MLS is the tool that sells THREE times more homes than any other tool:

• Previously available only if you paid 6-7% of the sale price,
• Puts thousands of Realtors to work finding buyer for you
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Most effective way to sell a home: MLS sells more homes than all the other marketing tools combined. MLS single-handedly sells three times more homes than the next most effective tool, the yard sign. An MLS listing puts thousands of local Realtors to work at selling your home, and exposes your home to the most ready, willing, and able buyers available. The majority of buyers use Realtors to help them find a home, and every Realtor uses MLS to find homes for their buyer clients. The MLS is so powerful that most buyers working with Realtors rely completely on the Realtor for telling them about homes for sale, and most Realtors use MLS as their only tool for finding homes for sale.

How your home gets into MLS: We will ask you a number of detailed questions about your home (also found on the MLS Information Form). If you wish, you can answer some or all the questions at that time. If you want your home entered in the MLS in less than one business day from the time you ordered, answering the questions right away may get your home into MLS faster. Otherwise, we will research your home's MLS records and contact you with the questions we need you to answer. If we find an old MLS record for your home, there will be fewer questions for you to answer. We can contact you by the telephone or email, whichever you prefer.

Previously not available directly to the public: Realtors will list homes in the MLS as part of a traditional listing. Most charge a commission 7% of the sales price for this service. That's $11,342 for an average Twin Cities home! Until now, home sellers had to choose between paying the huge commissions or going it alone without MLS. MLS was so powerful as a selling tool that many sellers paid the huge commissions and felt it was worth it. BuySelf makes an MLS listing available to sellers for a flat fee.

Only tool used by thousands of Minnesota Realtors to find homes: Realtors rely on MLS because it is the only comprehensive and up-to-date listing of homes for sale. They can quickly look at the exact area, price range, and amenities without having to look at properties that don't match their criteria. Each home listed shows a photo and hundreds of other facts about the home and its amenities. Realtors closely compare their buyer's preferences to the detailed information about every single home in the MLS. This keeps the Realtor from wasting time by showing a home that doesn't fit his/her client's preferences. MLS contains a home's basic information such as address, price, bedrooms, bathrooms, garage/parking, as well as some very detailed information such as the exact dimensions of rooms, what kind of furnace, and amount of tax assessments pending against the property.

The Realtors private list of homes for sale: Nearly all of the local real estate companies participate in the MLS, including all the medium and large real estate companies. Unlike the "MLS lite" information available on many websites, the list is updated constantly, so a home listed at 11am could be seen on MLS by noon. When a Realtor finds a seller who wants to sell their home, it is called a listing. To participate in MLS, Realtors agree to submit their listings immediately and without exception. MLS includes every home for sale by these real estate companies. Both new and existing homes are listed in the MLS. Many types of property are listed, including single family homes, townhomes, condominiums, hobby farms, duplexes and income properties.