Rhode Island (RI) Flat Fee MLS Listing Service

The initial listing term is 12 months unless otherwise noted. We know what you are thinking? Why 12 months when you believe it will sell in much less time? The short answer is that 12 months is more beneficial for you, the seller, and it makes the listing contract a lot easier for all parties involved (us and you). Renewals are a pain and “running time” goes a lot quicker than you would think. Since we allow sellers to cancel anytime without penalty, it’s a lot better to have the luxury of not looking at the calendar. You may believe that your property will go under agreement right away, but this is real estate and you never know what can happen after a written offer is made. In theory, you could have your property under agreement on the first-day it hits the market, but the overall process has a lot of steps and all these steps accumulate calendar days really fast. To put things into perspective. Think about this… You get an offer, the inspection (7-8 days post offer) goes without a hitch, but you later find out your buyer isn’t able to get financing (30-45 days later) and the deal you had initially thought was simple and straight forward goes south for whatever reason. When this happens you have to find another buyer and the days-weeks-months start to add up and pass quickly. If a deal crumbles it’s back the square one. Everything starts over. Ouch.

→ Get the process started by heading over to our Agreement Wizard to create, sign and execute the listing agreement online.

As a seller, you should be aware that New England Entry Only Flat Fee MLS services vary. Some in price, some in the quality of service and others in reputation.  Naturally, everyone is looking for a good deal, which is why we offer such a low price for the service we provide. We know that getting a great price when listing your home for a flat fee might get you to sign up, but we also understand that a low price is worthless without exceptional service. We take pride in servicing our sellers who are looking to list for a flat fee. We are not just another flat fee listing service – we are a referral based flat fee MLS listing service. This means we do everything in our power to provide you with an exceptional selling experience so you will hopefully refer your friends, family, and co-workers to us when they are ready to sell.  Over the years, we have gained a loyal following because we take the time to educate our flat fee sellers so they know exactly what to do and how to do it in order to sell their homes for the best possible price and terms.

Once we list your home we will have your listing syndicated across the Internet on various websites. In addition to our online marketing partner sites, your home will be displayed on thousands of individual real estate broker sites. Once you decide to list your home through our flat fee MLS service we will take care of all your online marketing. We do everything in our power to get the word out that you are selling your home. In real estate, reputation and perception is everything. Our brokerage and flat fee MLS service are both well known and reputable throughout the industry here in New England. Real estate agents love introducing buyers to our properties because they know our sellers are prepared. Your listing will be introduced to Buyer’s Agents under the Hillman Real Estate name.

→ Get the process started by heading over to our Agreement Wizard to create, sign and execute the listing agreement online.

We believe in making it dead simple for prospective buyers to be able to make an offer without needing a buyer’s agent.  We do this by providing an easy to use web-based questionnaire making it easy for a prospective buyer(s) to create and generate an Offer to Purchase in minutes. Sometimes a prospective buyer will love a home, but they are not sure how to write up an offer. Our new Offer Wizard solves this problem. In under 10 minutes, buyer’s can create a fully compliant offer to purchase with the common contingencies and addendum. Try it out. Please note the Offer Wizard is for Massachusetts offers only. We are working on a New Hampshire version.

→ Get the process started by heading over to our Agreement Wizard to create, sign and execute the listing agreement online.

Massachusetts:  $325.

New Hampshire:  $350.

The initial term is 12-months. Read why we do 12-month listings. You may cancel anytime without penalty. If you need to renew all you need to do is let us know before the expiration date and we will renew the listing for free.

→ Get the process started by heading over to our Agreement Wizard to create, sign and execute the listing agreement online.

