Having bought property in the recent past using “real estate .com” web site almost entirely in the search and weeding out process it became apparent to me what a powerful marketing tool the internet was to present your property to prospective buyers. If only I could find some one offering such a service to get the property up on Real estate .com minus the other services and accompanying hefty commission’s of other agents. A Google search brought up “place2live” offering just such a service called “assistance to you”. Despite the skepticism of family an friends I decided to give it a go. Even though I have never met Jens I was impressed by his professional approach. He has an impressive set of tools at his disposal which he is prepared to use to help you. He encouraged me to present extra things for the internet eg drawing up a floor-plan. [something I have rarely seen]. His willingness to use Emails for communication was excellent. The result was more than one serious inspection the first day it was up on the internet. With offer and contract soon to follow. We have already recommended “place2live” to others. I Aspland
working2gether FAQ:
Q1: Why should I use place2live to sell my property?
Q2: How can it be so cheap selling with place2live – is
this an internet SCAM?
Q3: What am I supposed to do to get this cheap rate?
Q4: Will place2live produce the actual Contract of Sale?
Q5: Why can’t I simply just list my property on
realestate.com.au myself?
Q6: Do I get a "Service Guarantee"?
Q7: How quickly can you list my property?
Q8: Can I cancel the listing at any time?
Q9: Can I get my own contact details included in the
advertisement?
Q10: What services are included with the Service Set-Up Fee?
Q11: What are the Optional Extras services?
Q12: How many updates can be made to my listing on the
internet?
Q13: How many photos can be uploaded?
Toll Free Number: 1 800 place2live
- 1 800 752 232 - Headquarters: 07 3289 4460
or e-mail: contact@place2live.com.au or use the contact form
#Q1: Why should I use place2live to sell my property?
A: place2live is a professional real estate agency
registered with the Queensland Office of Fair Trading and the New South Wales Office of Fair Trading. We assist sellers of
property anywhere in Queensland and New South Wales with a quick and inexpensive sale of their
property. The listing option is a joint effort including
2 parties – you and us. You do a little bit of work and we do the rest. The
listing is a 28 day open listing.
· You pay a Service Set-Up Fee of $900 + a Monthly (28 days) Service Fee of $99 (including GST)
when signing the listing agreement
· Your can select to continue the listing (if required)
for an additional 28 days, you only pay the Monthly Service Fee of $99
including GST for each additional 28 day listing period.
If you want to list your property, just click HERE!
#Q2: How can it be so cheap selling with place2live – is
this an internet SCAM?
A: Our costs are based on a reasonable hourly rate and
our years of experience servicing sellers of real estate. We operate with a very
low profit margin, we don’t need to pay a 10% franchise fee; we don’t need to
cover the extra costs of running a shop-front based operation. We offer a FULL SERVICE listing option with one
major exception – we save heaps of time and money by NOT showing your property
to potential buyers - we leave that to you (the seller always know the property much better than a real estate agent). By not having us showing your property to
potential buyers and due to our very low operational overheads we can offer you
a substantial saving (most clients save between $12,000 to $15,000).
You can check out our credentials by visiting the following
government web sites:
1) Australian Securities & Investment Commission:
2) QLD Government Office of Fair Trading:
Check a licence here
3) NSW Government Office of Fair Trading Check a licence here
You can obviously also do a simple Google search for Jens
Raun the founder and principal of place2live
If you want to list your property, just click HERE!
#Q3: What am I supposed to do to get this cheap rate?
A: You don't need to do a lot:
- you take the photos or we arrange a Professional
Photographer to take the photos
- you create a draft ad text and we or a professional Copy
Writer complete the work
- you show your property to potential buyers at times
convenient to you
we do the rest!
If you want to list your property, just click HERE!
#Q4: Will place2live produce the actual Contract of Sale?
