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"Selling my home using myrealty.ca was one of the best decisions I’ve made. It was extremely easy
and saved me thousands in fees. I got the exposure I wanted on the web and was able to get my home sold in under a month.
I strongly recommend using this service to anyone thinking of selling their home. Thanks!" |
Cory Rayson, Langley, BC
August 27, 2010 |
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"We were very pleased with the service from MyRealty.ca. Mark was easy to deal with and always responded to our
questions very quickly. We tried selling privately using a sign and newspaper ads but received very little response.
MyRealty.ca gave us the exposure we wanted on the [Toronto Real Estate Board's MLS® system] without having to pay a high commission to a listing agent.
Our phone started to ring the day the listing went on the [Toronto Real Estate Board's MLS® system]. We had some negative feedback from Buyers agents who told
us that they wouldn't work with us because we were "destroying the system". However, we found a buyer who was very happy
to deal with us as we both saved on the sale/purchase. We used the sales contract from MyRealty.ca and found it easy to understand.
The deal closed smoothly. I would highly recommend MyRealty. It is the "new system" of selling your home." |
Ron and Maria Clark, Toronto, ON
July 12, 2010 |
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"myrealty.ca is a great service for anyone who wants to maximise their capital gains. The few hours it took us to prepare an
[MLS®] listing ad and manage our property showings was more than compensated by almost $10,000 saved in [agent] fees. [Agents] can make the process seem so
complex and overwhelming but it need not be with Mark's guidance along the way as well as his superb website materials to registered clients." |
S.K., New Westminster, BC
June 7, 2010 |
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"Myrealty.ca offers a great choice for someone who is proactive and capable of selling a property with some knowledge of the process.
I listed my condo on this site, and had an accepted offer at full price within 2 weeks.
I really appreciate having a choice and thank Mark Annable for a well organized website that can get your listing up on [the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board's MLS® system] within a few days.
As a real estate investor, I can highly recommend this service." |
R.S., White Rock, BC
May 26, 2010 |
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"We had our home for sale 255 days with many showings, what a pain. I often thought these [real estate agents] have no game, just like put a sign up and the buyer will pull a few hundred thousand dollar$ out of pocket on
their own and money will magically appear in everyone's pocket, brokerage, seller agent, buyer agent, seller.
My realty made it simple, pay 0.5% get listed, pay/control what you like for commission to buyer agent and sell it privately or let buyer agent show it.
We sold in days, not weeks nor months.
Very pleased and have already recommended two friends." |
Youn Sabean, Surrey, BC
May 11, 2010 |
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"Patience is the name of the game. I found the service worked great, I set
my own appointments, found how the recorded message came through email was also convenient. Any questions I had I emailed Mark he either called or emailed me
what I needed. For the residents of Ontario, pay the 2.0-2.5 percent to the other
agent. I had over 20 showings.
Thanks Mark
The service works" |
Scott Bain, Scarborough, ON
March 15, 2010 |
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"We decided to sell our home by ourselves as we wanted to save some money. After
searching around I was really glad to come across myrealty.ca because they were the only one that
will list us on [the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver's MLS® system] and the commission was very reasonable. I contacted Mark
and he walked me though the process of how it works and was always there to
answer the many questions we had. We sold our place within 9 weeks (during the
Christmas/New Year holiday) and by listing on myrealty.ca, we saved well over $10 000. If
we're to sell again I will definitely use myrealty.ca. Thanks Mark for your help and for
the making process easy and straight forward." |
Tracy Truong, Burnaby, BC
March 5, 2010 |
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"We have now sold a house and a condo using myrealty and have probably saved
ourselves in the region of $8000. Naturally this makes us very happy!
Using myrealty did mean a little more work for us. We had to schedule
the prospective buyers and show them the properties - but of course, we were
better able to answer questions than [an agent]. We also had to arrange the
paperwork for the sales, but in both instances the [agent] working for the
purchaser was very willing to help, as was Mark Annable. We will
certainly use myrealty again and have no hesitation in recommending their
services to anyone." |
Paul Welch, Courtenay, BC
February 9, 2010 |
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"When I decided to put my condo up for sale I knew that I wanted to do it on my
own but was not really impressed with the for sale by owner companies out there
until I came across Myrealty. Myrealty was the only company that charge me
only after the sale of my home and was the only company to put my home on [my local real estate board's MLS® system]. I
was able to successfully close my home in two weeks! I took the suggestions of
the previous sellers from Myrealty and paid 2.5% commission. When I finally got
my offer my agent Mark was there to help me and assisted me with the entire
transaction from start to finish. I am very pleased with the entire process
and plan on using Myrealty again and have suggested to my family and friends to
try Myrealty next time they are selling their home. Thank you for
making this process an easy and stress free one." |
Marcia Rossi, Mississauga, ON
February 5, 2010 |
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"We tried to sell our home through a FOR SALE BY OWNER website; it was a total
waste of time and money. The activity only came after we registered with
Myrealty Services. Once our listing was posted on [REALTOR.ca], we starting
getting calls from interested clients and brokers. Mark was very helpful when
dealing with Offers and in negotiating the final sale. His advice proved very
valuable. Not only did we find working with Mark very satisfactory, we also
saved a great deal of money. Since selling our home, we have recommended Myrealty Services to other people." |
Dale & Marylea Martin, Oakville, ON
January 11, 2010 |
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"Having your home listed on [your local real estate board's MLS® system] (aka Realtor.ca) is probably the best way to
expose your home to potential buyers. Myrealty.ca was a great service as they
provided us with [a listing on the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board's MLS® system] and the needed paperwork to close our own sale
without any hefty commissions. I have already recommended this service to
friends and family and will continue to do so! Thanks myrealty.ca!" |
Amelia Friesen, Surrey, BC
December 13, 2009 |
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"We have been buying and selling homes for the last five years. Before
discovering myrealty.ca we spent lots of money on advertising that failed to bring us potential
buyers. Once Myrealty.ca displayed our ad on [the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board's MLS® system], we had consistant showings,
and sold our homes within a short period. Myrealty.ca is a very reasonable investment to pay for a service that
delivers. Thanks to Myrealty.ca we have sold successfully for the last three years, and will continue to use this
fantastic service." |
Sandy and Phil Tom, Surrey, BC
November 16, 2009 |
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"The sale of our townhouse was very easy. After trying to find buyers on our own with little success, I had a friend who
suggested your service.
