1. Does Select Homes offer any alternative without an up front fee?
   Yes, if you prefer a cost-saving option with no up-front fee, we also offer a more traditional percentage based program. This program lowers your overall commission rate but we split the commission in a way that does not reduce the agent incentive to bring buyers. This option also includes supplemental advertising at our expense. While your savings may not be as great, this is still a superior way to sell faster and save commissions!
   
   
2. Is the up front fee of $299 refundable if I don't sell?
   No, that's our actual out of pocket cost to process your listing and it is a one time fee - you may continue to extend the listing at no additional cost until your property sells!
   
   
3. How necessary and expensive is this "supplemental" advertising?
   Because of SelectHomes& Services volume discounts, most sellers are surprised how inexpensive it is. Full color ads in local real estate magazines, like that shown here, start as low as just $42.50 for a month of exposure. As to necessity, that is more a matter of your urgency to sell. Ads do generally increase your activity level, and our program options provide excellent exposure to the vital out of town market. However, the MLS and extensive Internet exposure already included in our base fee remain the industry's most powerful marketing tools. The beauty of the Select Homes advertising options is that you are in control. If you're looking for a faster sale, you're not at the mercy of your agent to decide if additional advertising is warranted.
   
   
4. Will other agents show my listing?
   Absolutely! Because of Select Homes & Services unique commission split, we keep the selling commission competitive with other listings while our cost-saving listing fee gives you the ability to price better than your competition. Sales agents know their buyers are looking for the best deal in the market place and they won't risk losing a sale, especially when they'll still collect their full commission. The proof is in our statistics - during the last 3 years nearly 2/3's of all Select Homes & Services listings were sold by agents from other companies.
   
   
5. With Myrtle Beach being one of the "hottest real estate markets", do I really need help?
   Such market claims are based on new housing starts which hurt, not help, the resale seller. A recent Sun News article confirmed that while sales activity for our area has continued to be strong and in fact growing since 1993, inventory levels have continued to outpace sales to a point where there are now 6 times more homes and 5 times more condos on the market than there are buyers for them.
   That's why the Dollars and Sense Selling Advantage that Select Homes & Services unique cost-
   saving approach offers is more important than ever. And remember, you get the best of both worlds in that you continue to retain the right to find your own buyer and pay no selling
   commission. (Note in the above pie chart that 15% of our sellers succeed in doing just that.)
   

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