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6 strategies to get more from your MLS searches

Housing Wire

It’s time to get more creative, aggressive and profitable with your MLS searches. 6 strategies to actively and creatively mine your MLS 1. Look for new construction, even if your buyers don’t think they will like it. Look at your own past client and sphere of influence list as your private MLS.

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10 easy ways to make your next listing sell ASAP

Housing Wire

Then create your checklist based on these top 10 action items to do before you approve the first showing: 1. Get the home pre-inspected and remedy any items that could wreck the deal later on. Mention it in the agent-to-agent comments in the MLS. Are other listings (or new construction) offering seller incentives?

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23 ways to find off-market, hidden inventory

Real Trends

Stop relying only on your MLS. Get more creative with your MLS searches. If your buyers keep losing out to multiple bids, search your MLS using the same criteria, but for homes that have been on the market for more than 60 days, more than 90 days, etc. It may be time to discuss having some flexibility. Bring something of value.

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Why You Still Need an Agent to Buy a New House

HomeLight

Don’t let the pristine facade or shiny appliances of a model home deceive you: buying new construction will be as complex as any old real estate transaction, if not more so. These are all areas where a knowledgeable buyer’s agent who’s got lots of new-build experience and local builder connections can be invaluable.

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How to Sell a House by Owner in South Carolina: A FSBO Guide

HomeLight

Gila adds that FSBO sellers should list their home at fair market value , especially when competing with new construction in South Carolina that offers high incentives for buyers as well as real estate agents who provide Realtor® bonuses and buy-down interest programs or closing costs paid by sellers. South Carolina Flat Fee MLS.

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Best Real Estate Websites For Buyers And Sellers In 2020

Marco Santarelli

It is more than a website for letting you browse property listings, though its large MLS database is reason enough to make it to this list. Zillow Home Loans, Zillow’s affiliated lender, provides mortgage pre-approval and financing. It is unusual for letting you search specifically for foreclosures and newly built homes.

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How to Sell a House By Owner in Alabama

HomeLight

When you list in the MLS, you must include a buyer’s agent commission. If you choose not to list in the MLS so you can forgo the buyer’s agent commission, you’ll seriously limit the exposure your home will get. Only licensed real estate agents and brokers who are MLS members can post to the MLS.

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