Picket Fence Preview + MLS Advertising
The Best Way to Advertise Your Property: 6 month Picket Fence + MLS Listing
This is truly the BEST way to take advantage of access to a network of thousands of Realtors and tens of thousands of buyers by listing your property in MLS (multiple listing service). You can take advantage of this directly through Picket Fence and avoid paying up to a 6% commission!
For just the cost of an ad in Picket Fence and a small MLS transaction fee paid to our listing partner at closing, you get the powerful exposure of Picket Fence Preview web advertising and Social Media PLUS additional marketing exposure from your ad being in the agent's MLS website as well.
If a buyer is in the market for a property like yours, they will not miss it because it will be advertised virtually everywhere they could possibly be looking!
YOU are IN CONTROL No need to pay up to a 6% commission to get into MLS any longer
There is a Transaction Fee at Closing of one tenth of one percent (0.1%) of Gross Sales Price collected by our listing partner when the property is Sold. There are NO other fees due at Closing.
NO LONGER REQUIRED to offer a Commission - The Commission indicates the % Commission the Seller is willing to pay to a Buyer's Agency that brings a Buyer. If you are willing to pay a Commission, factor that into your List Price. However, PLEASE NOTE offers of compensation to a Buyer’s Agency, if any, made by the Seller ARE NO LONGER displayed in MLS*. Listing Agents no longer offer commissions to Buyer’s Agents. Buyers are responsible for the Buyer’s Agency Commission. It is the Seller’s responsibility to convey Seller’s willingness to compensate Buyer’s Agency. Seller is not required to agree to any Buyer’s Agent request for compensation.
Seller Concessions - Buyers may request a concession from Seller (“Seller Concession”) in the form of a credit, to be given to Buyer at close of escrow. Seller Concession may be used to reduce Buyer’s loan costs, title and escrow fees, Buyer’s Agency fee, property repair costs, and/or any other allowable Buyer costs and fees. Final amount of the Seller Concession must be determined in writing, whether in purchase contract or in other applicable documentation. All Seller Concessions are negotiable.
Convenience - You decide when to show the property and to whom. If it is advantageous for you to prioritize showings to private buyers, that's your call. You schedule your own showings that are convenient to your schedule.
Our MLS is Better! - Our MLS listing package is the cheapest and best for you, the private homeseller, because agents contact you directly from the information in your MLS ad! Other MLS services list only the agent's information...forcing you to rely on the agent relaying inquiries on your ad to you. With our MLS package you receive the inquiry directly because the showing directions explicitly require that you be contacted directly! No games, no tricks, no hassles! No need to pay up to a 6% commission to get into MLS any longer...pay buyer's agents only IF you want!
How It Works
Very simple. Purchase a 6 month ad package and you get the MLS included. Because MLS ads are a minimum of 6 months, our ad package also runs for a six months duration. There are no shorter term MLS packages available.
Our Picket Fence Preview ad has NO set photo limit or written description, but we do not control the MLS system, which sets the base photo limit at 20 -- you can purchase an option to add more photos -- and the description must be limited to 1500 characters.
PicketFencePreview.com and the MLS systems are separate, so you'll need to create your ad content in both systems - but don't worry - they are both VERY easy to use.
Picket Fence payment is due at the time of ad placement. The 1/10th of 1 percent transaction fee is due at closing.
After ad payment has been received, our listing partner will send you instructions on how to access the MLS system.
Cancellation Policy
While advertising may be discontinued at any time, there are no refunds of any kind for any reason with advertising packages. Sellers are encouraged to wait until the buyer's appraisal and home inspection have been completed before discontinuing marketing the property.
*MLS ads are self-posted by the owner and reviewed by a licensed third-party agent who will post it into MLS. The owner will receive login credentials to maintain and manage your MLS ad.