The rules governing the use of for sale signs are fairly straight forward.  You may not plant a sign that says For Sale By Owner, FSBO or By Owner.  Technically once a home is activated on MLS your home is no longer classified as a For Sale By Owner.  Your listing is marketed under our real estate brokerage name.  Furthermore, if a consumer viewed your home via MLS or partner site, then drove by your property to check out the exterior and neighborhood, a For Sale By Owner sign would most likely confuse them.  Likewise, if an agent scheduled a showing and saw a For Sale By Owner sign when pulling up to your property it could throw them off.  Since perception is extremely important when marketing real estate we have customizable signage for sale.  All signs are high quality double sided corrugated plastic. Just add your phone number and plant it curbside.  Each sign comes with a galvanized steel ‘H’ lawn stake, 3″ numeric stencils, and a jumbo blue marker.  Priority Shipping ($7.20) is included for $40.00.

→ Get the process started by heading over to our Agreement Wizard to create, sign and execute the listing agreement online.

Traditionally, sellers have had two options to explore when selling their property: Seller’s could market on FSBO sites, limiting exposure and usually resulting in a longer time on market, or Seller’s could list their property with a local real estate agency; paying upwards of 5-6% of the purchase price for listing and selling.

Going against tradition, Hillman gives those who are looking to sell a third option,  making the other two options obsolete.  With our Flat Fee MLS listing service seller now has the opportunity to market their home without having to pay outrageous listing fees.

Our mission is to provide seller’s with the necessary marketing and support that is essential to getting the property sold.  Our service saves seller’s money and puts them in control. With our MA flat fee MLS service customer service is everything. We understand that the highest level of support is needed at all times 7 days a week.

→ Get the process started by heading over to our Agreement Wizard to create, sign and execute the listing agreement online.

There are many reasons why listing through a flat fee listing service makes sense, especially when using a reliable and trustworthy brokerage like Hillman Real Estate.

Although listing for a flat fee is not for everyone, it can easily outweigh the traditional methods if you are looking to save money.  When marketing real estate having a well-known brokerage brand marketing your property is critical.  When selling you should go with a service who can guarantee amazing service, extreme exposure, and fanatical customer service.  But all this doesn’t matter unless the service doesn’t make it dead simple for prospective buyers to submit offers. We are the only real estate company in Massachusetts who offers a proprietary Offer Wizard tool that makes creating and submitting legally binding offers easy. When someone views your home, you provide them with a link to our Offer Wizard. [new window will open].Our Offer Wizard displays 15 questions. Once answered the Offer Wizard creates a fully compliant Massachusetts Offer to Purchase with contingencies and TRID addendum. It takes 15 minutes and helps buyer’s who are not working with an agent.

→ Get the process started by heading over to our Agreement Wizard to create, sign and execute the listing agreement online.

Traditionally, real estate agents want to create a relationship with a seller that grants them the exclusive right to market their property. In other words, listing agents are asking you to give up your right to market your home by-owner so they can do it and be paid for their services when they close the deal. It can do a lot of good to hire an agent on a full-service basis, but it’s just not for everyone.

Since the real estate market is oversaturated with traditional real estate agents many people just think they need enter into an exclusive right to sell real estate agreement.  Obviously, this is not true. In today’s real estate market you have options that range from limited service to full service.

Smart sellers who are “market savvy” will do research to find out that they do not have to go with a traditional listing agent to sell their property.  They can enter into a non-exclusive listing agreement with a flat fee real estate listing service. By doing this, the seller can market the property on their own as well as market through a flat fee MLS service who has the ability to list on MLS.  Many call this method the hybrid approach to selling real estate.  We call it the smart way to sell real estate.

In order to sell your home on the MLS, you must enter into a listing agreement.  A listing cannot be entered into the MLS without first entering into an agreement with an agent or broker. Doing so is against the MLS rules and regulations. When consumers hear the word agreement they often get overwhelmed, but the fact of the matter is that entering into an agreement shows professionalism and it will also protect your interest. As a seller, you should want the agent to put what they are going to do for you in writing.

With our flat fee MLS listing service, we use an agreement called a Facilitation Listing Agreement.  This agreement is the simple way to get your home onto the MLS without giving up your rights to market and sell your property.

→ Get the process started by heading over to our Agreement Wizard to create, sign and execute the listing agreement online.

