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In April 2017 I helped my son sell his 1st home with US Realty without using a seller’s agent. My Mother and 2 Aunts were real estate agents for 15 yrs when I grew up, so I saw the “real estate agent process” firsthand. I have used agents in the past to buy and sell homes. Unfortunately times have changed. My son and I signed up for the “FSBO work” to save the $5,000 seller’s commission on the sale of his house. We listed online with US Realty for several reasons – to get the house listed in our area MLS was an important one. We selected the Gold Plan because we wanted to be able to change the MLS description as we liked, and ask questions. We did our own comps on 25 similar homes that had sold over the past 12 months in our area. We took our own photos, wrote our description, and made printed color brochures for buyers to take. We staged the house with borrowed furniture, cleaned it top to bottom, made it presentable from the street, and even produced a professionally looking For Sale sign. As most will tell you, pricing the house right is 95% of the work. I won’t go into all the sweat equity my son and I put into fixing and repairing the house. That was part of the buy-sell process and market pricing strategy. We bought an older home in a decent school district and easy access to main highways. The market in our area was ripe for updated houses priced less than $175,000. In our MLS write-up on US Realty we offered the buyer’s agent 3%, could have maybe gone down to 2.5% but we were concerned we’d push some agents away. We did our research and priced the home at the top of what our sq.ft. and condition would bear. I bet my son he’d show the home 25 times before a sale would be made (recalling my mother’s rule of thumb). He showed the house 22 times in the first 30 days on the market, and received 2 offers, the second being a full price offer. The sellers picked their own Closing office who prepared all the transaction papers. We ended up paying US Realty a success selling fee around $300 and a law office $150. Did US Realty do all the things they advertise to do? Not Really. Asking questions by email was responded to by people who never signed their name – how trustworthy is that? Did our house listing show up in Zillow Trulia, and a bunch of popular online sites they tout – NO. They didn’t even send us the requested FOR SALE sign. LOL. Nonetheless we forged on through these obstacles and sold the house to buyers who saw it online through MLS.

I thought some things on the website could have been clearer but every time I had a question, I just called and got the answer I needed. I had zero problems using USREALTY to help me sell my own home.

Getting access to the MLS was key, and that worked well. Even while I was still proofing my listing, I had three calls from realtors wanting to show my house. The process of listing through USRealty.com was easy. Paying a relatively small flat fee to US Realty.com and a 1% fee to the buyer’s realtor, I saved significantly versus a standard realtor fee. I could get away with that low of a commission because it was a hot seller’s market. In 48 hours, we had 12 showings, 6 offers, and sold above asking price. The only reason I don’t give it a five star rating is that I was surprised by an additional fee. I thought the only fee was a $99 initial fee, but later was charged a fee (around $300) at closing. That was probably in the fine print of the contract, but I had not seen it and was surprised by it.

This is a amazing way to sell your own home. Your the one in control. I made a lot of money! But the only fall back is try to get answers to questions. Hard to get a hold of someone on the weekend. They need more people on the phone lines to help with questions.

Pay for the best package. More sites to list. Saved 42,000+ on a 645,000 sale.

USRealty saved me a lot of money when I sold my house by owner. Funny coincidence just this weekend I was talking to someone about how helpful this is. Listing agents are not really needed. Buying agents are more needed, providing you are confident to sell on your own, USRealty is the best support for that.

The process to get set up seemed a little bit tedious (since I was unfamiliar) but was totally worth it! I sold my home for 2% commission instead of six, plus around $800 in fees for the listings etc. My neighbor had just sold so I had a good comp which is why I didn’t want to use a realtor. Once my home was listed on realtor.com, I received several calls and sold my home in a couple of days for what I expected to get. I did have to negotiate concessions on my own, but felt it went pretty well. Great experience, and totally worth it!

There were a few unexpected charges but overall - I would do business with this company again if I decide to sell my home. Just read all the information carefully to keep from being surprised. Note that I sold my home with no mortgage so if you have a mortgage that may/may not be a problem. You have to order the FOR SALE sign from them - they don't automatically send it.