Sell

Selling your Panama Real Estate Through

Flat Fee Realty

When you've made the decision to sell your Panama real estate, you have two major goals in mind.

It doesn't matter if your home is located on the beaches of Panama, if you reside in Panama City, or if you own mountain real estate in the Republic of Panama, your goal is the same: Get the best possible price and do it quickly.

So how should you go about making this happen?

Up until now you've had two choices: You could either list with a traditional broker who would charge you 5% of the eventual selling price, or you could try to sell on your own.

And sometimes, when you hired a traditional broker you couldn't tell much difference between having an agent and doing it on your own. That's what happened to me, and what prompted me to enter the field of real estate.

Dear Homeowner,

Now, when selling Panama real estate, you have a better choice:

Flat Fee Realty

We're the full service agency that gives sellers HUGE savings.

Flat Fee Realty is leading the way to a new era in Panama real estate practice, and the focus of that new era is saving sellers from paying outrageous commissions.

In fact, our flat fee means that you'll keep up to 70% of the traditional commission costs in your own pocket.

Just think how many dollars that amounts to! On a $500,000 home, 5% is $25,000. Could you think of a good use for 70% of $25,000?

But the dollar savings aren't the only benefit to using Flat Fee Realty. When you list your home with us, you:

• Not only know exactly how much you are going to pay - and how much you are going to save
• Can rest assured - knowing that the advice you get from your agent is based on your best interests - not on the possible income for the agent.

When you work with Flat Fee Realty you will be advised of the true market value of your home, based on the recent sales of homes comparable to yours, plus the prices of comparable homes, which are your competition.

Thus, you'll be able to make an informed pricing decision. Once you know the true market value you can choose to list at or above that price, or to give your house a competitive pricing edge by listing slightly lower and sharing your savings with a buyer.

Think about that: When looking at two homes with a true market value of $500,000, which will interest a buyer more - the house at $525,000 or the house at $515,000?

Market value comparisons are based on homes sold with conventional percentage commissions (5%) and a flat fee, respectively. Thus when you sell the home for $525,000 your net proceeds will be $500,000 because a 5% commission was included in price of the home.

A TYPICAL SELLERS SAVINGS

But when you sell through Flat Fee Realty, you won't be paying that 5% commission. Instead, you'll pay a low flat fee. That gives you the option to list at the real market value or even below market value - making your home far more attractive to buyers and probably resulting in a much faster sale. And the beauty is - even though you can sell at a more competitive price, you'll still be putting more dollars in your own pocket.

It's a winning situation for both you and the buyer.

Next, you choose the fee that you'll pay the buyer's agent.

When you work with Flat Fee Realty and the buyer comes to us through our own marketing efforts, your flat fee is the total - so you (and possibly your buyer) reap the benefit of the entire savings.

When a buyer comes through another agency, the buyer's agent will expect to be paid. The industry standard has long been to split the percentage-based commission between the seller's agent and the buyer's agent - 2.5% of the final selling price to each.

But just as you won't pay 2.5% to Flat Fee Realty, you don't have to pay 2.5% to a buyer's agent.

You have the option to state the amount you will pay to the buyer's agent. Either a percentage or a flat fee. This has always been true, in Panama real estate and around the world. But most agents either won't tell you or won't work with you if you offer a lower percentage.

You can, of course, choose not to accept offers coming from another agency - so you know your flat fee will remain the total.

At Flat Fee Realty, you as the seller have the control.

This is yet another way that Flat Fee Realty is leading the revolution in Panama real estate practice. We think it's about time.

Flat Fee Realty keeps money in your pocket and puts a smile on your face

MY seller service consists of a 26-point plan to take you from listing to closing. I think you'll like it.

Click here to read it, and then call me at (507) 6480-2020 to arrange a no-obligation appointment to discuss your Panama real estate goals and learn the flat fee for selling your home.

I look forward to meeting you soon - and to helping you leave your Panama home closing with a happy smile.

Call me soon,

Sammy

Sammy Wolcovinsky
Owner, Flat Fee Realty