No matter how many For Sale By Owner (FSBO) sites your home is listed on it will never reach a number of buyers that your local Multiple Listing Service will.  Regardless of what all the “popular” For Sale By Owner sites say on their testimonial pages – it will never happen.  It doesn’t matter which popular FSBO site you pick you’re wasting your money.  Of course, everyone likes to see SAVE 6% and NO COMMISSION taglines but this is not realistic.

Did you know that over 80% of the homes listed in America sell on the Multiple listing Service?  That’s a lot of real estate.  The real estate market has changed a lot over the last year and exposure is everything. See our partner sites.

The great thing about our flat fee MLS service is that we are only looking for a flat fee – nothing else.  Some real estate companies say they have a flat fee MLS service but they are looking for more than a flat fee. Sometimes they will say that they will put your home on the Multiple Listing Service to help you sell your home but they will also say if they find a buyer for your property they would like to be compensated a small commission for doing so.

If you cruise around the web you may see many sites offering flat fee listing services but be sure to read the fine print.  Many agents will say we have a few discount services to offer you.  The agent will come by and pitch you several options and steer you into listing with their full-service plan.

→ Get the process started by heading over to our Agreement Wizard to create, sign and execute the listing agreement online.

The math is simple: instead of paying a full 5% commission, you would pay a flat fee to us and 2.5% (this percentage is totally up to you.) commission to a Buyer’s Agent if you sell your home to a buyer who is represented.  Again, you only pay us a flat fee.  If the buyer does not have an agent you will not need to pay a commission.

→ Get the process started by heading over to our Agreement Wizard to create, sign and execute the listing agreement online.

When you sell your home “By Owner” and compliment your marketing efforts with the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) you will have yourself a hybrid marketing plan.  This is a great way to sell rel estate.  By combining marketing efforts you get the biggest bang for your buck. Our Flat Fee MLS service is the wave of the future. By using our service what you are essentially doing is mass marketing your home with two drastically different mediums. Some call this method MLS FSBO or FSBO MLS. It’s like having two companies marketing your property. The first company is you, the seller. The second company is our flat fee MLS service or FSBO MLS service. This is a killer combo when selling your home. When savvy sellers use our Mass flat fee MLS service they are looking to save money and be involved with the selling process.  With this course of action, the property owner literally pursues both methods of marketing through the Massachusetts MLS and FSBO methods simultaneously. Marketing your property via our flat fee MLS can be accomplished in New England with a special listing agreement called a Facilitation Agreement. With this flat fee MLS type agreement, we will list your property for sale in the MLS for a flat fee and give you the best service money can buy. This agreement puts a limitation on the real estate agencies duties as well as responsibilities to the seller such that the listing agents’ obligations and services are more or less limited to listing the property in the MLS. With our MA flat fee MLS service, we take care of all your online marketing and maintain your MLS listing. Our Facilitation listing agreement allows you, the owner, the right to market the property yourself and avoid further commissions altogether if the owner finds a buyer from their own marketing efforts. This service cancels out the listing side of the commission. Rather than taking a commission we are paid a flat fee advance at the time the MLS listing is activated. Under our MA flat fee MLS listing agreement, there would be no additional commission ever paid to us for listing your home on the MLS. No matter what – we will never request a commission percentage when your home sells.  It doesn’t matter if a buyer’s agent sells your home or if you sell it on your own. The only time you will ever pay a commission is when a Buyer Agent brings you a buyer and the deal closes. Under a Facilitation Agreement, all other real estate agents can then try to sell your home to their potential buyers and earn a commission representing the Buyer as a “Buyers Agent.”  Sellers can offer these Buyer Agents whatever percent commission they desire, but owners should consider that offering less than the traditional 2.0% 2.5% could affect these Buyer Agent degree of interest in showing your property to their customers. If you offer enough the Buyer Agent will tap all their resources to find a buyer.

→ Get the process started by heading over to our Agreement Wizard to create, sign and execute the listing agreement online.