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

I am Keith Gordon, flat fee MLS listing broker for the best known flat fee MLS listing service in Florida, ADDvantage Real Estate. We are known as GetMoreOffers.com.

No truer words were ever spoken when I say, we (Realtors) are “professional messengers” not Realtor Superman.

I speak with 10-20 Realtors a day and sort of enjoy the professional banter that exists when we speak about things. I pretty much can tell which Realtors are professional messengers and the ones that are flying around pretending to be Realtor Super Heroes.

There is a huge difference. If you are selling your home, whether listed with GetMoreOffers.com as a flat fee MLS listing or selling with a traditional 6% agent, you hope that when an offer comes the buyer’s agent is not wearing a one of those Superman Realtor Capes. Because if they are, you offer will be like Kryptonite to your deal.

You want that buyer’s agent to keep the “door of value” open and let the buyer help decide on how much to offer. If your buyer’s agent starts justifying their low-ball offer based on every short-sale and bank owned sale within 10 miles without consideration for that fact that this home is NOT a short-sale, has a better kitchen (with appliances), more upgrades and the buyer can close in 45 days.

You want a Realtor that shows homes and works a deal so everyone gets what they want. Truth be know, all deals must get through appraisal to close. It is the appraisers job to say whether or not the value is there. If the home doesn’t appraise because of the short-sales and bank-owed comparables then again it is up to the buyer to decide how much over apprasided value they are willing to pay.

I like being a professional messenger, not a pretend Realtor Superman.

Call any time for advice on selling your home whether you find yourself in a short-sale or just want to save money using our flat fee MLS listing service.

ADDvantage offers flat fee MLS listings throughout Florida including Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Westin, Pembroke, Florida Keys, Plantation, South Beach, Miami Beach and just about every city in Florida.

We are known for our expansive Internet marketing, 8:00am-8:00pm 7 day a week customer and Realtor support, best flat fee MLS listing software which is 100% electronic and a seller’s control panel that allows by owners to control 100% of their MLS.

GetMoreOffers is the most detailed discount or full-service real estate company in Miami, Florida. Our sytem tracks everything for you. Website hits, Realtor feedback, leads, print bruchures, make changes and more.

Every by owner MLS seller gets their own MLS administrator 7 days a week!

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By owners in Florida are choosing to list flat fee in the MLS because homeowners have less equity and need to save every penny possible.

ADDvantage®, Florida best flat fee MLS listing service, is growing in popularity because we offer so much service and marketing that it makes perfect sense to list your Florida home with the company that has earned your business.

Sellers need an advantage when competing in a buyer’s market trapped with short sales, REO/ bank owed properties and things might not improve for 5 years.
By owners need every possible opportunity to compete. Lower sales commissions would be an excellent start!

When listing flat fee in the MLS, sellers only offer a commission to buyer’s agents. They pay us one low flat fee of $349. For that fee, we list homes, condos, rentals or vacant land in the MLS and provide Internet marketing on hundreds of sites such as Homes.com, Realtor.com, Craigslist, getmoreoffers, MSN, Yahoo, AOL and the Bargain Network.

Listing flat fee in the MLS with ADDvantage® is smart because it saves by-owners 50% in commissions. This market is price driven market and the lower you list your property the more showings you will receive and ultimately more offers…our name is what we do…GetMoreOffers.com

ADDvantage® is your best choice in Florida to list flat fee in the MLS because we offer the best service starting each day at 8:00am and ending at 8:00pm, 7 days a week. No real estate company does this…ADDvantage® does this because we view real estate as a sales business where each call is treated as though it could be your sale. We have done this for six years now and continue to do so. We enjoy the best reputation in Florida of any full-service or discount real estate company.

Our sellers control every aspect of their listing using their own seller control panel….So changing price, commissions, increase marketing using Street Smart ADDvantage® Realtor Eblast is all seamless, 100% on-line and electronic.

Even Realtors trust ADDvantage® to list their client’s homes when they need MLS coverage outside their primary MLS area. Home owners, investors, builders and REO all use ADDvantage®.

