Ben Pahl
Stuart and his MadCity Homes team was exactly what we were looking for. They did a great job. We decided to sell our house "For Sale By Owner" but we still wanted public exposure on the major websites and for realtors to see the listing on their MLS system. Stuart's flat-fee MLS listing service made that happen. He came out to the house to take pictures and review the listing paperwork. Later that afternoon, our listing was on all public sites with beautiful pictures of the house. With his flat fee listing service, we were responsible for showing the house, engaging with realtors and prospective buyers, hanging a lock box with a key on the front door for when other realtors were showing the house, negotiations, paperwork, handling written offers, and counter offers etc. I have a fair amount of experience with real estate transactions. I was comfortable navigating all of that. But it can be an overwhelming undertaking to someone who does not know what they are doing. If you do not feel comfortable handling the negotiations and paperwork yourself, Stuart and his team also have a higher flat fee option in which they will assist with paperwork / contracting / negotiations. With this option, you still handle your showings, but they help with all the legal stuff / paperwork. Beyond that, they also offer full service listing at a reduced 4% commission (2% for them and 2% for buyers agent) if you want them to handle everything (including showings). They are a local Madison area firm. They do good work at a good price. Our house sold in a day and a half once it was on the public websites. We ended up with numerous showings and two buyers got into a bidding war. We ended up selling our place for well over ask. That would not have been possible without the MLS listing Stuart helped us with.