Having our property on [the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board's MLS® system] made all the difference, and we had a prospective buyer within 3 days of listing. They ultimately bought our place the next
week! Great timing when the market was getting hot again in Campbell River.
Thanks again." |
Dave Gosnell, Campbell River, BC
October 1, 2009 |
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"Mark, as a contractor, I am in a very competitive business, and being able to
list my houses on [the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board's MLS® system] for only 0.5% affords me a decided advantage over the
competition. Your service far surpasses that of any other realty company, and
you provide that service at a fraction of the cost charged by others. Be
assured that your superior service, along with an incredibly reasonable
commission structure is highly appreciated in helping us meet the economic
challenges faced by so many independent business people. Keep up the good work." |
Jasmine H. Frye, President, Precision Built Homes By Frye Holdings, Ltd., Ladysmith, BC
September 3, 2009 |
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"It was great working with myrealty.ca -- they were there to offer advice and
very responsive to questions. All the forms I needed were right on the website and everything was done at our convenience.
I'd highly recommend their services." |
Beverley Wood, Duncan, BC
August 20, 2009 |
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"We tried to sell our home privately. After several showings, we had no
offers. Then we were referred to myrealty.ca by an acquaintance. Offering the
standard seller commision of 2.5 percent brought us all kinds of serious buyers,
costing us only the listing commision of 0.5% to advertise it on [the Toronto Real Estate Board's MLS® system]. We also
had insider information on sold prices of comparative properties, through our
agent with myrealty.ca. We were able to market and sell our properties, which
had a very limited market in a very short period of time. Thanks to myrealty.ca.
We will definitely consider myrealty.ca in the future." |
Gregg and Catherine, Toronto, Ontario
July 20, 2009 |
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"I have 3 recommendations about selling your property with Myrealty.ca:
1- Get organized
2- Get organized
3- Save money, get great service, lots of good advice and ensure you contact MyRealty.ca to help you with advertising and follow the steps for the sale of your property.
Once you register with MyRealty, you will get an e-mail from Mark, and a Contract. The contract is pretty straight forward. You will be given some input on the
information that you may want to place on [the Toronto Real Estate Board's MLS® system], and you will be asked for some pictures.
Then you will have to take care of showing the property, or arrange for a lockbox.
I did follow his web advice about forwarding the e-mails from my e-mail account to my phone (they come on my phone as a text message), so I did not miss any
opportunity to be contacted by [an agent] with a buyer.
My property was seen by 40 [agents] with buyers, and was sold in 30 days at 97.5% of the asking price. All these numbers (40, 30 and 97.5) are the average for this building.
Which makes me think I got the same results with MyRealty.ca than with any other [agent], but I saved money on the commission.
I will use MyRealty.ca again, it was a learning experience that saved me money and gave me lots of satisfaction." |
Pablo Tiscornia, Toronto, Ontario
June 9, 2009 |
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"We used MyRealty.ca to get our home in the Beaches on [my local board's MLS® system]. Everything was easy and
we sold our house for our asking price in 1 day! We saved over $20,000 in [agent] fees." |
Chris Houston, Toronto, Ontario
January 15, 2009 |
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"My experience in listing with myrealty.ca was very
positive. I enjoyed the convienence of having all the necessary forms in a
"bundle" (which saves a lot of time), and the convenient ways of submitting the
forms - fax or scan/email. I made several changes after the listing, e.g. price
change and contact information change, both of which were taken care of very
quickly. Most of all, I enjoyed the promptness in response time for my
questions, which I did not get by listing with other agents. All of my
questions, concerns, and inquiries were answered within 24 hours, if not within
hours. It's unfortunate that I did not know of this service before, otherwise I
would have listed with myrealty.ca right from the beginning.
I would highly recommend myrealty.ca to anyone wishing
to list their homes for sale." |
Rakesh Vithalbhai, Surrey, B.C.
December 15, 2008 |
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"I can't begin to express enough how pleased and
privileged I am to have accessed Mark Annable's website. I was unaware that
myrealty.ca existed until I accidentally stumbled upon the website while
surfing [mls.ca] for real estate in the Robson Valley.
Curious and intrigued, I followed the link and
began reading and researching myrealty.ca. I had investigated multiple FSBO
websites, but was not convinced I would get the full exposure and potential to
sell my home like I could get on [my local board's MLS® system]. And...the
rest is history.
I sold my home and acreage successfully on
myrealty.ca within 10 weeks. It was very, very easy to do with Mark's help and
all his website documents explaining the journey of selling my home from start
to finish.
