Selling?

Realtor® is a professional designation given to real estate sales persons that are members of the National Association of Realtors®. A designated Realtor® is held to a higher ethical standard than real estate salespeople that are not professional members of NAR. Agent members must adhere to a strict Code of Ethics.

As your Realtor®, your Porzig Realty agent uploads all the information about your property with pictures on the Multiple Listing Service. This gives your property tremendous market exposure to a huge network of real estate agents who are looking for their buyers.  MLS also works in partnership with IDX, “Internet Data Exchange.” Broker Reciprocity through IDX allows any Broker who is providing an MLS/IDX real estate search on their website to “show” your listing even though you have not listed your property with that Broker, expanding your market exposure even more! You can see this in operation by clicking on our Porzig Realty Property MLS/IDX search bar on our home page.

Many factors determine the value of your home. Your home’s listing value is not based on your property tax assessment, your homeowner’s insurance value, your mortgage balance or the cost of the house when you purchased it. The condition, location and market conditions all affect the value of your home. The selling price of surrounding homes affects the value of your home.  Their values are used by the appraiser working with your buyer’s lender to determine what amount of mortgage the lender is willing to finance on your property.  It is important to be realistic in your value determination. Your Realtor® can provide you with a Comparative Market Analysis with the most up to date residential sales in your area to help you determine your price.  There are free market estimates available on the internet; however, it is still best to work with your Realtor® to make a final decision.

The Seller Disclosure is a document that prospective buyers or the agent they are working with will request.  Buyers want to be able to review the condition and history specific to your home. Your agent can upload the Seller Disclosure with the information on your MLS listing so the buyer has immediate access to the information.  It can help expedite a prospective buyer’s decision on whether they make an offer.   

A Seller Disclosure must be filled out honestly and as completely as possible. If you do not know something, state that you don’t know.  An accurate and truthful Seller Disclosure can protect you from future legal action should any problems arise after the sale.

We put the pieces of the selling puzzle together!  As your selling agent we help you prepare your property for sale from cleaning to painting, depersonalizing to staging to show the value. We market your property by customizing a plan that is most effective for your property. But that’s not all we do! 

We act as a liaison between the buyer or the buyer’s agent.  We answer questions regarding your property with the information you have provided. We negotiate under your direction as your representative when you receive an offer. As your go between we act as a buffer. During negotiations issues can become emotional, a third party as your representative can often help to smooth out any contract issues that might arise. 

We are in contact with the buyer or the buyer’s real estate agent, the building inspectors, the closing agent, and when necessary, the mortgage broker of your buyer should the need arise.

The listing agreement is the contract you sign with your Realtor to give them the authority to list your property for sale at an agreed sales price, for a specific length of time, and for an agreed upon sales commission. The sales commission is typically an agreed upon percentage of the total price of the sales price you accept on your property.  Brokerage commissions are not set by law and are fully negotiable.

In the state of Florida most residential real estate brokers or agents act as transaction brokers. This means that your agent is legally bound to represent both parties (the buyer and the seller). We must represent both parties honestly and fairly, account for all funds, disclose all known facts that materially affect the value of a property and are not readily observable by the buyer. The highest price a buyer will offer or the lowest price a seller will take remains “confidential” unless the agent is instructed otherwise by their client.