Services
FLAT FEE LISTING – HOW DOES IT WORK?
Welcome to HouseCafeRealty.com where you can easily sell your home without paying high commission to real estate agents. We are full time licensed real estate professionals who are committed to helping our clients sell their homes in the Charlotte area fast and for top dollars.
You choose the service you would like to purchase from our cafeteria style menu. We have two full-service and two flat-fee service offerings. The two full-service offerings are the Latte and the Macchiato where we charge 2.5% and 2% listing rates, respectively. The two flat-fee services are the Cappuccino and the Espresso, where we charge one-time fees of $899 and $649, respectively. There are no hidden costs.
Here are the types of full real estate services we provide:
Latte: Full Service with a 2.5% listing fee. There is a $250 deposit to get started which will be refunded to you at a successful closing. If you are a home seller who just wants to sit back, relax and let us do the job for you, this is the service for you. We work on your behalf.
What Is Included?
- In-home consultation with home prep advice and pricing of your home
- We hire a professional to video/photograph your home and community amenities, and where advisable to include drone still photos.
- We create and upload a professional walk-through video of your home to YouTube
- We hire a professional to measure your home…no measurement from tax records
- We complete all the MLS entries and load up to 48 photos on the MLS
- You will receive a copy of your listing and can request unlimited changes
- Your listing will be on Realtor.com, Zillow, Homes.com and other major syndications
- Your listing will also be marketed on thousands of agents’ websites
- We create a single-property website for buyers to easily see your home features
- We buy a domain name to create a website for your home. Ex. 124VanGogh.com
- We install a yard sign and an electronic lockbox to track activities in your home
- We create a beautiful brochure for buyers to take home from showings
- Your listing will be entered into our extensive database to search out buyer matches
- We advertise your listing from Coming Soon status on Facebook and YouTube
- We promote your home on social media – Facebook, Instagram and YouTube
- At your discretion we will conduct an Open House for you on weekends
- Buyer agents will request showings through the Showing Time appointment service
- We negotiate on your behalf on offers for your home as well as any repair requests
- We support digital signing except for Property Disclosures
- We provide feedback on showings
- On your behalf, we coordinate with the Buyer’s Agent and Closing Attorney
- We accompany you to Closing/Settlement at the Closing Attorney’s office
- We will have you sign a form as to whether/how much you will pay a Buyer’s Agent
- Term of Service: Until Sold
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Macchiato: Limited Full Service with a 2% listing fee. There is a $250 deposit to get started which will be refunded at a successful closing. If you are a home seller who needs full-service, but still wants to save, let’s partner up. We’ll handle the rest for you.
What Is Included? Everything is the same as Latte Plan except the following:
- No professional walk-through video
- No YouTube virtual tour
- No drone or aerial photos of the community
- No single-property website
- No colored property brochure
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Cappuccino: Flat Fee Service with Limited Service. We charge a one-time fee of $899 with no hidden costs.
What Is Included:
- In-home consultation or Zoom meeting with home prep advice and home pricing
- Professionally-taken photos of your home. Exception: There is a travel charge if the photographer is not within their service area. Otherwise, we will find a photographer nearby.
- We complete all the MLS entries and load up to 48 photos on the MLS
- We hire a company to professionally measure your home. We don’t use tax records.
- Your listing will be on the MLS with Coming Soon status
- Your listing will be on Realtor.com, Zillow, Homes.com and other major syndications
- Your listing will also be on thousands of agents’ websites
- Yard sign will be installed and a combo lockbox on front door. Exception for yard signs: If your community requires a special yard sign, you will have to secure the yard sign approved by your HOA. You also have the option to use the “For Sale By Owner” yard sign that you can purchase from Lowe’s or Home Depot so the sign calls are yours to follow up.
- State contract and disclosure forms are included
- You have the opportunity to write up description of your home
- You communicate with potential buyers and their agents
- Buyer agents will request showings through the Showing Time appointment service
- You set the Buyer’s Agent commission when the Buyer is represented by a Buyer’s Agent from 2% to 3%. This is up to your discretion
- You will receive Seller reports and the step-by-step process of selling on your own.
- Payment through check, credit card or cash at time of in-home consultation or Zoom meeting
- Term of Service: 6 months (if necessary, renew for another 6 months for $199)
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Espresso: Flat Fee Service with Limited Service. We charge a one-time fee of $649 with no hidden costs.
What Is Included: Everything is the same as Cappuccino except the following:
- You provide us your own photos. They must be landscape and good quality
- You provide us the correct measurements of your home
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FOR FLAT FEE ONLY
If you decide this type of listing works for you, you can pay Cash or via Zelle, credit card or check. If you pay by check, once it clears our bank we’ll get started on your service.
After payment, we will send you a step-by-step outline of the process you’ll follow including printed form(s) to complete.
You will also receive the following reports: 1) Preparing Your Home For Sale, 2) Now That Your Home Is On The Market, 3) Presentation of Offer and Negotiating The Sale, and 4) Checklist for Moving.
After we receive the paperwork, we will process and enter your listing on the MLS which will propagate on the internet. Your home will be on Zillow, Realtor.com, Homes.com, Trulia, Redfin and other major real estate websites including real estate agents’ websites.
If the buyer of your house is represented by a real estate agent, you set the Buyer’s Agent a cooperating commission which could be from 2% to 3% of the contract price. It’s really up to you if you don’t want to pay commission to real estate agents. If you do agree, you will have to sign a form called Cooperating Compensation Agreement, Form 220. If the home is sold to a buyer without an agent, you do not pay any commission.
You have the option to use your own yard sign. You can buy at Lowe’s or Home Depot the “For Sale By Owner”. Calls from yard signs are your own leads. Otherwise, we will install our company yard sign.
Once listed on the MLS, we will email you copy of the MLS sheet. We will make changes at no fee.
If you are not satisfied with a flat fee service, you can switch to a full service either the Latte or Macchiato. Refund will be given to you at a successful closing.
For the Cappuccino Service only, we will give you dates when the measuring expert and professional photographer will come out to service your home.