During the listing, I really felt black listed by
local real estate agents, even though I felt I was offering a decent selling
commission. I even had one local agent use scare tactics on me just so I would
re-list with him once my listing expired with Mark. But I was determined more to
do it on my own through [my local board's MLS® system] on
myrealty.
I will definitely use myrealty.ca in the future. I
highly recommend this service to everyone and anyone who wishes to be in control
of selling their own real estate.
Thanks so much Mark...I am forever grateful for
your help and support through this real estate sale AND for providing this
valuable service to the public." |
Felicia Eaton, Cranbrook, B.C.
October 6, 2008 |
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"This is my second home sale through myrealty.ca. It has been on both occasions, excellent service.
I sold 1211 Mountain Ave, Kelowna BC & 2404 O'Reilly Rd, Kelowna BC.
My tip for people considering using this service; offer a good sell commission...that gets hundreds of people working for you,
and you still save thousands over standard listing.
We'll be in touch, as I am a firm believer in your service!" |
Dan, Kelowna, B.C.
June 25, 2008 |
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"I was extremely happy with the service myrealty.ca provided. It was my first
time selling property and they gave me a feeling of confidence. My sale was
riddled with ups and downs, but myrealty.ca was right beside me to handle 5
offers. Their professionalism, great customer service and availability made
them a pleasure to work with. I could not have done it without them and I am
planning to use their service again to sell my second property. Also it
doesn't hurt that I was able to save a bundle on commissions." |
Tanya & Iain, Toronto, Ontario
May 25, 2008 |
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"We would highly recommend myrealty.ca to anyone
considering selling their property. The exposure through [my local board's MLS® system] listing was great,
we had numerous buyers agents wishing to show the property immediately after
listing. All the information and documents necessary for the sale of the
property provided by myrealty were easy to use and understand. Assistance was
provided during the selling process and questions regarding the sale were
answered promptly through e-mail." |
Colin Ripper, Toronto, Ontario
May 17, 2008 |
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"I am very satisfied with the service myrealty.ca provided. My house was sold in less
than one month. My past experience with other [real estate agents] was somewhat disappointed, I was under the impression that not all
the potential buyers get to see my house through their service. Since I switch to myrealty.ca, I received more response than I
expected from buyers through myrealty.ca. I feel I have full control over the sale of my house, so I really appreciate
the existence of myrealty.ca. I am also very glad that I saved a lot in commission." |
Sujin Chen, Surrey, B.C.
April 17, 2008 |
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"Our experience with myrealty.ca was overall very positive. In addition to getting access to [mls.ca],
which in our opinion is paramount for selling one's house in Ontario, you were very prompt and detailed in answering any
questions that have arisen during this time period. At the same time we were happy to have saved in the range of 4% in
commission fees as compared to using a full service agent. We are now home free! Thank you!" |
Silvia & George, Richmond Hill, Ontario
March 18, 2008 |
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"I want to thank you for the incredible service you have rendered our company
this past year. At a time of rapidly escalating home prices, we have not listed
our homes with brokers in order to pass on the approximately $20,000 in
savings on real estate commissions on the average-priced home to our customers.
This approach has allowed us to continue to offer homes at a price that is
consistently below the market average. However, your reasonable commission
structure has made it possible for us to once again list on [our local board's MLS® system] at a price that
does not affect our competitive advantage over other builders. Your
professionalism and prompt attention to our needs is highly commendable. We
look forward to a continuing relationship." |
Jasmine H. Frye, Ladysmith, B.C.
November 23, 2007 |
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"Thank you very much Mark for all the hard work you provided on the sale of my
property. Not only was the property listed promptly on [my local board's MLS® system], but your help
throughout the entire sales process proved valuable. Your fast response to my
questions was impressive. I enjoyed having full control of the sales process
using your service and I was surprised at how easy and smoothly the sales
transaction went. I will recommend your service to others. Once again thanks
for providing this service." |
Angelo Cina, Mississauga, Ontario
October 9, 2007 |
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"Our experience with myrealty.ca has been a very positive one. All steps are
easily understood, the support is great and so
is the follow-up. We sold our apt in 3 weeks, had numerous visits with and without agents and had multiple offers.
We would definitively recommend the service to anyone interested in selling their property and saving money with little effort.
Thanks again." |
Francois Guibat & Francine Marchand
Now living in Montreal where this service is
unfortunately not offered.
October 4, 2007 |
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"I just want to send you a note of thanks. We greatly appreciate the service you
provide through Myrealty. You literally saved us thousands of dollars in the
selling of our home and gave us all the exposure one could hope for. Your quick
responses by email and phone call was a great comfort to us and went beyond what
we expected. I try to tell everyone I know about this service, and you can
count that I will use it again if I ever need to sell another home." |
Steve Wallace, Warkworth, Ontario
August 14, 2007 |
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"We would like to thank you for all your assistance with the sale of our property in Ontario.
Your service is very simple to use. Having the commission paid when the home is sold was also very useful for us. We were
able to complete the forms and have our property listed on
mls.ca in no time. You provided prompt referrals of potential buyers gave us the
opportunity to maximize the sale price. Your assistance in negotiating and managing the process was also invaluable. We
certainly had a positive experience using MyRealty." |
Paul Clarke, Stouffville, Ontario
June 18, 2007 |
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"Twice we sold property through MyRealty and we are very satisfied with their
service. If we had any questions or concerns with the sales we always got prompt
advice." |
Sophia Keuris, Kamloops, B.C.
