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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®.

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Orlando home owners who are considering using flat fee MLS to sell their property often face the dilemma of trust. Everyone wants to save 50% in real estate commissions, or possibly pay zero. That’s why flat fee MLS listings in Orlando are popular. But, can you trust that you are going to receive everything as promised?

Most Orlando home owners do not fully trust Realtors®. For whatever their reasons, this remains a fact. I am Keith Gordon, broker for flat fee MLS Orlando listing service ADDvantage®.

I belong to 26 Florida MLS Realtor Associations, including the Mid Florida Regional MLS. I have been a licensed Florida real estate broker since 1984. My honest real estate brokerage dealings for the past 25 years has earned me a reputation as being forthright, respected and as a result, zero complaints with the Division of Real Estate in my 25 years of brokerage activity.

Trust will always be an issue when money is involved, especially big real estate commissions. Because 6% represents huge money, Orlando by owners have turned to an alternative way to list and sell real estate in Florida…Flat Fee MLS.

I have found that many of our clients even doubt our honesty and sincerity until they have listed and dealt personally with our staff. Once they see our professionalism and have experienced our easy to use MLS listing software, the trust barrier comes down. We are timely with our MLS edits once you are a client and our overall customer satisfaction is unapproachable.

I believe there are three areas that Orlando, Florida owners have trust issues with:

1) Buyer leads are one area that flat fee MLS home sellers do not fully understand. At ADDvantage®, our policy with regard to buyer leads has been effective and honest since we started ADDvantage® back in 2005. Once a buyer lead is received by us from any source such as Realtor.com or Homes.com, we promptly forward it to our seller in real time 7 days a week from 8:00am-8:00pm. This level of service is unheard of in the real estate. Between these hours, all emails and calls are answered “live” by our staff and forwarded to our Orlando flat fee MLS sellers…Either by phone and/or email. Our relentless attention to all details has earned ADDvantage ® the best reputation in all Florida for delivering the most reliable and trusted flat fee MLS service. As well, all leads and Realtor® calls for showings are stored in the sellers account in their easy reference and retrieval.

2) The next point of trust or dis-trust is how Realtor.com and IDX works. Most Orlando by owners do not fully understand the nuances of Realtor.com and why should they. Fact is, no seller contact information is allowed, by rule of Realtor.com, to be published in Realtor.com. ONLY the listing broker’s phone number and name may appear. All Realtor® websites such as Coldwell Banker and remax.com receive their MLS listing data directly from Realtor.com through a feed called IDX. This means all websites that display MLS listings contain the listing brokers contact information, not the sellers. So, sellers must implicitly trust the flat fee MLS broker to professionally handle buyer leads. The sellers contact information is displayed on our site http://www.getmoreoffers.com and sites such as Homes.com.

3) Offers from Realtors® are another big trust issue. Sellers do want the marketing and cost saving offered by flat fee MLS listing services but, “don’t touch my offers.” Sellers would prefer their offers going directly to them and not through the flat fee broker. At ADDvantage®, we facilitate our seller’s deals and would never impede the sale. We forward all offers directly to our sellers (8:00am-8:00pm 7 days) and call notifying of the offer being forwarded by email. We have never mishandled an offer in 5 years. Most offers do come through ADDvantage® as Realtors® prefer the “listing broker” to initially receive the offer and then forward the offer to the “self-represented” seller. From there, the buyer’s agent and seller negotiate the offer. As a note, it is clearly stated in the MLS to call seller directly for all showings and includes the seller’s phone number. But, it has been Realtor® protocol for 80 years to deal only with the listing broker. This also assists ADDvantage® with timely updating the MLS listing status from “active” to “contract pending” an MLS board requirement.

Trust will remain an issue when big money is involved. Orlando by owners that do choose ADDvantage will soon believe it is possible to trust a flat rate MLS service with your home sale and still 50% off the cost of a traditional listing….Or, possibly pay no commission if you sell without a Realtor®. At ADDvantage®, we have earned our reputation as Orlando’s most trusted and hardest working flat fee MLS broker. We consistently deliver more offers, more buyer leads and Realtor® feedback on all showings. We do this 7 days a week from 8:00am-8:00pm for 5 years in a row.

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Ever since February 10, our phone at ADDvantage® has been ringing off the hook.

January and the first part of February were as slow as I have ever seen in my 26 years as a real estate broker.

This is great news for Orlando home sellers. I have an excellent pulse on how business is in Florida as I belong to 20 Florida MLS Realtor boards. I am the broker for Florida based ADDvantage®, a flat fee MLS listing service.

The calls are coming from Realtors® seeking showing instructions and un-represented buyers. Buyers have finally realized that if you are going to buy property in Florida, now is the time.

If you aren’t getting action on your FSBO listed property or you are looking for a better way to sell, try us. We are the most advanced flat fee MLS listing company in Florida.

Our systems are so advanced that we are going national with our MLS listing software.

Our flat fee MLS programs start at $349 and end at $799 plus $500 at close. They all do something different as far as marketing and representation.

All of our programs are flat fee. You pay just the buyers agent and if you sell “by owner” you pay zero commission.

Call us anytime….we are here 8:00am-8:00pm 7 days. 1-877-232-9695

I am the broker for Orlando flat fee MLS listing service ADDvantage®. The most popular question asked this time of year is when should I list my home in the MLS?

The dilemma is you want your MLS listing to be seen “fresh” to the Orlando Realtors® but you don’t want to miss the perfect offer.

The correct answer to “what’s the best month in Florida to list in the MLS” is…Right Now.

Sellers have no control over the timing of a sale. December 2008 was a good month for ADDvantage® selling homes which is typically a slow month.

Like fishing, the worse the weather creates the best fishing opportunities. Beautiful perfectly clam days often produce less fish. But…No bait in the water, no fish…On any day!

At ADDvantage®, we know the best time to sell your Orlando home is the day that perfect offer comes along. We will do our job our marketing everywhere possible on the Internet such as google, craigslist, Vast, Homes.com, Realtor.com, MSN, AOL, Trulia, Harmon Homes, getmoreoffers.com and hundreds more real estate websites.

Marketing alone is not enough to sell a home today. Buyers and Realtors® must be able to see your home when they call or email. ADDvantage® is the only Orlando, Florida discount MLS broker that guarantees to answers the phone 12 hours a day 7 days a week…starting at 8:00am and ending at 8:00pm. Buyers and Realtors® in Florida are particularly active on Saturday and Sunday. Sunday are mostly un-represented buyers calling on signs and Realtor.com.

We are the only Florida real estate company that considers the real estate profession a 7 day a week job. Why? Unlike other service industries where sales people are held accountable by their owners/managers, Realtors® have no responsibility to sellers. Once you sign a listing agreement, they are not committed to do much…Especially, answering their phone.

This poor level of phone service will never cost you a showing at ADDvantage® because our track record speaks for itself…3,107 calls answered live the past 12 months and 1,047 answered after-hours. ADDvantage® will convert calls into showings and showings result in more Orlando homes sold.

We have been through challenging markets since 2006. We are selling 26% of our Florida flat fee MLS listed homes with an average “days on market” of 117 days.

Your flat fee MLS listing service holds the key to your success. Our clients are more successful due to our 8:00am-8:00pm 7 day a week live support.

List your Orlando home flat fee MLS with the most reliable discount MLS broker in Florida…ADDvantage®.

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