#1 Tip For Selling Your Lakewood Ranch Real Estate

As we know, the Lakewood Ranch real estate market was hit hard during recent years. Therefore, a lot of people are pushed to lower their price if they truly want to sell a home in Lakewood Ranch.

Sadly, as a result of the economy, many people simply can't cut their price much more. When they factor in the real estate fees that have to be paid out they realize they have gone as low as they can go. Any lower and they'll have to short sale their property and everybody knows what a problem that is.

However, as it often occurs to anyone selling a house in Lakewood Ranch, if they could just get rid of that commission then they could reduce their price. This leads many people to attempt to sell their Lakewood Ranch real estate without employing a realtor.

The issue is, these FSBOs (For Sale By Owners) do not know how difficult it is to sell a home in Lakewood Ranch on their own. For starters, if you do not use an agent, you miss out on the expert advice of the agent along with the marketing of the real estate agency. Not to mention being forced to run all of your own open houses and being accessible for all showings. However, the biggest downside of all is that without the help of a Realtor you have no way of listing your Lakewood Ranch real estate in the Mid-Florida Regional MLS and if your home is not listed in an MLS you have greatly reduced the odds that it will actually sell.

So what is someone who is selling a home in Lakewood Ranch to do? On the one hand they really need to do away with their agent to allow them to lower the cost of their house, but on the other hand, they want the real estate agent for all the reasons discussed above.

The good news is, there is a solution to this problem and to some extent you CAN have the best of both worlds...you CAN sell a home in Lakewood Ranch on your own and save the thousands of dollars you'd usually spend on real estate commission.

How?

The answer is simple...Go with a local flat fee listing company. With a flat fee listing company you can list your Lakewood Ranch real estate in the Mid-Florida Regional MLS (as well as many other sites) for a one-time flat rate that generally ranges in price, but can be as low as 299.00 depending on the company you choose.

Getting your home listed in the Mid-Florida Regional MLS is definitely the most critical step you can take if you wish to sell your home in Lakewood Ranch. The reality is, if you are not in the Mid-Florida Regional MLS other real estate agents will NEVER know your home is for sale and they will NEVER know to tell their clients about it.

Obviously, if you go this route you are going to still have to pay a commission to an outside agent, but you don't have to pay a listing agent any commission (other than your one-time flat fee). This savings usually amounts to 3% of selling price of your home. Do the math...if your Lakewood Ranch home sells for $300,000 and you save 3% in commission, then your savings amounts to $9000 (minus your $299 flat fee). And, if you happen to obtain the buyer yourself (without an outside agent bringing the buyer) then you save the entire 6%...a total of $18,000 on a $300,000 (minus the $299 flat fee).

The market has made it quite difficult to sell Lakewood Ranch real estate nowadays. It is even more challenging if you're selling your home on your own. Having said that, if you use a good local flat fee listing company you CAN sell a home in Lakewood Ranch and you CAN keep your half of the commission (and potentially much more).