When you offer services that are very different than the traditional or normal services, many questions are asked. The public may not understand and therefore be afraid of a new concept. Competitors may inadvertently make wrong or misleading comments about a new concept. So we have created the following Frequently Asked Questions and Answers flyer to help you make informed decisions about selling your home.
Q. Why Choose Us?
We knew that the public were demanding change, and the traditional real estate model could not continue. We made the bold decision to lead the change rather than follow later.
Q. Do you follow the same rules and regulations as other real estate companies?
We do follow the same rules and regulations as all other real estate companies. All real estate companies and REALTORS are governed by the Real Estate and Business Brokers Act, as well as the Real Estate Council of Ontario's (RECO) code of ethics. We are members of the Ontario Real Estate Association and the Canadian Real Estate Association. We have trust accounts like all other real estate companies which are reviewed by RECO periodically. Although the way we are compensated for selling homes may be slightly different, we do follow all the rules and regulations that govern all REALTORS.
Q. Are your Listings on a local board’s Multiple Listing Service (MLS ) system?
YES! All the homes we list for sale go on the local board unless otherwise instructed by the homeowner. The local board’s Multiple Listing Service (MLS®) system is the strongest tool any REALTOR has to sell your home.
Q. Do the homes you have listed go on REALTOR.ca?
YES! The homes we have for sale are also uploaded to the public web site REALTOR.ca by the local real estate boards. MLS.ca has become a valuable tool for promoting homes for sale. So many households have access to the Internet now and a larger percentage of people are looking to this medium to start or facilitate the search for their next home.
Q. Do you do virtual tours?
YES! When a home is properly priced and presented, we take advantage of this wonderful selling tool
Q. Do you do Open Houses?
YES! We will hold public open houses to assist in the promotion of your home.
Q. How can you provide your services so much cheaper than other REALTORS?
This is a very important question, as many people may feel that we must cut corners in order to reduce our fees. This is just not true, our volume of business is higher, which is how we can offer our services at a lower rate.
Q. Do you pay other REALTORS the same commission?
Yes! We pay 2.5% to any agent that brings a buyer for your home.
Q. Do other REALTORS show your listings?
Absolutely! We could not sell the number of homes we sell without the other REALTORS showing our listings. In this day of computers and the Internet the public are much more informed than ever. They often tell their REALTOR what homes they want to see because they have seen them on MLS.ca. If their REALTOR tells them they do not want to show them a home not only would that be against the REALTORS ethics, but the public would no longer want to deal with that REALTOR.
Q. What’s the catch?
We actually do get asked this all the time, and there truly is no catch to our real estate services! Certain conditions do not have to occur to take advantage of our savings. You do not have to commit to buying another home with us. You do not have to hope the same Realtor that listed your home finds the buyer, to save money.
Your home just has to sell and you save money!
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