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Over the past 5 years, our company has answered every call “live” from 8:00am-8:00pm… 7 days a week. Every Miami Realtor® that has called ADDvantage® seeking showing instructions has reached a human. They were given the exact showing instructions in the seller’s account. If locked boxed, they were given the code, of course, after they gave us their license number, email address, company name, show time and contact number. If owner occupied, then we pass along what ever the seller has informed us to do.　

When Realtors® are searching the MLS, the listing broker company name will appear. If this name triggers a positive experience for that Realtor®, they will not pass over the listing, even if that listing is limited service or flat fee.　

But, if that Realtor® recognizes a company that they associate with poor service because that flat fee or full-service Realtor® has not answered their phone, many Realtors® will not even bother to make a call to schedule a showing.　

Our commitment to excellence has earned ADDvantage® of Miami a reputation that can be your asset. When Realtors® see our name as the listing broker they remember ADDvantage® as the company that is always available. Our reputation makes listing your Miami property with us a true value. The reputation of the flat fee MLS service dictates how many Realtor® showings you will receive.　

Many by owners MLS sellers think getting listed in SE Florida MLS is all the one needs to get sold! But, if you knew the whole story you might think differently. Most flat fee MLS listing services in Florida don’t answer their phone reliably. They often have a recorded message that says, “Realtors, look in the MLS for seller’s phone number.” This is a horrible approach to the number ONE SALES FORCE, the Realtors®. This type of service results in a bad reputation with full-service buyer’s agents. If they see a listing from a company that has dis-serviced them, they may move on to another listing.　

Realtors® don’t love flat fee MLS brokers because they see us as competition for listings. Flat rate MLS sellers do not pay a listing commission which saves the by owner at least 50%. We know Realtors® already have a chip of their shoulder and have made them our allies. 

At ADDvantage®, we have done just that that 5 years in a row. We have answered every Realtor®call for showing instructions “live” from 8:00am-8:00pm 7 days a week.　

ADDvantage is also a “concierge” flat fee MLS service as many of our flat fee MLS plans blend in with other full-service listings. We offer more than just “traditional” self-represented flat fee MLS listings at ADDvantage®.　

ADDvantage® offers 2 hybrid-flat-fee-MLS listing plans where we represent the seller. One plan is called ADDvantage Plus™ and the other ADDvantage Success™. The only difference between these two flat rate plans is with “Plus,” the seller “works” all unrepresented buyer leads from Realtor.com and other sources in an effort to sell without paying any commission. With ADDvantage Success™, our local Miami agents work all “unrepresented buyers” to help you sell the home. With either plan, the seller only pays one commission which is typically 3%. Just one agent will be earning that commission. This saves the seller 50% and removes the hassle of working with buyers and writing the sales contract.　

These two hybrid plans, ADDvantage Plus™ and ADDvantage Success™, are also imputed into the MLS as an “Exclusive Right of Sale Listings” not “Exclusive Agency.” All full-service listing are designated in the MLS as “Exclusive Right of Sale Listings” and flat fee listings are “Exclusive Agency.”　

ADDvantage Plus™ and ADDvantage Success™ listings improve our overall image in the real estate community. With these plans we take all calls, schedule all showings and negotiate all offers right through closing. The seller benefits and we add more value to our already good reputation as a flat fee MLS concierge company.　

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

Since 2000, I have been listing homes “flat fee” in the SE Florida MLS for hundreds of Miamians.

Times have changed in Miami and the climate for selling is not what is used to be. Like the days a Csonka, Kick and Morris, the hot real estate market is taking a breather…But, there are still deals going on and Realtors® (buyer’s agents) are working harder than ever to convert sales.

What Miami sellers need to be successful selling in today real estate market is the best of everything.

Like fishing, you need the right bait, the right boat, the right day and most of all, the right captain.

When listing in the MLS, choose wisely when it comes to the sale of your home. Get the right company to promote your South Beach Condo, or your Coral Gables estate.