May 26, 2007 |
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"We were very happy with the service we received from Mark at myrealty.ca. We
would definitely sell our home this way again and will recommend this method
to others. We sold our townhouse in eight hours! Mark was available to us by
phone every step of the way." |
Daron and Brenda Rutter, Maple Ridge, B.C.
May 17, 2007 |
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"I am the type that
searches for a new home on the internet through the multiply listing service and
only after it interests me do I go physically to look, so when it came time to
sell our house and I came upon myrealty.ca I knew it was perfect for listing our
home. I had checkout all the “sell it yourself” sites on the internet as well
as the local paper and all want money upfront. Myrealty puts your house on [your local board's Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®)] website and you can even have a link to your own
website for more into. We only had our house for sale for two months and it
sold! Mark at Myrealty was also very, very helpful in answering all my
questions and helping us through offers etc. plus the site has many forms that
can be used to make the sale go smoothly. It really was a great way to sell and
I would not only use myrealty again but I would also tell any of my friends that
are thinking of selling to use them. Thank-you." |
Tracy Dunlop, Big Lake Ranch, B.C.
May 8, 2007 |
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"Wow this is our second time using myrealty to sell our home. And once again
it was perfect. I love the ability to control the whole sale of my home myself.
We sold within 2 weeks! We had listed with another agent and it was
horrible. The agent came very highly recommended and he did nothing. He promised
us an open house and didn't show up, he promised another open house and forgot to
put out signs or advertise and then couldn't figure out why no one showed up. All
my husband and I kept saying to each other is that we wished myrealty was in
Alberta. then we checked and he was now in Alberta! we were very excited. And
signed up immediately! This is really the only way to do it. Its very cost
effective and Mark is amazingly helpful. I will never go back to an agent again!
I would and have highly recommended myrealty to anyone wanting to sell their
house." |
The Ditty's, Chestermere, Alberta
April 6, 2007 |
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"Mark was there for us every step of the way and made the sale of our home effortless. myrealty.ca is an easy service,
even for the novice home seller. When the time comes for us to sell again, myrealty.ca is the one we will choose." |
Todd Graziadei and Tiia Meere, Kelowna, B.C.
March 30, 2007 |
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"I was so pleased to
discover myrealty.ca. This is the level of realty service that suited me
perfectly as I could still pursue the “For Sale by Owner” advertising route and
have [a listing through my local board's MLS® system] for a low commission. The added benefit of having a [real estate agent] to help me through the negotiation and completion process (via e-mail and phone)
also proved beneficial. I saved at least $20,000 in commissions and would
definitely list again with myrealty.ca." |
Susan Verver,
CA, Gabriola Island, B.C.
March 21, 2007 |
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"Thanks for the help selling our house. You guys made it very easy and we
especially appreciated the help and advice when we needed it. In total the whole
sale took only 3 weeks once we were set up with you." |
Wayne and Susan, Duncan, B.C.
March 15, 2007 |
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"Myrealty.ca
is a great way to sell your property yourself and get the [exposure through a listing on my local board's MLS® system] that only
[real estate agents] can offer. We sold two properties simultaneously to two different
investors. Both properties were in Courtenay on Vancouver Island and both
investors were coincidently from Edmonton. Both deals were signed within five
days of each other after being listed for about 6 weeks. But here's the best
part: Both sold for 98% of the asking price and neither one of the purchasers
were using a [real estate agent] so no selling commission was paid. We sold $510,000 worth
of real estate and only paid Myrealty.ca $2,550. We're not saying it was
easy, we had about 30 showings over the 6 weeks and each showing had to be
arranged to suit 4 different tenants. But in the end it was well worth it.
Myrealty.ca was the perfect service for us because we weren't afraid to do this
stuff ourselves. Also, Myrealty.ca has their electronic business services down
to a science - very slick! If you don't mind 'playing [real estate agent]' and you want to
save yourself thousands of dollars (we saved about $15,000), then this is the
way to go!" |
Jim & Tessa Stewart, Courtenay, B.C.
February 2, 2007 |
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"Thank you for the sale on my condo in Toronto. I found the process on myrealty.ca to
be extremely helpful, efficient, and user friendly for the do-it-yourself
individual. I saved thousands on real-estate commissions and benefited from [a listing with my local board's MLS® system]. After being disappointed from trying Toronto FSBO sites, myrealty.ca
provided the workable solution I was looking for. Thanks again." |
S. Watkins, Toronto, Ontario
January 10, 2007 |
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"We feel, unequivocally, that we made the right decision by using myrealty.ca. We
recommend myrealty.ca regularly to friends if we feel they are the type who
would want to maintain maximum control over their real estate transaction and
save money on the commission paid. For us, your real estate company, which is
essentially a DIY (do-it-yourself) real estate agency that provides [a listing
on your local board's
Multiple Listing Service®], is the best type of agency to use. Since we
prefer to do for ourselves what traditionally the real estate agent has done, we
don't understand why we should pay an agent via an exorbitantly high
percentage-based commission structure when we are really only using their
services in the final buying or selling stages of a transaction. Also, we have
found through experience that as the real estate market heats, agents sometimes
don't even offer the service that they traditionally have offered, yet they
still collect a significant commission.
For example, we encountered an
agent working for a buyer who would not take the time to accompany his client to
view our property. The client came alone. This agent never physically presented
himself to us as seller prior to an offer being made by his client. This agent
literally was invisible despite the fact that his client was sufficiently
interested to write a serious offer. The offer was presented via fax from the
agent's local office. And for this, the agent would have collected the full
normal commission. The real problem is that clients allow agents to get away
with this nonsense.
