If you are looking for a flat fee or a reduced commission in Ames, IA you need to consider the following:  A. What will I NET? B. What will I get for exposure? C. How soon will my house sell? D. How much activity can I expect?  What matters most is what you NET!  Net profit: sale price minus commission.  A good agent can net you much more while paying more commission compared to a flat fee or a reduced commission.  If you NET what you want; you wouldn’t really care what you paid in commission.  Often times, flat fee brokers offer a flat fee because all they have to offer is a flat fee.  They don’t offer what really sells the house and that is a “buyer”.  They don’t offer ”consumer confidence” and they don’t have “resistance to price” like a well-known professional full service agent.  Like any product and every product; you get what you pay for!  Avoid the 5 most common mistakes and call to let us explain why average more transactions than most agents.  billjenningsrealestate.com