ADDvantage® leads all Florida flat fee MLS services in the most important category of all…Service. Sure we market everywhere possible on the Internet such as MSN, yahoo, Zillow, Realtor.com, Homes.com, Vast, getmoreoffers.com and 100’s more. But, when these prospects email or call ADDvantage®, you are 100% guaranteed to get that lead (or offer) in real time…8:00am-8:00pm 7 days a week.

We are accountable to you. Unlike other Realtors® are may not return a calls to another Realtor® for days on end when seeking showing instructions, ADDvantage® will be there to give your “exact” showing instructions 7 days a week. We send an email and call (with ADDvantage Plus™ service) to make sure you don’t miss a showing.

Get that bait in the water and start fishing for your buyer. We will help…7 days a week.

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

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

Florida’s real estate market is definitely showing new signs of life in November. We have successfully negotiated 5 ADDvantage Plus contracts last week. I am hopeful that the low interest rate environment and actions by the “bailout” shores up short sale and REO activity.

Looking forward, the best advice I can give Miami by owner MLS sellers is to price your home competitively and disregard the active short or the closed short sales. Realtors in Miami, Orlando and Tampa are focusing on properties they can close for their buyers and avoiding the lure of short sales. The bottom line for Realtors is you can’t make a living off short sales only.

At ADDvantage, we offer flat fee MLS listings in all Florida counties, including Greater Miami-Dade. I have been a flat fee MLS listing broker in Miami since 2000. In 2005, we started offering our unique brand of flat fee MLS in Orlando, Tampa, Jacksonville and many other Florida cities.

Our flat rate MLS plans cost a bit more than our competition but we offer more service and a very articulate flat fee MLS listing agreement which spells our all the important details that sellers need to know about.

I often visit our competition’s websites to see what’s new. Some flat fee offers are genuine but many are not. Without writing a thesis about what to look out for when listing in the MLS flat fee in Miami, there are 3 key points that you need to be aware of.

First would be the right to cancel a listing and escape the listing agreement unscathed. Easier said then done in many cases. Sellers need these words in their listing agreement…”unconditional withdrawal.” This means the listing broker will cancel and remove the MLS listing immediately thus enabling another broker to re-list the property. No other words will suffice…not “remove”, not “cancel”, not “conditional withdrawal” etc.

The next point is phone support. Most flat fee websites all say the same misleading rhetoric that “all calls go directly to the seller.” This is false. This past weekend, we fielded over 30 calls from buyers and Realtors through Florida seeking showing instructions. One example of how important live phone support truly is to the flat fee MLS seller was a call I took at 12:20pm Sunday from a unrepresented buyer in Miami requesting to see a $1,300,000 home. Our seller was home and meet with the buyer. This buyer called ADDvantage from an ad in Realtor.com and no seller contact information is allowed in Realtor.com by rule of the MLS. 2,900 Realtors in Florida have called ADDvantage over the past 12 months either ignoring the Realtor remarks section of the MLS that clearly states “call seller directly at 305-393-8138 for all showings and offers” or because they couldn’t reach the seller. When listing flat fee, phone support can make the difference between selling and not selling.

The last major point of listing with a reliable and ethical Miami flat fee service is buyer leads. That $1,300,000 buyer lead that I received on Sunday went right to our flat fee MLS seller in real time. Not all flat fee brokers hand-over buyer leads from Realtor.com, homes.com and other FSBO websites to their sellers. These leads are extremely valuable to the seller and possibly to the flat fee unscrupulous broker. A $1,300,000 sale would result in a $40,000 commission at 3%.

In our flat fee MLS listing agreement, we state these 3 key points very clearly. Most flat fee website don’t even show you a listing agreement until after you pay. That is about as crazy as signing a note without knowing the interest rate.

ADDvantage offers 4 flat fee MLS listing plans. My favorite MLS listing plan is ADDvantage Plus because it looks and acts like a full-service listing, $799 plus $500 at close. A “Plus” listing in the MLS comes with Street Smart ADDvantage Realtor eblast marketing, contract-to-close representation, we take all calls and schedule all appointments and all buyer leads belong to the seller. This is a perfect flat fee listing.