Our lawyer literally exclaimed "That's nothing!" when
he saw the commission we paid to myrealty.ca. It is rare for an experienced
lawyer to ever exclaim, but he asked us specifically how we discovered
myrealty.ca since he was impressed by the modest commission.
There is no
question that the myrealty.ca method of buying and selling real estate is the
way of the future. People are more savvy now than in past about the services for
which they pay. With information so readily available via the Internet and
publications, there is no going back to the old way of relying on somebody else
to handle likely the largest financial transaction of your life." |
Murray & Konomi Lycan, Burnaby, B.C.
September 6, 2006 |
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"Thank you for the excellent service provided during the recent sale of my
condo in Coquitlam. After using [my local board's MLS® system] to establish a price, I
listed the property and had offers within a week of the listing date. My final
sale price was 97.5% of the asking price, and I paid only the regular commission
to the buying [real estate agent]. In addition, I used a notary from your recommended list
to process the sale, which resulted in a $500 savings ...Your prompt response to email enquiries and help with the
forms was a big help, and I would fully recommend your services to any
prospective seller." |
Wendell Miles, Edmonton, Alberta
August 26, 2006 |
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"Our experience with myrealty.ca
exceeded our expectations. We managed to sell
our house within two weeks for more than our asking
price. We found that Mark Annable was available
to us at a moment's notice by email and phone.
He was pleasant to deal with, and had some great
suggestions for us while we were in the middle of
dealing with outside [real estate agents] and
their buyers. The people who ended up buying our house found us on the mls.ca website. The 0.5% commission paid to myrealty.ca was excellent value
for the service we received. We told many people about your service and
they were all very surprised to hear that our listing was on [my local board's
MLS® system]. This
was obviously seen as a huge advantage, and we believe that it was.
Thanks again for giving us such great service. Everything went well and
the whole process was straightforward and seamless. Thanks so much!" |
Riette and Dan Kenkel, Mission, B.C.
July 25, 2006 |
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"We were very satisfied with your service. We got quick response to our phone calls and emails and will recommend
you to our friends." |
Sophia Keuris, Chase, B.C.
June 17, 2006 |
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"My experience with your company was exceptional. My house sold in very
short time, 3 months I believe, not bad for Bowden which average listing
time is 5 months, much shorter than listing with FSBO sites or with a
"regular" [real estate agent]. I had more interest once listed with myrealty.ca than
with any other method I used to sell. Thank you so much for providing this
service." |
Elisabeth Edgar, Bowden, Alberta
June 1, 2006 |
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"The experience that we had with
using myrealty was nothing short of outstanding. The process is very simple and
even when there were things that arose that we weren’t sure about help was
always right there, either through the website or a quick e-mail which we always
had a very prompt response from. Our place sold in less then a week with little
to no stress involved. Plus we saved money that, normally, would have found its
way to an agents pocket instead of my family’s
future." |
Chris & Jane
Parfitt, Port Coquitlam, B.C.
May 17, 2006 |
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"I would definitely recommend myrealty.ca to anybody in the market looking to sell their home. I found your system to be very user
friendly and efficient. Being able to sell my home within less than a month, while paying half of the commission that I would pay in a traditional real
estate transacation, made for a great experience." |
J. B., Vancouver, B.C.
March 23, 2006 |
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"Thanks for your help with the sale of my home. I found the process with myrealty.ca to be simple and efficient. I never felt like I was in over my
head. I got the support I needed when I needed it -- even on the weekends. I have already recommended myrealty.ca to friends and colleagues. I think
it's a great concept." |
Zaheer Shivji, Vancouver, B.C.
March 3, 2006 |
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"We wouild like to thank 'myrealty.ca'. Your service was prompt, helpful, simple to use, and best of all our house sold in less than a month doing it your
way. Your fee was so reasonable, we would reccomend your services to any home buyer or seller. Thanks again." |
B and J Hofmann, Cumberland, B.C.
January 14, 2006 |
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"After using MyRealty, we still can't believe how easy it was. Yes, there was
work to do, but we sold our home, saved thousands of dollars, and had a pretty
good time in the process. Thanks to Mark, we learned a lot, and
earned a lot. We highly recommending MyRealty." |
Tim and Rachel Donegan, Coquitlam, B.C.
December 25, 2005 |
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"After trying some of the discount realty services that are available and
being completely dissatisfied, we found the solution that we were looking
for with MyRealty.ca We had the ability to control our own listing, offer
a competitive commission to the buyer's agent, and still sell our home
quickly. MyRealty.ca was the perfect solution for us as we were looking to
save on our selling commission and felt knowledgeable about the market in our
area." |
Heather McQueen, Vancouver, B.C.
October 18, 2005 |
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"With the help of MyRealty I
was able to list my home and show it at my
convenience. My home sold in under 3 months at a high
market rate. I did not have the pressure of a [real
estate agent] suggesting that I should lower the price. Mark was
there to answer any and all questions in a very timely manner. I will use MyRealty
again should I decide to sell and would recommend to
all persons looking to save money on [real estate
agent] fees to list with MyRealty." |
Chimene Olynyk, Kamloops, B.C.
August 28, 2005 |
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"Our experience with MyRealty was tremendous. The process was made straight
forward with the support of the website and when we had questions, they were
answered by Mark within hours. Our neighbours decided to sell their home
and they asked "how we did it". We relayed our experience and they too listed
with MyRealty." |
Dean Holmwood, Sooke, B.C.
