The commission fee is split amongst up to a total of four different parties. These parties commonly include: the sellers agent, the broker who the seller's agent works for, the buyer's agent, and the broker who the buyer's agent works for. Because each party has certain responsibilities in the transaction, they each benefit from the commission (for example, let us say there is a 4.5% commission given) when escrow closes by getting paid from that total 4.5% commission fee. Assuming that a 4.5% commission is split evenly among all four parties, the agent listing your property only receives 25% of the total commission paid, as the other 3 parties each get 25% for a total of 75% of the commission going to someone else other than the agent that listed your property. Because the broker that employs the listing agent does not cover any marketing/advertising costs or any costs specific to the sale of your property, the listing agent also has to pay the costs incurred for advertising your home, showing your property, making flyers, travel costs, etc., as well as having to pay their own taxes including income and social security.

If you have decided its time to sell your property, I'd like to offer my services to help you out. My services for property sellers includes providing a Comparative Market Analysis (CMA) to help you determine what your listing price will be. I'll add my experience on adjusting your property relative to comparable properties that have sold in your area, as well as my guidance on market conditions and their effects on listing prices. We'll go over the Listing Agreement preparation and review, after which I'll assist you in preparing your property for sale. To help advertise your property to potential buyers, I'll market your property via MLS, advertise on the Internet on real estate websites, host open house events, publish newspaper ads, and post flyers/mailers as needed to generate the showings and number of offers that we target for. In addition, I'll be there for the typical real estate transaction work such as negotiate with buyers, coordinate escrow and handling of any contingencies that need to be resolve in escrow, delivery of legal disclosures, inspections, repairs, and manage the contract deadlines to help ensure a successful escrow with minimal to no surprises. If needed, will also attend your signing appointment to close escrow.

I will work hard to find you the next property that you are looking for. I'll do this by working with you to truly understand what you are really looking for, then searching the available inventory of properties available in the areas you are interested in. In order to provide you accurate details on the available properties, I will investigate those properties before we ever visit them to ensure that I'm not wasting your time. When we find a property you really like, I'll provide you a Comparative Market Analysis (CMA) so we can decide what any potential offer should reasonably be, then I'll negotiate with the sellers on your behalf. Once we get an acceptance from the sellers on your offer, I'll coordinate the related real estate activities such as escrow, delivery of legal disclosures, inspections, and repairs; manage escrow due dates, and attend your signing appointment if needed.