The public’s favorite flat fee listing at ADDvantage is MLS ADDvantage for $349. And Street Smart ADDvantage is the most effective Realtor-to-Realtor marketing in Florida…But, you must offer a 4% or > buyer’s agent commission.

Call us anytime and we will pick up the phone guaranteed …8:00am-8:00pm 7 days. 1-305-393-8138. Or, visit oour flat fee MLS Tampa blogging site.

Part 1 of 5 on the reasons why ADDvantage lists more homes in Florida than any other flat fee MLS listing company offering a similar service.

The reason why the ADDvantage brand of flat fee MLS is truly the most trusted name in discount MLS listings in Florida is because we don’t misrepresent the truth about what flat fee MLS is and what is not.

We offer a service based on what we know sellers need, rather than what other companies are doing.

Our phones are answered live, by a professional MLS administrator, 7 days a week from 8:00am-8:00pm. Many people scoff at this and say “I don’t need this because all calls come directly to me.” This is 100% untrue.

Even though an ADDvantage flat fee MLS listing costs $150 more than many flat fee services in Florida, we have twice as many flat fee MLS listing in Florida than our closest state or national competitor offering a similar service.

Miami homeowners prefer listing though ADDvantage because they know the difference between an ADDvantage flat fee MLS listing compared with other offers.

There remains one flat fee MLS listing service that guarantees by owners in Florida more Realtor showings, more buyer leads and an overall better selling experience…that’s ADDvantage.

An ADDvantage flat fee MLS listing costs $349. This $349 will be your best investment when it’s time to sell your home, condo, commercial, or vacant land in Miami, Weston, South Beach, North Beach, Coral Gables, South Miami, Plantation, Ft. Lauderdale, Hollywood, Hollywood Beach, Golden Beach, Homestead, Davie or other South Florida cities.

Flat fee MLS websites throughout Florida advertise on their websites that “all calls go directly to you” which is why so many people now believe this statement is true. Websites say this because they want you believe that phone support is not an integral part of listing flat fee in the MLS. They want you to believe this malarkey because they can’t offer reliable or “stated hours” of live phone support because it cost too much to have an MLS administrator be available 12 hours a day 7 days a week, like ADDvantage does.

If you charge just $159 for a MLS listing, there is only enough money to “input” the listing in the MLS, some phone support and changes to the listing…when they can get around to it. There are other important functions that make an ADDvantage MLS listing worth more to you such as the confidence to know that we never miss a Realtor call for a showing or an unrepresented buyer’s call for more information. This is what sells a home!

Our live phone support consistently gets more Miami homes “sold” we are able to assist “unrepresented buyers” and Realtors the instant they call us. Our guaranteed phone support results in more showings and a better overall experience.

As one of our Miami flat fee MLS clients said recently in a testimonial submitted to ADDvantage, “ADDvantage is like having a Realtor camped out at your front door.”

We have answered over 2,950 calls from Realtors or buyers in Florida over the past 12 months. This is further evidence of just how important reliable phone support truly is to a Miami flat fee MLS seller. 2,950 calls came to ADDvantage despite that fact that we publish the seller’s phone number in the MLS under the “Realtor remarks” section of the MLS for all Realtors to “call seller directly for all showings and offers 305-878-0121.” Still, many Realtors find their way to calling the flat fee MLS service. Their reasons vary as to why they call but here are a few example of what they say. The number one reason is, “Oh, I didn’t see their number.” But, there are many other explanations. Some Realtors could care less about what the MLS says and they call the listing broker because for the past 70 years, calling the listing agent has been protocol. And, if you don’t know, the listing broker (flat fee company) phone number must be in the MLS. There more examples…often, a Realtor is attempting to show a home and the seller is unavailable…in this case, we give the Realtor showing instructions for our seller, if the seller has stored a lock box combination in our system. Of course, they need to prove they are a Realtor with a valid license number.

See Part 2 blog for more reasons why ADDvantage lists more homes in Florida than any other flat fee MLS listing company offering a similar service.

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