ONE PERCENT REALTY LIMITED … THE FULL STORY
FINALLY … AN ALTERNATIVE!
If you’ve ever sold a home before, you know what the typical sales commission costs are. Do you remember how you felt when you saw what you paid to the real estate company? Do you remember what you thought the cost should be for the work done? Well, I felt the same way, when my wife and I sold our past homes! That is, until we listed our last home with One Percent Realty Ltd!
We were so impressed by the One Percent Realty Ltd “Full Service Discount Commission” concept, the way our home was marketed locally AND worldwide on the MLS® and One Percent Realty Ltd internet websites, that I decided to become a REALTOR® in the Central Okanagan and join their team of professionals.
I believe that if I can sell your home for the most money possible, at the lowest commission cost AND give you the best service that you have ever had, you’ll tell all your family and friends! My MLS® “Full Service” package is focused to sell your home (professional signs & posts, additional newspaper ads, great description & pictures of your home, no lock boxes unless you want them, professionally run Open Houses where I allow only 1 visitor in your home at a time). All my listings get minimum triple internet exposure: the MLS® website, the One Percent Realty Ltd website & my own personal website.
Because I’m SERVICE motivated, I’ll give you an UNCONDITIONAL release of the MLS® contract if I don’t do what I say I’m going to!
SUPPORT FROM FULL COMMISSION REALTORS®
Please understand that a good home, well priced will sell! Any honest and truthful real estate agent (REALTOR®) knows this. If your home is well kept and priced accurately, it will sell. It has no relationship to the amount of commission you pay. Most buyers also do their own searching on the internet MLS® website, the MLS® Review & the Real Estate Weekly, even when they have a buying agent!
If you’ve heard anything negative about why One Percent Realty Ltd won’t be able to sell your home as well as ANY “full commission agent” it just isn’t so! Good agents (REALTORS®) find the right homes for their clients NOT homes where THEY make more commission. The name REALTOR® is a trademark for agents that represents a high standard of professionalism in the real estate industry. REALTORS® function under a strict Code of Ethics and legally must NOT put their own best interests ahead of their clients! I have a proven track record with co-operating “full commission” REALTORS® and will gladly share that information with you!
I currently have over 1005 (and growing) co-operating professional REALTORS® that have shown (and or sold) my listings. Thanks to them and their professional support, every year since 2005, I have been the Number 1 discount commission listing REALTOR® based on OMREB MLS® sales results in the Central Okanagan & have maintained that position each and every year since! Based on those results, I am now the Number 1 currently active “INDIVIDUAL” REALTOR® for getting their own listings to sell. No other currently active “INDIVIDUAL” REALTOR® has had more of their own listings sell than I have, since 2005!
EVERYTHING IS NEGOTIABLE
If you are also confused why most REALTORS® won’t discuss giving you a break on commission even when they list and sell your home for full commission and then help you buy your new home, ask me about my “EVERYTHING IS NEGOTIABLE” philosophy!
WHAT WILL IT COST TO SELL YOUR HOME WITH FULL MLS® SERVICE?
Basically … If your home or property is sold for *$600,000 or lower it will cost:
$6,000 in Commission + $900 in Disbursements + $828 HST (12%) =
For a Total Cost of: $7,728
Homes sold for $600,000 and over have a commission cost of 1% of the selling price.
This total cost includes:
- Full MLS® exposure in the real estate system
- Full MLS® coverage (MLS® website & MLS® Real Estate Review Bi-Weekly Publication)
- Additional newspaper advertising
- Full description & listing on 1% website & my own personal website
- Experienced professional real estate service
- Full Service Brokerage at a fraction of the cost
- Professional signage, listing documents (title search, strata documents etc)
If your listing contract expires before the property is sold, you don’t pay a cent!
COMPARED TO THE TYPICAL COMMISSION
The typical real estate commission in the Okanagan Region is 7% on the first $100,000 and 3% on the balance. If you listed and sold a below average priced single family dwelling home at $400,000 with a typical full commission REALTOR® it would cost you:
$16,000 in Commission + $1,920 in HST (12%) on the Commission =
For a Total Cost of: $17,920 (Over twice as much!)
YOU DO THE MATH … ON YOUR HOME!
AS THE SELLING PRICE OF YOUR HOME GOES UP YOU JUST SAVE MORE MONEY ON COMMISSION!
LISTING PRICE & TIME TO SELL
The length of time to sell and price are directly relative to each other, so depending on my clients motivation (more money, faster time etc) we map out a pricing / time strategy to sell based on their needs.
My goal is to accomplish what my clients want. REALTORS® do not get paid until a property sells, so ensure you are comfortable with your REALTOR’S® market evaluation and original listing price. My goal is NOT to sell fast (unless my client wants to); my goal is to sell my client’s home for the highest price based on a time line that my clients give me.
The market always let’s us know if we are too high or priced right for that given time. The indicator is activity (or lack of it) and / or offers to buy.
My goal is to put the “saved” commission in your pocket. However, IF the market SOFTENS and you HAVE to sell, that “saved” commission amount could be used for reducing YOUR sale price. This means that your home SELLS ahead of others while still netting you the same cash as if you had listed with a typical full commission REALTOR®.
NEED A BUYER’S AGENT TOO?
While I am a “Full Service Discount Commission” listing REALTOR®, my FULL SERVICE “EVERYTHING IS NEGOTIABLE” philosophy also applies to helping you find a new home or property, even when the listing is NOT my own!
I reward ALL my clients financially when helping them find “FULL COMMISSION” new homes based on the commission I earn, even though the seller is paying the commission not the buyer. So if you normally think of just using the listing agent for buying and they are full commission agents, they just think differently than I do. Use me and be GUARANTEED a financial advantage!
So if you are tired of talking to answering services and machines, never get timely responses from your email queries when looking to buy or sell a home, then call or email me.
* Applicable information at October 26, 2010 (OMREB statistics no longer available for ranking top agents)
SMART SELLERS ACT SMART & GET THE BEST FOR LESS!
THE #1 CURRENTLY ACTIVE “INDIVIDUAL” REALTOR® IN THE CENTRAL OKANAGAN FOR GETTING THEIR OWN LISTINGS TO SELL SINCE 2005!
Glen MacKenzie
250-870-(GLEN) 4536
