-service listings. 

ADDvantage® offers 2 hybrid flat fee MLS plans where we represent the seller, take all calls, schedule all showings and negotiate all offers right through closing. The seller benefits by often getting a higher price for their home. These 2 plans also add additional value to our already good reputation because unlike a flat fee listing, these listings are imputed into the MLS as an “Exclusive Right of Sale Listings” not “Exclusive Agency.” Full-service listings are designated in the MLS as “Exclusive Right of Sale Listings” and flat fee listings are “Exclusive Agency.” 

The names of these plans are ADDvantage Plus™ and ADDvantage Success™. With a “Plus” listing, the seller “works” all unrepresented buyer leads in an effort to sell without paying any commission. With ADDvantage Success, our Orlando agents “work” all unrepresented buyers to help sell your home. 

The seller never pays more than one commission which is typically 3%. Just one agent will be earning that commission. Regardless of which plan you choose and the saving are at least 50%. The “Success” plan removes the hassles of working with buyers. But, some sellers want to work the buyers so I recommend “Plus.” 

List your Miami home with the company that has earned the trust of Orlando Realtors, ADDvantage®.

1-877-232-9695

ADDvantage®, an Orlando, Florida “By Owner” and Flat Fee MLS listing Service, introduces a new innovation in discount real estate called ADDvantage Success™.

Sunday, April 19th, 2009

ADDvantage®, an Orlando, Florida “By Owner” and Flat Fee MLS listing Service, introduces a new innovation in discount real estate called ADDvantage Success™.

This unique MLS listing plan has all the features of a full-service listing but you pay a low price of $499.

This offer exceeds all other flat rate offers because you don’t sacrifice service and you only offer a commission to the buyer’s agent.

ADDvantage Success™ guarantees Orlando sellers the most powerful Internet marketing available on important websites such as Homes.com Realtor.com, MSN Craigslist, Vast, Yahoo, Zillow, AOL Oodle, RSS feeds, IDX feeds and many more features to help u sell faster.

 

Highlights of ADDvantage Success™

  • 9 month MLS listing in the Mid Florida Regional MLS - Orlando’s MLS. You can cancel anytime with no fee or other complications.
  • Agent Assure®…We guarantee you’ll never miss a Realtor® showing. Agent Assure® is our concierge showing service. We schedule and confirm all showings for so you only communicate with ADDvantage®, never a Realtor®. We are here 7 days a week…Even Saturday and Sunday. Your exact showing instructions will be given to Realtors® just they way you want. And, an email sent for your records. ($199 value, free with ADDvantage Success™)
  • Feedback…Orlando home sellers need feedback from Realtor® showings. Our system will automatically send an email to each Realtor® that shows your home requesting feedback. ($99 value, free with ADDvantage Success™)
  • Agent Activate®…Local expertise and knowledge helps you sell faster. Our local agent knows your home and you. They will never miss an opportunity to show and sell your home. If one of our agents is successful selling your property, we will REFUND the ADDvantage Success™ $499 fee at closing. Our Agent Activate® service engages our best Orlando agents or local affiliate to work with each buyer prospect. You pay only the offered buyer’s agent commission, the same commission you are offering any agent (which is typically 3%). If our agent sells, we take the deal from contract-to-close. Our agents will pre-qualify buyers, show your property, write the offer, negotiate the offer, inspection and inspection related negotiating, if any, assist with financing, work with your title company or real estate lawyer and complete the closing in a professional manor. Having an agent help with negotiatons often results in a higher sales price, a faster sale and less hassles.
  • Broker Assist… Advice 7 days a week. If an offer comes from an outside buyer’s agent, other than ADDvantage®, our house broker will consult, advise, review the contract, check for missing disclosures and assist in the closing. There will be a transaction fee of $395 at closing if this occurs. (A $799 value)
  • Street Smart ADDvantage®…Powerful and Effective Realtor® eblast. Since 2005, ADDvantage® has been promoting properties throughout Florida by email. This email, called the Street Smart ADDvantage® eblast, is reserved for sellers offering a 4% or greater buyer’s agent commission. Twice a month, most local Orlando Realtors® within 35 miles of your property will receive the eblast. Street Smart ADDvantage® is the best read Realtor-to-Realtor email in Orlando, Florida. (A $599 value, free with ADDvantage Success™)
  • An Exclusive Right of Sale Listing in MLS, not an Exclusive Agency. At times, “by owner” listings are passed over because Orlando Realtors® perceive them as too much work. While there is only a slight chance of this occurring to your listing, the cost savings of listing flat fee in the MLS far outweigh any possible lost showings. But, why loose a Realtor® showing when there is a solution? List the property in the Orlando Mid-Florida MLS as an Exclusive Right of Sale Listing, NOT as an Exclusive Agency…Which is how all flat fee listing in Florida are inputted into the MLS. Because you will be represented by ADDvantage®, we will input ADDvantage Success™ listings into the MLS as Exclusive Right of Sale listings. It is a better way to get more showings, it is more professional and is exactly the same as a full-service listings.
  • Realtor.com Showcase…25 Pictures on Realtor.com. We will upgrade your Realtor.com listing to “showcase” with a longer property description (2400 characters) and 25 pictures. Realtor.com is the world’s most important real estate website. ($49 value, free with ADDvantage Success™)

Call us anytime 1-877-232-9695 or vist our website for more details on ADDvantage Success™ flat fee MLS.