August 18, 2005 |
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"My husband and I were concerned about paying out such a large chunk of our
profits to a [real estate agent] for their commission, and remembered a friend telling us
that they had used "myrealty.ca" more than once and were extremely pleased
with the service. He said it's like having a "virtual" [real estate agent] there
for you, guiding you and coaching you thru the whole process.
We
contacted myrealty.ca online and were impressed straight away ! Any questions
we had, were answered promptly. Everything is on line, very informative
and organized.
We found Mark to be very professional, very
helpful, and definitely knows the business which reflects on how he runs
his ship.
myrealty.ca has won us over and we would not hesitate to
recommend myrealty.ca to anyone." |
David and Sherry Montgomery, Abbotsford, B.C.
August 2, 2005 |
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"Great experience, much above expectations and rest of the competition. Will use again." |
Sergey Okountsev, Port Coquitlam, B.C.
July 22, 2005 |
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"This is my first house
sale ever. When I started to look for a [real estate agent] I was shocked at how much they
charged in commission. Then I talked to friends who recently used a traditional
[real estate agent] to sell their houses in today’s hot market. They were all dismayed at
how little work their [real estate agents] did and how much money they took at the end of
the deal. Then I found myrealty.ca and Mark Annable. I read through the web
page and the simple directions on it on how to list our home on [my local
board's MLS® system].
We talked it over and decided that it was worth a try as we had nothing to
loose. Within a few days we had tons of [real estate agents] contacting us and wanting
showing the house. I called and emailed Mark many times panicking fearing that
I did not know what I was doing. He always returned my calls almost immediately
and was calm and reassuring directing me on what steps to take at each junction
of the sale. It took only 3 weeks to sell our house. It was fast and easy and
Mark defiantly earned his small commission. I have recommended him to many of
my friends and fellow police officers as an alternative to expensive [real
estate agents]
and will continue to do so. When I sell my place again I will defiantly be
using myrealy.ca." |
Lisa Byrne, Langley, B.C.
July 8, 2005 |
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"I sold a first house through myrealty.ca and was amazed by the support that was
offered to me, mostly by Mark Annable himself. Swift answers to any of my
questions and simple explanations to administrative process that home owners or
homebuyers dread. I then had to sell a second house 2 years after; last
February. I was quickly approached by famous companies promising me a quick sell
and abundant service. That was not the case and I went back to myrealty.ca to
see that it was the best means. I sold it not long after joining. I sincerely
believe that this company was based on really saving money to people to buy or
sell at a fraction of the cost of large Real Estate companies, without
pretending that these transactions are complicated and demand to pay an agent
to accomplish simple tasks.
I
already recommended myrealty.ca to friends and will keep doing it." |
Danielle Houle, Hope, B.C.
June 20, 2005 |
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"What a great experience! We always wanted to know how
one could list through [my local board's MLS® system] without having to pay the high commissions and we
couldn't figure out a way. Thankfully, Mark found us. The website is very
professional, as is every aspect of Mark's service. Everything we needed was
provided for us, and any questions we had were answered promptly and
thoroughly. It's obvious that the customer comes first with myrealty.ca. We
love that kind of service and wouldn't hesitate to use myrealty.ca again." |
Ron and Shannon MacLeod, Campbell River, B.C.
June 4, 2005 |
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"Your service was the best I have ever had in real
estate dealings. Your professionalism and the unique service you offer was just
what we needed to accomplish selling our home in 7 days.
Again thank you, I still can't believe how quick
you were to respond to our emails and or phone calls, it was quite
impressive." |
Daniel and Karin Turner, Kelowna, B.C.
May 4, 2005 |
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"This is the second home we have sold through your listing services and each time
it has been a smooth, straightforward and highly rewarding process. You have
always been quick to respond to any questions we had and the 'sales' process was
great because we had total control over it. What was even more rewarding was
when our Notary chuckled when explaining the sale expenditure breakdown and how
unusually small the [real estate agent's] commission was compared to more conventional
[real estate agent] based sales!
The other important factor with your service is how
seemless it is, our last property sale was on Quadra Island and we had
absolutley no difficulties with you being based in Vancouver. In fact, it was a
distinct advantage as we had significantly more interest from the Greater
Vancouver region than similar properties on the island being sold by local
realty agencies. We most certainly will continue to recommend your service to
others and will likely make use of your service again in a few
years.
Thanks again for making selling our home a very enjoyable
process." |
Jennifer and Steve Hulme, Quadra Island, B.C.
April 7, 2005 |
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"We found the services of myrealty.ca to be extremely professional and helpful in
the sale of our home in Courtenay, BC. What struck us most was the very well
organized website, full of useful information. Secondly, we were impressed with
the prompt responses from myrealty.ca when we had questions. Most importantly,
though, we were grateful to have found a way to get [listed on my local board's
MLS® system] at a very
reasonable cost. We did end up selling privately, avoiding all commissions to
[real estate agents], and subsequently saved thousands of dollars. We will definately use
myrealty.ca again for future real estate transactions." |
S.B., Courtenay, B.C.
