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Buyers & Sellers Have Saved over $10 Million Using Real Estate Advocates

Buyers & Sellers have saved over $10 Million...

At Real Estate Advocates, we're different.   We put our principals before profits.
 

Buyers - Engage Real Estate Advocates as your agent when buying your property and we'll pay you to allow us to represent you.


Sellers
- List your property for sale in MLS and sites such as realtor.com, trulia and zillow using the Real Estate Advocates for only a flat fee, and save thousands in commissions.

 

My thanks to Real Estate Advocates. Thanks,Thanks, and Thanks,  Why 3 times. They listed my house and saved me $15,000 in commissions. I bought another new house and shortly after had a job taking me out of South Carolina.  Again Real Estate Advocates sold my house and saved me over $6,000.  As fate would have it I got reassigned to South Carolina and used their services as a buyer’s agent.  Honest, dependable, and concerned about me and not the deal enabled me to get great service and a rebate of $2,000.  S.M.
Total Savings:  $23,000

3 Ways Real Estate Advocates can
 Sell Your House Faster.

Learn How to Sell your home faster and save money with Flat Fee MLS Listings


Buyers - Use Real Estate Advocates to Purchase a Listed Property and Get a Rebate up to $6,000

Learn How to Sell your home faster and save money with Flat Fee MLS Listings


I am a young investor who buys , renovates, and sells houses.  Finding Real Estate Advocates, and using their services has become part of may business plan.  Service and price is outstanding.  I now suggest them to my friends, and buyers who make offers on my house.  They make the selling process easier for an exuberant seller like me.   Thanks, guys. Lex

Total Savings:  $52,000 
I was looking for a house for 2 years.  Real Estate Advocates was there consistently giving me comps, guidance, and  courteous non-pushing  advice.  Found what I was looking for and they paid me a rebate for using them as my buying agent.  It doesn’t get any better than that.   J.T.

Total Savings:  $4,000
Real Estate Advocates showed us one of their listings that we called on but It didn’t suit us.  Bob suggested he could give us a rebate and become our buyer’s agent.  He knew the market and the rebate turned out to be almost $4,000. Things could not have gone smoother.   C & F.

Total Savings:  $23,000
Trust and confidence and savings was critical to us.  Real Estate Advocates sold our house 5 years ago, and helped us buy our next house.  As a young couple saving almost $5,000 was major.  Our family has expanded and we placed our house for sale with Real Estate Advocates again and used them to buy our next one.  Savings can be $5,000-$10,000.  Chris

Total Savings:  $21,000
Hi Bob,  You have done a wonderful job for us. Thank you. You have more than earned your fee. Thank you for your professional advice and great service. I will be sure to recommend you to others. Ken Scarlett

Total Savings:  $4,200
We send a very sincere thanks for your excellent service this past year. We wouldn't hesitate to recommend Real Estate Advocates to another seller.   Sincerely Yours, KM and KP

Total Savings:  $12,500
As an investor I knew I could sell my homes faster if I used the Real Estate Advocates MLS BY Owner method. I have sold 4 homes and saved  over $15,000 in commissions. The broker assistance was the biggest surprise. They knew their stuff and helped me through the whole process. They are now part of my business strategy from buying to selling.  Alex K.

Total Savings:  $15,500
I used the Real Estate Advocates team 5 years ago to sell my home. Since then my parents sold their $500,000 home in a slow market with them by offering a bonus from the listing savings. In a slow market the home sold 10 days after the bonus. Since then I sold my home again and the family bought another home and received a $4,200 rebate. In the four transactions we saved almost $25,000 and received some of the best service in the industry.  I know, because I use to be in Real Estate.  George C.

Total Savings:  $24,800
I worked for a Real Estate Company in Chicago for five years.  We were new to S.C. and called on a house listed with Real Estate Advocates. It was out of our price range. Real Estate Advocates helped us find our dream home.  We took many trips scouting homes.  One contract fell through and it was quite a stressful process. The Real Estate Advocates team was there with us answering every question, and returning every call.  We not only received a rebate and exemplary service, we also found a friend in Broker Bob. I liked the concept so much I now work in the company now to serve others in their Real Estate needs. They are truly Agents of Change.  Vicki B.

Total Savings:  $2,400
We were coming back from Germany and retiring. We called about a house from Real Estate Advocates and were offered a rebate if we signed with Real Estate Advocates as our buyers agent.  We were uncertain and didn't want to commit.  After 4 hours  of looking at homes we asked Bob, where do we sign. The service made the process much easier. Nothing was too much for their team. The rebate of $1250 was great. The peace of mine dealing with caring professionals was worth even more.  Juan and Abby.

Total Savings:  $1,250
My sister was an agent for a mega company. I asked her if she could reduce my commission if we listed our $400,000 home with her.  She wasn’t allowed to.  I used Real Estate Advocates instead and saved over $11,000 in commissions.  I love my sister, but not that much!  Bill.

Total Savings:  $11,250
I wanted an agent to work for me when I was buying a home. Real Estate Advocates researched all homes. They told me how long houses were on the market, price changes, why people were selling, comps in the area, and suggested valuable inspections and warranties. Advising on financing options and everything I needed to know about  schools, and subdivisions.  All at no cost to me. They gave me a $1800 at closing.  I feel I owed them.  Gio

Total Savings:  $1,800
I was frankly surprised at the expertise of the Real Estate Advocates parent company.  Paying less to list and getting a staff that included a Broker with 20 years experience in Real estate, a graphic artist, professional photographer, web design team, Builder Developers, termite and renovation specialists, and  former Psychologist who gave told us in plain language about the marketplace and understood our stress and decision making challenges.  They understood my situation and were there to help in every way.  David A.

Total Savings:  $11,200
The Real Estate Advocates team sold my house 5 years ago. My parents then needed to move in with us for health reasons. They sold their house, and our new house so that we could buy a house big enough for the whole family.  Excellent service and $30,000 in savings and rebate.   George C. 

Total Savings:  $30,000
    
Buyers - How Does it Work?
We work with you to find and negotiate the Purchase price of a home = $300,000


Normal commission paid by the seller is 6% with 3% going to the buyers agent who is representing you.  So the total commission paid to your agent is $9,000.


In a transaction where you are using an REA network agent, we agree to pay up to 1% of the commission back to you after closing. 


So you would receive up to $3,000 cash back on a $300,000 purchase that you can use for upgrades, moving expenses or anything else....it's yours!

60 Minutes reports on the Validity and Reality of Reduced Commission Models such as REA:

 

As a full service buying agent, we will:


1. Have FULL access to the local MLS and listed properties.
2. Research available listings meeting your criteria and set up appointments to see properties.
3. Present offers and assist in negotiating contracts.
4. Advise on buyer related issues such as disclosures, inspections and other important items.
5. We will Pay You after closing for allowing us to represent you.

Our buyers model is based on maximizing value to you the buyer without sacrificing buyer representation and service.    As such, in most markets we can Cash Rebate a percentage of our commission back to you up to $6,000.   As buyer representatives we give our customers a portion of our commission for using our services. Our local agent will be knowledgeable of the area, protect your interests concerning inspections, warranties and disclosures.

They will assist you in negotiating all offers, have a knowledge of past sales and current properties for sale, cost of the property originally and mortgage information on the property if available. They can give you the reason for selling, and other relevant information such as days on the market, and other market conditions to enable you to make offers in your best interest.

You will pay nothing for their use as they are paid from the seller's listing commission. And yes, we pay you for using us to represent you.  A true win- win. But you will need to contact us before signing another listing agreement.

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