Finding a buyer is only half the battle in selling your property. As much or more work is needed to get it closed. We recommend our Flat Fee Plus program to all sellers who are not experienced or comfortable in working with real estate agents, legal documents, mortgage lenders, title companies, inspectors, and all the other parties involved in the sale of a property. This is also a helpful program, because many realtors do not like working directly with a seller in making offers. Our Flat Fee Plus program includes the following:

List your home in the Houston, D/FW area, Austin, San Antonio, Waco, or Bryan-College-Station Multiple Listing Service (MLS) for only $495 paid at the time of listing + $1500 paid at closing + a 3% commission (commission is paid at closing) offered to the buyers agent. This lets all Realtors in your area market your property to their buyers, while you retain the right to market and sell your home yourself and avoid that 3% buyers agent commission if you find the buyer first.

For $495 You Get:

1. Your home listed in the multiple listing service (MLS). The MLS is the database used by all Realtors to search for homes for the buyers they are representing.
2. Your home listed in Realtor.com.*
3. Your home listed in the web site operated by your local board of Realtors. In Austin, it is AustinHomeSearch.com. In San Antonio, it is SAHomeSearch.com. In Houston it is HAR.com. In North Texas it is ntreis.net*
4. Your home listed on this web site TexasDiscountRealty.com.*
5. A lockbox so Realtors can easily and securely show your home. This also makes it more convenient for you because you don't have to be there to open the home. This is optional to the seller.*
6. An optional Texas Discount Realty yard sign which includes this web site address. If you choose, you may use your own phone number on our sign.*
7. We are a member of the Homes.com network. In addition to the web sites mentioned above, your home will be listed on: TexasDiscountRealty.net and Homes.com. Homes.com is actually a real estate search engine with tens of thousands of member sites, mostly real estate agents and real estate office web sites. Your property could actually appear on any of these sites.*
8. Your listing submitted to a centralized showing service for ease and convenience during showing. Please note this service is NOT available in Austin, Waco or Bryan College-Station.

PLUS

We accept, review and negotiate all your offers and get your property through to closing. This includes, but is not limited to:

1. Providing necessary documents and preparing those documents with a buyer found by the seller.
2. Taking and presenting any and all offers made by other real estate agents.
3. Advise the seller on the offers merits as it relates to the market.
4. Assist the seller and providing necessary documentation to make a counter offer.
5. Receipting of any funds and the contract with an escrow agent (title company).
6. Make sure any inspections and re-inspections are accomplished under the time frame called for in the contract.
7. Negotiate any repairs requested by buyer after inspection period.
8. Follow up with buyers lender to make sure financing is flowing smoothly.
9. Work with title company to make sure property is closed within the time called for by the contract.

This list actually simplifies many of the tasks required to get a home sold. We do all this is for a nominal fee of $1,500. This is not on a per contract or per offer basis, this is only paid at the successful closing and funding of the sale. Please note that many properties receive multiple offers or have contracts fall through.