March 31, 2005 |
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"Thank you for the
wonderful frustration-free experience selling my house. I will never hire anyone
to do what I can do myself with the help of yours at the price that is 10 times
less then normal. You know how many times I went back and forth changing my mind
about selling my house. And you made it easier by not penalizing for cancelling
the service and locking my self into agreement to sell the house anyway if it
was submitted to [my local board's MLS® system]. We waited for the right time to do it and you were their
for us. The greatest part of all it is getting the cheque for almost the full
selling price. Wow, there was almost no adjustments on the lawyer’s statement of
proceeds." |
Olga Stevens, Surrey, B.C.
March 23, 2005 |
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"To date we have listed 2 properties with myrealty.ca.
We have had such great response that the 2nd property was sold within the first weekend of being listed.
Mark Annable has helped with any questions we had and guided us through 2 non stressful sales." |
Denis & Lynn Gauthier, Kamloops, B.C.
February 4, 2005 |
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"I am so impressed with the whole concept of myrealty.ca. Things went very
smoothly with the closing of my house in Powell River... I have to say,
initially I had the house listed with [another real
estate agent] ... and all I
experienced was pressure to lower my price...I am very happy with the
results, and thank you very much for your help, especially when I was in the
middle of those offers, and just needed some directives." |
Virginia Iceton, Campbell River, B.C.
September 3, 2004 |
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"Thank-you for the best real estate transaction that I have experienced to date - everything happened as advertised.
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George McCutcheon, Crofton, B.C.
May 25, 2004 |
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"Myrealty.ca has been great and I will use it everytime I
plan to sell my home because of the great assistance from you and the overall
program. Thanks again!" |
Jocelyne Pericas, Maple Ridge, B.C.
April 2, 2004 |
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"Thank you very much for all your support throughout the selling of our home.
You were always there to give advice, look over contracts and answer any
questions we may have had. You answered are calls and e-mails immediately and
sent us any information we need promptly. Thank-you again." |
Rhonda and Darcy Barish, Richmond, B.C.
March 22, 2004 |
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"Myrealty.ca offered the perfect combination for us - full sales exposure on
[my local board's MLS® system] and direct support when we needed it from you, either by your prompt
responses through email or by phone if I fealt I really needed to speak to a
live person. The advice and experience shared by you directly or through
resources on your website gave us all of the information that we needed to
market and sell our property for an extremely "market sensitive" price. In fact,
even though we paid almost the going commission to the selling [real estate
agent] (which was
completely our choice to set), we still calculate that we saved approximately
$4000.00 by listing and selling with myrealty.ca due to your very limited
costs. Because I had bought and sold a property with a [real estate agent] before in the
traditional sense, I felt like I owed it to myself to try the myrealty approach
and see how successful I could be in selling our Lower Mainland condominium. It
was exciting to open our email everyday and see a new message titled "New Buyer
Enquiry". I do admit I was quite apprehensive about being responsible for the
paper work, but as I mentioned earlier with your support and that of an
experienced notary it all flowed so easily as I now reflect. I would not
hesitate in recommending this approach or using it again for my own
sale. Thank you very much for offering an alternative in the business of real
estate transactions. It worked for us." |
N. and A. Chernen, Vancouver, B.C.
March 20, 2004 |
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"We just sold our house through myrealty and it couldn't have been easier. The process is simple, the savings are great and the house sold in less than two weeks! We recommend myrealty to anyone who wants to save money." |
Stevin & Chrissy Ditty, Surrey, B.C.
January 8, 2004 |
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"We found myrealty.ca to be
a wonderful, simple and sensible alternative to selling
our home ourselves, (especially, since saving thousands
of dollars in [real estate agent's] fees appealed to us).
We had great success using myrealty.ca to sell our home.
Myrealty.ca had information and several pictures of
our place posted to their website in a very efficient
and professional manner. Our listing agent/representative
was extremely informative, honest, always available
and more than happy to assist with any questions or
concerns we had. Since having our home listed on mls.ca
is one of the services that myrealty.ca provides (as
is advertising any open houses we wished to have), we
were able to reach prospective buyers on a grand scale.
Enquiries from prospective buyers were directed to our
attention promptly so that we could respond in a timely
fashion.
You don't have to be a genius to sell your home yourself,
you simply need the assistance of myrealty.ca. We give
full credit to myrealty.ca for helping us sell our home.
Thank you!!"
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Willow Hartig, Pitt Meadows, B.C.
November 18, 2003
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"I would like to say that without
myrealty.ca I would not have had the success that I
did in selling my house. The exposure that you afforded
my property both with pictures on your own website and
the access that you provided to mine assured the wide
exposure that had to be the decisive factor in the final
sale. The one-to-one help that you and your staff provided
without delay in the expediting of the paper work was
of the highest quality, and ensured a speedy and efficient
transfer. My lawyer was impressed, my friends were impressed,
and I was impressed and gratified. I wish you and your
company the maximum possible success in the future,
and I would recommend your services to anyone who is
selling or buying a home. I have, in fact, already passed
on your name to three people in that position."
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Peter Mussallem, Madeira Park, B.C.
October 6, 2003
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"Mark, thank you very much for
your personal, efficient and very professional myrealty.ca
with [a listing on my local board's MLS® system]. We had tried to sell our house with
a number of real estate agents but found that once they
got our listing, that was it! Besides the very reasonable
commission charged by myrealty.ca, we received a better
selling price. Also we found an immediate response upon
listing and had more buyers looking at our house with
your service than the total of all previous agents!
Thanks so much."
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Marg. Boyle, North Vancouver, B.C.
September 12, 2003
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"Your personal "hands on"
attitude was a tremendous help for me as I struggled
to sell my property. [A listing on my local board's MLS®
system] proved to be the best medium
to market Lot 9. My effort with a personal web page
needed and received proven professional assistance from
your office for which I am very grateful. Keep up the
good work!"
