Flat Fee MLS Listing
How Does Zillow Get the Big Bucks?
By Scott Berg at 21 July, 2011, 4:34 pm
How do companies like Zillow that are losing millions of dollars a year end up getting valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars? Why are so many people still investing in these internet companies instead of real businesses or real estate for that matter? Zillow gathers eyeballs and then advertising those eyeballs but as [...]
Read More >>Is Flat Fee MLS Dead in 2011?
By Scott Berg at 21 July, 2011, 2:49 am
Listing on the MLS for a flat fee is a more difficult business model to pull off in 2011. The model is based on volume and the number of people listing their home for sale through traditional channels has gone down considerably. Part of the problem is that far more of the total listing inventory [...]
Read More >>Flat Fee MLS Houston Texas 30-Day Guarantee
By Scott Berg at 25 May, 2011, 6:26 pm
Berg Properties now offers an unconditional money back 30-day 100% risk free guarantee for it’s flat fee mls service. Try our service for 30 days and if you are not completely satisfied with the experience then we will refund your $297. The mls listing includes posting on numerous high profile websites including Showcase Listing on [...]
Read More >>List on Houston MLS for a Flat Fee
By Scott Berg at 18 May, 2011, 2:06 am
Berg Properties is now listing homes on the MLS in the Houston Area. For $297 you can get your home listed on the MLS and high profile websites like Realtor.com, Yahoo, Trulia and more. The offer includes a 30 Day Money Back Guarantee. More about the package can be found here: Flat Fee MLS Houston
Read More >>Kansas City Flat Fee MLS Spring Special
By Scott Berg at 8 May, 2011, 8:01 pm
You can save $35 on a Kansas City Flat Fee MLS Listing (Heartland MLS) during the month of May. This offer is only good for Missouri residents. Just use coupon code: KC-35 in our shopping cart and you will get the discount.
Read More >>Flat Fee MLS St. Louis Special
By Scott Berg at 30 November, 2010, 7:00 pm
From now until December 31st we are running a Flat Fee MLS St. Louis Holiday Special . You can save $50 on our listing services. Just use coupon code: HL50 in our shopping cart and you will get the discount. Enjoy the Holidays!
Read More >>What is the MLS?
By Scott Berg at 20 October, 2010, 6:22 pm
So what exactly is the MLS? It is not a website. It would be incorrect to call it a database of properties. It is more like a trade association. Members of the MLS are real estate brokers and agents and the main function of the MLS is to provide a means for brokers to cooperate [...]
Read More >>Do Brokers Show Flat Fee MLS Listings?
By Scott Berg at 18 October, 2010, 8:19 pm
Absolutely Yes. To date 1,435 of our clients have sold via a flat fee mls listings. Probably around 90% of those were sold through buyers agents. Agents do cooperate with sellers who choose to go this route though you can expect some of the agents to be rude or complain. Why any agent would choose [...]
Read More >>Why don’t more sellers go the flat fee mls route versus going with a traditional broker?
By Scott Berg at 15 October, 2010, 8:05 pm
Seller’s ask me this questing all the time. It is really a marketing question. Right now the market niche for a flat fee mls listing is for sale by owners and industry insiders (commercial brokers, former agents, attorneys, appraisers, mortgage brokers, developers, and the like). Once people hear about our service many wonder why everyone [...]
Read More >>Is it legal to list on the MLS for a flat fee?
By Scott Berg at 15 October, 2010, 1:09 am
It seems crazy that someone actually asked me this but the reasoning behind the question is solid. Many people do not understand how brokers like us can offer to list a home on the MLS for a few hundred dollars when other real estate brokers charge a small fortune for their services. Basically no one [...]
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