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Sellers

A valuable decision...

You've worked hard to build up the equity in your home. And you want to be sure to get the most out of it when it's time to sell.

Selling your home can be demanding, draining work, setting a price, placing ads, taking calls at all hours, screening prospects, answering questions, negotiating a contract, and handling all the paperwork needed to get through escrow. Lighthouse Realty is here to show you a way to market your home, and the adjustable listing fees we offer help ensure you receive the maximum return.

Maximum Visibility

At Lighthouse, we give your home maximum exposure in several ways. We use MLS, or Multiple Listing Service, adding your home to a computerized network that lets Realtors all over town help sell it. We are members of and have links on Realtor.com and RealEstate.com. where our listings get alot of attention. We advertise in the Plain Dealer and local newspapers depending on location. We automatically upload pictures and information to our own web page, usually within hours of listing. We market your home to our personal network of buyers and sellers through our email newsletter lists and contacts. All this at no extra cost to you!

Full Service

Don't be fooled by the full service claims of other brokers. Ask them if they:

give you a free appraisal
enter your home in the MLS
create and place your newspaper and magazine ads
create a web page and email to generate traffic to the site
cover the cost of all advertising in their fee
handle all telephone inquiries
screen and show all prospects
encourage co-brokers
guide you through escrow
will negotiate commission

Dollars and Sense

Our free appraisal is only the beginning of how we can save you money. We also offer listing fees that can be as much as 3.5% lower than those charged by other brokers. On the sale of a a$100,000 home, that can mean an extra $3,500 in your pocket! How is this possible? The answer is the Adjustable Listing Fee Agreement, (ALFA); the unique guarantee from Lighthouse Realty that means that the faster your home sells, the smaller the commision charged.

Here's how it works:

If we sell your home	Sold "In-House"	Sold Co-Broke
in 30 days	3.5%	5.5%
in 31-60 days	5.0%	6.0%
in 61+ days	7%?	7%

(*If your home sells for more than $150,000, we reduce the fees charged even further.This is referred to in the industry as graduated.)