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Barry Patterson, Kelowna, B.C.
August 30, 2003
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"To Mark at Myrealty.ca. Thank you Mark and
your company for your willing and prompt assistance
when needed and the expert guidance talking me through
the PDF forms when I encountered a slight stumbling
block. In reality the PDF forms you provide are very
understandable and easily completed on line ready for
printing. Perhaps the best testimonial came from my
Lawyer who commented that he wished all his real estate
undertakings were as easy as mine was for him. I took
the completed forms to him and the purchaser took a
copies to his Lawyer, the next call I got was to go
and sign the completed deal, little wonder the Lawyer
was so pleased. The first enquiry came to my house before
I knew that you had already put the house on to [my
local board's
MLS® system]. As you know I sold the house in less than a month
and not one day passed without at least 3 phone enquiries
resulting in viewers, calls kept coming even after I
had accepted the offer, of which I was content with bu the way, so I know that had I been willing to keep
the house on the market I may have been able to fetch
an even better price but I was very happy with the prospective
purchasers and what is more important the swiftness
with which dealing with "myrealty.ca" helped
me bring about an uncomplicated conclusion to the deal.
Considering that you gave me the same [listing on my
local board's MLS® system] the
the regular real estate companies give, I cannot understand
why anyone would want to use a real estate agent and
pay such high commision fees, for what? nothing more
than you provided and very little effort on my part.
The most important thing for me was that I was able
to "SHOW" my house in the way I wanted to
and not be jossled out of sight while an agent would
show my house in a purely business like, impersonal
fashion. After all it would be one of many on his list
that day and he does not know the intimate details of
ones home. When I showed my house I found it an enjoyable
experience being able to be proud about this and that
and those details go a long way influencing the prospective
buyer. Go for "myrealty.ca" I say and forget
the "others". Thanks Mark for a job well done
for me."
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Bill Norton, New Westminster, B.C. June, 2003
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"Being a web-based service, I was expecting
minimal service and human interaction. However, I was
plesantly surprized with the quality and timely personal
service provided by Mark and myrealty.ca. For people
who are serious about selling their property, [a
listing on my local board's MLS® system] is
the way to go, and myrealty.ca provides [a listing on
your local board's MLS® system]
basically at cost. The service was very professional,
comprehensive, and above all, saved me thousands of
dollars."
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Clark Lim, Burnaby, B.C. April, 2003
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"Excellent coverage, professionally handled,
immediate results, easy to use. Thanks Mark."
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Peter Dobbs, Courtenay, B.C. February, 2003
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"Mark, thank you for a valuable and cost-effective
service! You helped make the sale of our home much easier
than we expected, and demystified some assumptions we
had about our own abilities in selling our home. It
was also a great way for us to gain some insights into
negotiating our next deal when we buy our next home."
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Derek Sam, Burnaby, B.C. January 30, 2003
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"You saved us about five thousand on [real
estate agent's]
fees. You come highly recommended from us."
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Steve Messer, Maple Ridge, B.C.
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"We would like to thank you for all your
help and advice."
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Traci & Domenic Spooner, West Vancouver,
B.C.
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"We just wanted to say thank-you for al your
help with selling our home. We never thought selling
our house would be this simple and easy."
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Jas & Amritpal Nagra, Burnaby,
B.C.
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"...I saved a ton of money...I got immediate
response from buyers and was pleasantly surprised to
discover how smooth the sales process was to manage."
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Shane Peden, Vancouver, B.C.
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"...we found it much easier than using a
traditional real estate agent."
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Joseph J. Fellner, Vancouver, B.C.
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"We saved a bundle on the commission on the
listing agent side...I wish you all the best."
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Brenda Arnold, Burnaby, B.C.
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"...we tried to sell our townhouse ourselves,
with little success in attracting qualified buyers...once
we listed...we got immediate response from [real
estate agents]
and clients who were ready to buy. Best of all we saved
a lot of money."
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Allan and Michelle Saugstad, Vancouver,
B.C.
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"We had a reasonably good response to our
home-made 'For Sale' sign, but weekly ads in the major
daily were running us into higher costs. When we saw
the chance to put our property on [my local board's Multiple Listing
Service®] at very reasonable rates, we jumped. Competent
and friendly advice guided us through the documentation
and led to a happy ending with a sale."
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Wm. D. Thompson, West Vancouver, B.C.
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"...thank-you for all your help with the
quick sale of our apartment. It went so smoothly that
we have recommended your company to our friends and
will probably do this way when we sell again."
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Jennifer Matthews, Vancouver, B.C.
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"The main thing from our standpoint was to
gain access to [my local board's MLS® system] - which you provide at a very
reasonable cost, we estimate that we saved about $5,500-."
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Al Moran, Langley, B.C.
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"Just a quick note to thank you for all the
support you provided when we were selling our home...Our
questions were quickly answered and your support was
outstanding. Each time we called or sent an e-mail
the response time was within the same day, often a
couple of hours."
"...our townhome was listed with a [real
estate agent]
for several months. We had a great deal of interest,
however, as we needed to compensate for the [real
estate agents]
commission, we were priced over the market and failed
to sell our home."
"We have already shared our success with
our friends and we are confident that ...they will
enjoy the same professionalism, outstanding service
and success that we did when selling our home."
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Ken and Kim Cousins, Port Coquitlam,
B.C.
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