We Offer For Sale By Owner Marketing Solutions:
Ohio Flat Fee MLS - Multiple Listing Service Exposure
Why work directly with Ohio Broker Direct? WE HAVE SOLD OVER A BILLION DOLLARS OF REAL ESTATE THROUGHOUT OHIO AND OUR SELLERS HAVE SAVED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN COMMISSIONS! Ohio Broker Direct does NOT employ Buyers Agents to work Sellers’ leads – ALL LEADS ARE DIRECTED TO THE SELLER. This ensures the Seller the opportunity to Sell their property with zero commissions to anyone! Some competitors (often directly affiliated with national For Sale by Owner websites) offer a similar “fixed-fee” programs often with numerous hidden fees and work the Buyer’s leads in-house or via referral – effectively removing the Seller’s opportunity to Sell it without paying a commission at all! Ohio Broker Direct has been a trend setter in the real estate industry for nearly two decades. Unlike other FSBO and Flat Fee MLS services, we have empowered our Sellers with the choice of what to offer as a commission to a Buyer Agent Brokerage that procures a Buyer, whether it be zero dollars, a flat fee or a percentage of the sales price. Our experience and quality of customer service is incomparable! Our Sellers have recommended us to other For Sale By Owner Sellers as the BEST Flat Fee MLS Listing Service in Ohio!
LISTING TERMS AND FACTS:
A listing placed in the MLS is the most effective form of advertising available. It has proven to be significantly more effective than newspaper classifieds, open houses and For Sale signs combined. Such forums provide the marketing exposure necessary to obtain the highest possible price in the least amount of time. Ohio Broker Direct, LLC’s fee for service listing programs provides maximum exposure via the REALTOR® MLS and numerous other websites, as permissible in conjunction with the rules and regulations of the State of Ohio and the Local of Realtors as applicable.
- Studies have indicated that nearly 75% of home buyers find their homes through agents using the MLS. Therefore, For Sale By Owner home Sellers who do not utilize the MLS system may be missing out on approximately 3/4 of the market.
- All clients of Ohio Broker Direct who list their property via our For Sale By Owner marketing MLS solutions have the potential to save thousands of dollars in real estate commissions.
- More exposure, a higher sales price, faster selling time all for a minimal fee!
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Each listing will be placed in the appropriate MLS Multiple Listing Service are (See Ohio Counties Served): Central Ohio, Cincinnati & Firelands, W.R.I.S.T., and West Central/Lima Ohio permits the posting of 99 pictures, 60 may be posted in Dayton, 50 may be posted in Northwest Ohio and 35 pictures may be posted in the MLS NOW formerly known as YES MLS/NE Ohio /other merged MLS’s. All requests for updates/changes to the MLS listing must be made in writing – Email is an acceptable form of communication/instruction. Listings and changes requests shall be facilitated within 48 hours of receipt, excluding weekends and holidays.
Ohio Broker Direct, LLC will allow the Client to withdraw the listing without an early termination penalty. Listings will be activated and uploaded into the appropriate platform within 48 hours of receipt of all properly executed documents and pictures unless Client has instructed otherwise in writing (excluding weekends and holidays). There will be no refunds once the listing has been activated in the either platform. Client has 6 months from the date of purchase to submit all documents and pictures required to activate the listing, at which point there will be no refunds unless otherwise agreed to in writing by all parties. Ohio Broker Direct, LLC reserves the right to terminate the listing without notice and without recourse should it be discovered the Client is not the owner or authorized Seller of the property, or has in any way violated Ohio law or MLS rules and/or regulations or terms of the listing agreement. This includes, but is not limited to a Client instructing Ohio Broker Direct, LLC or its Broker and/or agents in any way not to comply with the laws, regulations or terms set forth by the Ohio revised code or Multiple Listing Services. In the event a property has not sold during the listing period the Client, at the Brokers discretion, may renew the listing for a minimal fee of $100.00 as long as the listing is renewed and payment received prior to the expiration date.
The MLS feeds listings to external sites; both the websites that feed and the manner in which they feed data is constantly changing. Some websites may be slow to download while others are faster. We have very limited control over the content of these sites. Fortunately, Ohio Broker Direct feeds to more sites than other real estate companies, although, those sites are also constantly changing and can no specific site can ever be guaranteed. Each MLS establishes their own contracts with different sites. Ohio Broker Direct, LLC does not have control over the rules and regulations of these entities nor the contracts to which they join or deny – rules and regulations are subject to change at any time.
LISTING REFUND POLICY
There will be no refunds once the listing has been activated in the MLS. Client has 6 months from the date of purchase to submit all documents and pictures required to activate the listing in the MLS, at which point there will be no refunds unless otherwise agreed to in writing by all parties.
LISTING RENEWAL POLICY
In the event a property has not sold during the listing period the Client, at the Brokers discretion, may renew the listing for a minimal fee of $100.00 as long as the listing is renewed and payment received prior to the expiration date.
LISTING TERMINATION
Ohio Broker Direct, LLC reserves the right to terminate the listing without notice and without recourse should it be discovered the Client is not the owner or authorized Seller of the property, or has in any way violated Ohio law, MLS rules and/or regulations or terms of the listing agreement. This includes, but is not limited to a Client instructing Ohio Broker Direct, LLC or its Broker and/or agents in any way not to comply with the laws, regulations or terms set forth by the Ohio revised code or MLS. Ohio Broker Direct, LLC its Broker(s) and/or Agents make no other commitments or guarantees, verbal or implied, regarding this agreement or any aspect of the showing, sale and closing of this property. Non-compliance with any part of the listing agreement and/or harassment, physical abuse, verbal abuse or any behavior deemed to be threatening toward any Broker or Agent gives Ohio Broker Direct, LLC and its Broker(s) or Agents the authority to terminate the listing and, cancel or withdraw the listing from the MLS without refund, notice or recourse. This Agreement contains all covenants between the parties and may only be modified in writing with each change initialed and signed by all parties hereto. There are no oral representations made that are not contained herein and no oral modifications of this Agreement are allowed. Seller agrees that the limit of Ohio Broker Direct, LLC liability under this Agreement and/or related to Ohio Broker Direct, LLC performance of the services mentioned herein is strictly limited to the service fee paid to Ohio Broker Direct, LLC by Seller and no more.
