Yes, their website got hacked and they are working on. You can email them at netrealty@netrealtynow.com or cal them 703-581-8605.

Full disclosure: I don't work for them but have used their services once and liked it. My primary driver is that I hate real estate agents and I think they are overrated and ultimately offer no value in today's internet world. Americans have to learn to deal with buyers and sellers directly like in the old days. I want to educate people that there are alternatives to using real estate agents.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I recommended a flat fee listing company that charges $300 and somebody removed the posting. hmmm...

I saw your post! Where did it go? I thought your post was helpful.

Yes! OP here. Saw your post linking to a 2015 thread, right?

Wait, no. Just realized it was another post I was thinking of. I checked out your link and it went to something super sketchy. The link and info wasn't valid. Maybe that's why it got taken down?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I recommended a flat fee listing company that charges $300 and somebody removed the posting. hmmm...

I saw your post! Where did it go? I thought your post was helpful.

Yes! OP here. Saw your post linking to a 2015 thread, right?

Anonymous wrote:I recommended a flat fee listing company that charges $300 and somebody removed the posting. hmmm...

I saw your post! Where did it go? I thought your post was helpful.

I recommended a flat fee listing company that charges $300 and somebody removed the posting. hmmm...

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You're severely limiting your options by not paying a seller's fee. Most buyers still work with an agent. Just offer at least 2% or 2.5% to a buyer's agent. List for a flat fee.

^^ Oh sorry. I'm being stupid. I mean to say limiting your options by not paying a buyer's fee.

Yeah, just list for a flat fee. Take pro pictures. Declutter like crazy.

OP here. As noted above, I plan to offer 2 or 2.5% to buyer's agent.

Offer 2% or 2.5% to a buyer without an agent too. I would be more likely to buy your house over another if that were the case. When looking for a new house, I really only get an agent in order to open doors for me. I don't need a buyers agent and prefer not to have one.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You're severely limiting your options by not paying a seller's fee. Most buyers still work with an agent. Just offer at least 2% or 2.5% to a buyer's agent. List for a flat fee.

^^ Oh sorry. I'm being stupid. I mean to say limiting your options by not paying a buyer's fee.

Yeah, just list for a flat fee. Take pro pictures. Declutter like crazy.

OP here. As noted above, I plan to offer 2 or 2.5% to buyer's agent.

Anonymous wrote:You're severely limiting your options by not paying a seller's fee. Most buyers still work with an agent. Just offer at least 2% or 2.5% to a buyer's agent. List for a flat fee.

^^ Oh sorry. I'm being stupid. I mean to say limiting your options by not paying a buyer's fee.

Yeah, just list for a flat fee. Take pro pictures. Declutter like crazy.

You're severely limiting your options by not paying a seller's fee. Most buyers still work with an agent. Just offer at least 2% or 2.5% to a buyer's agent. List for a flat fee.

A. Low Cost:
If it's as hot as you say, I'd do the following:

i. Pre-Market: Send out letters to neighbors that you're selling so they can tell their circles; List on Zillow as MMM (ignore the agents). You could pay 0% commission.

ii. Active: List on MLS Flat Fee: http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/475296.page#7298461

B. Mid

i. Limited Services/Flat-fee agent. I usually perform services for friends and family at $5k. With a limited services like the one you described, it shouldn't be a problem getting an agent to ink the deal.

C. "High"

i. 1% flat fee
RedFin - I like them, but they're discriminated against. There are plenty of others.

Rob Spicer is a discount broker with a few lower cost options...

https://www.spicerrealestate.com/

I would do it FSBO just like you had before. And pay for it to be listed on the MRIS. Post an open house on Sunday 1-4pm like everyone else, collect the bids and choose between them.

I didn't need the hand holding that redfin gave.

As a buyer, it wouldn't bother me that a house is FSBO. In a not so hot area, I would expect some small discount for buying an FSBO if I didn't have an agent. Maybe you could say 2% to buyers agent or to buyer if no agent present?

there are some fixed value costs online
just google fixed cost broker in dc and you will find a bunch
Thats what we used and paid $2k for the service. They did all the paperwork, etc. We had to do open houses, be there to open the home, etc.
Saved us at least 30k in comission

We're selling our home next month. We are in an exceptionally hot downtown DC neighborhood and the house was fully renovated 2 years ago. It shows very well and there's almost no inventory in our neighborhood. I have watched all sales in my neighborhood for the last 2 years and am confident as to my list price and expect to sell at around $1.3m or above, and that it would go under contract on the first weekend.

When living in another state, I sold two houses FSBO and had no problems. I'm an attorney, I used a real estate attorney to review the closing docs, hired a photographer for $175, etc. FSBO was not uncommon in that neighborhood. I plan to offer 2 or 2.5% to buyers agent.

Can people tell me the various options for avoiding the "full" (i.e., 2.5-3%) sellers' agent fee in a hot neighborhood like this? Ideally, I'd keep fees at nil (~0%). At most, I'd like to pay 1%. If I can keep fees at a minimum, I am okay handling the whole process myself (hire photographer and real estate attorney, use lockbox, attend open house, etc). If I pay an agent as much as 1%, the only services I would like are: handle photography, attend open house and any other showings during the first weekend, receive and manage incoming offers, attend inspection, and help manage docs for closing.

Low end: FSBO. How would this be perceived in a hot downtown neighborhood? Are buyers okay working with a lockbox system for visits outside the open house?

High end: Redfin. Do they still charge 1% in DC?

In between: discount brokers. Any that you can recommend? What services are included?