Anyone with experience working with Help U Sell Realty??

[64met]

Good Morning,

Not sure if this is correct area or not to post this.... but here it goes!  In my search for a real estate agent I came across a company called... Help U sell Realty... their selling point is a flat fee of $2,950 PLUS the 3% to the buyers agent.... this approach on my home which I hope to sell for $300-$310 would save me conservatively $6,000 in equity in my home!!!!! They are a full service company that claim to offer same services as the bigger companies.  Is this too good to be true??? Anyone with knowledge/experience dealing with Help U Sell can you please let me know your thoughts/experiences.  

Thxs!!

[sunrise]

Is this a company that has a local office?  You really are better off with a local realtor who knows your area.  Will you actually have a dedicated agent or is this Co. like a FSBO type of deal where they do a little bit of marketing and you do all the leg work?

In this REALLY TOUGH market, I would use an agent who is well known in your area.  JMHO

[Anonymous]

Help-U-Sell has it place in the scheme of things.

However, the marketing aspect and what they will do for the $2950 is very important!  Will they help with evaluating and negotiating any contract on your house?  Will they offer suggestions as to how to better precent your house (staging), do they have a program that can place you home in the best possible position to attract buyers?  Will your home apear on 11 internet sites (my listings do) including Yahoo, truilla, Realtor.com, etc - 84% of all buyers start their search on the net so exposure there is very important.  Will they market to local agents (most buyers already have an agent so this is also important).  Will they help you find your next home and coordinate that with the sale of this one?  Will they follow-up with agents that have shown your home?

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-Barry

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Message Edited by Lady_Scarlet on 02-05-2008 09:44 AM

Message Edited by Barry on 02-05-2008 02:18 PM

[64met]

Thxs for the replies... Lady Scarlet... just sent  U A PM....

[techgirl]

We hated Help U Sell. The reason why is that they wanted $7,000 up front before selling the home. Assist-to-Sell is reasonable and they don't want the money up front. We ended up with Assist-to-Sell.

Hope this helps...

[64met]

7k up front?? the sales ptch here is $2,950 of which $2k is due if and when u sell your house.  Still considering this service and what's strange is after spending time on Google I find these flat fee companies are ALL over the place.