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How to Keep More of Your Equity When You Sell

Medical professionals are reporting a new malady that is spreading so fast that it has reached near epidemic status on Oahu!  Symptoms include ulcers, sudden crying jags, loud vocal outbursts and occasional acts of violence on pens, papers, vases and other ceramics.  The name of this malady:  Real Estate Commission Sticker Shock!

Could you be suffering from this?  If you’ve ever looked down at your closing statement and gasped when you saw the commission amount, if you’ve ever become agitated or begun to sweat when your real estate broker quotes his or her commission rate, you could be at risk.  Thankfully, there is a quick and easy cure and a way to avoid this epidemic all together:  List you home with Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties instead!  Here, you’ll get an exceptional, professional, full service real estate experience . . . for a fraction of what an ordinary real estate broker might charge.

At Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties, we charge a low set fee for our comprehensive services, so everyone pretty much pays the same thing, and you can save thousands in real estate commissions. No, we’re not a Do-It-Yourself company, nor are we a stripped down, discount version of a regular real estate company. We are a full service real estate agency, doing all the things other real estate brokers do – and more – but charging a set fee for our services.

Does it work?  Since September of 2011, we’ve sold 535 homes on Oahu and saved our home sellers more than $6 million in commissions!  Our average home seller saves more than $11,000 over what an ordinary real estate broker might charge, and we’ve averaged just 28 days to sell our listings!

If you’ve been in your home for awhile, you’ve worked hard to build equity in your property. That’s your nest-egg, your ticket to your next great home. Don’t just give it away to some real estate agent because that’s the way it’s always been done! Step up to the new way to sell your home and save. Step up to Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties.

What Is Full Service Real Estate?

Consumers intuitively know what ‘Full Service’ in real estate means:

  • Expertise/Consultation (preparation for sale, pricing, planning, staging)
  • Marketing (which might include MLS, Internet, Open Houses, advertising, signs, flyers, etc)
  • Representation/Negotiation (weighing offers, avoiding mistakes, anticipating next steps)
  • Transaction Processing/Problem Resolution (making sure everything is done properly, handling problems as they arise)

The problem is that almost everyone in the business – traditional percentage-based brokers, discount brokers, flat fee brokers, fee for service brokers and so on – claims to do all of those things!

With so many different kinds of brokers laying claim to  ’Full Service,’ the term becomes almost meaningless . . . except that consumers don’t realize this.

With no clear distinction between different kinds of real estate companies, consumers have come to believe that ‘Full Service’ = ‘Full Commission.’

>>>(and therefore, ‘less than full commission’ = ‘less than full service’)<<<

Of course, nothing could be further from the truth.

Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties is a full service real estate company.  We:

  • Help you set a good asking price
  • Calculate your estimated net proceeds
  • Evaluate the marketability of your property
  • Make recommendations for showing and staging
  • Market the property in a wide range of media
  • Manage signage and flyers
  • Answer the phone when it rings and provide information to potential buyers and to their agents
  • Facilitate open houses
  • Show the property
  • Help you analyse offers so that you can make an informed decision before committing
  • Arrange for inspections and help you meet contract deadlines
  • Anticipate problems and deal with them before they arise
  • Shepherd your transaction from contract to closing
  • Thank you sincerely for the opportunity to serve you
  • And more

Our business model is different from more traditional companies, from discount brokers and from limited service brokers.  It enables us to offer great savings to consumers along with that wonderful level of service.  This is one place where

‘Less than Full Commission’ ≠ ‘Less than Full Service’

Instead, Help-U-Sell Honolulu Properties is a place where,

‘Sell Fast’ + ‘Achieve Your Real Estate Goals’ + ‘Save Thousands in Commission Expense’ = ‘Full Service’ + ‘Happy Clients’

We’d love for you to be part of our equation!