Because Flat fee shares its commission with its buyer clients, our buyers have a competitive edge when bidding on houses. Here is an example:
A home is listed by a firm and the seller is offering buyer agents a 3% commission. The home is listed for $350,000.
A buyer with an agent that does not share their commission offers $325,000 for the [...]
We are often asked what is the best strategy for buying a home when you have to sell your current home. Unfortunately there is no correct answer or optimal strategy. Instead you have to evaluate each buyer's personal situation in rendering [...]
There seems to be a misunderstanding of what the standard is for "procuring cause" for a real estate agent to be entitled to a commission as a buyer's representative in Vermont. The Vermont Supreme Court has set the standard under Vermont law. Buyers (and sellers) should be aware of this standard when a real estate agent claims that they are [...]
Many agents seem confused on what levels of radon, if any, are acceptable in a home. There seems to be an industry wide misconception that the EPA recommends that action to reduce radon levels only be taken if a test shows levels exceeding 4.0 Pi/Cl. This is [...]
Leasing to own or more commonly known as "rent to own" is in essence the "layaway" of real estate. However, unlike setting aside consumer goods, renting real estate to eventually own presents a number of practical and legal challenges not found with consumer [...]
Have you ever wondered how the oil industry has been able to maintain its monopoly of selling gasoline in the United States when advances in technology have led to cheaper and more efficient alternatives? Not only are the alternatives cheaper and more efficient, the overwhelming majority of Americans support these alternatives because they [...]
Why do real estate firms continue to run traditional print ads of their listings in newspapers and other circulations?
A common immediate response is that they do so to help market their clients' properties. However, this is not true.
Since the proliferation of the internet, buyers no longer wait for print ads to find homes. Buyers are [...]
While many of you may think that this article refers to the classic Seinfeld episode where George Costanza dips a chip, bites it and dips again, it is not. It is however about something equally ridiculous: real estate agents double charging their [...]
The 10 Home-Selling Tips
Most Real Estate Agents Wont Tell You
How to market and sell your home with minimal stress and maximum profit
New technologies and real estate resources have made it easier than ever for real estate buyers and sellers to connect directly, without the assistance of an agent. Some of these game-changing [...]
There are many myths about real estate agents that have been engrained in the consumer public by decades of clever marketing by the real estate industry and its huge lobbyist, the National Association of [...]