A: place2live will make a follow-up call to any potential "hot buyers" identified by you and we will manage the contract negotiations to a successful completion - if at all possible. We are "pros" and used to successfully negotiating $1,000,000+ sales contracts. When we have reached an agreement regarding the terms and conditions for the sale we forward the contract details to your solicitor/conveyancing agent
If you want to list your property, just click HERE!
#Q5: Why can’t I simply just list my property on
realestate.com.au myself?
A: Realestate.com.au will only allow registered real
estate agencies to list properties for sale on their web site and they don’t
allow agents to offer listings as private sale assistance (for more info visit
realestate.com.au Private Listing Policy)
If you want to list your property, just click HERE!
#Q6: Do I get a "Service Guarantee"?
A: Yes! You get a "Money Back Guarantee". If you find showing your property to potential buyers is not working for you, then you can ask place2live to produce a joint exclusive listing agreement that will also include a local agency (but you will obviously have to pay a sales commission in this set-up). If place2live together with your local agency manage to sell your property, then you will be reimbursed ALL the money you have paid for the initial listing agreement. The money will be paid to you when we have settlement on the sale of your property.
You have got everything to win and nothing to lose when using our service and you
may save thousand of dollars – so why not give it a go?
If you want to list your property, just click HERE!
#Q7: How quickly can you list my property?
A: If all paperwork and payments has been done then you can expect to have your property listed on the
internet within a few hours and maximum 1 business day after the ad text has been completed and and the photos has been uploaded to the place2live property management web site.
If you want to list your property, just click HERE!
#Q8: Can I cancel the listing at any time?
A: Yes! You can cancel the listing at any time, but please
allow us 2 business days to remove your listing from the internet. If you don’t
want to be charged the on-going Monthly (28 days) Service Fee then you will need to
formally cancel your listing with us minimum 5 business days before the end of your
current 28 day listing period (e.g. if your property went live on
realestate.com.au on Friday the 1st of January 2010 then you will need to
send us your cancellation request via e-mail to stoplisting@place2live.com.au
on Saturday the 24th of January 2010 before 5 pm local time Brisbane). Please note that If you have cancelled your listing and want to re-list your property at a later time with us, then
you will once again have to pay the Service Set-Up Fee. If you know that you only want to stop the property listing for a period (not exceeding 6 months) then we can offer to put your property "on hold" and restore the listing if you pay an up-front "on-hold" fee of $250. By paying the "on-hold" fee you will NOT have the pay the Service Set-up Fee of $900, but only the Monthly Service Fee of $99 when you reactivate your listing.
If you want to list your property, just click HERE!
#Q9: Can I get my own contact details included in the
advertisement?
A: No! We would be in breach of the terms and conditions for listing on the realestate.com.au web site (for more info visit realestate.com.au Private Listing Policy).
If you want to list your property, just click HERE!
#Q10: What services are included with the Service Set-Up Fee?
A: We provide the following services to you at no extra cost:
* free access to the PriceFinder web site - Australia's Most Accurate Property PriceFinder used by leading valuers and real estate agencies when determining the "fair market" value of a property
* pricing strategy
* development
of ad text
based on your input
* list your
property on realestate.com.au as a standard listing
* list your property on domain.com.au as a standard listing
* list your property on onthehouse.com.au
* list your
property on property.com.au
* list your
property on justlisted.com.au
* list your
property on homehound.com.au
* list your
property on myhome.com.au
* list your property on thehomepage.com.au
* list your property on ninemsn.com.au
* list your property on news.com.au
* list your property on yahoo7.com.au
* list your
property on e-bay.com.au
* list your
property on place2live.com.au
* mentioning your proeprty listing in a "tweet" on the following social networks:
* myspace
* manage contract negotiations
* forward contract details to your solicitor
* manage any
non-legal issues up to settlement
If you want to list your property, just click HERE!
#Q11: What are the Optional Extras services?
A: Unlike other internet only based real estate agencies
we include most of our services in the Service Set-Up Fee and the Monthly
Service Fee (see Q10 above). If you would like to increase the saleability of
your property, you may consider one or more of our Optional Extras (prices
includes GST):
* here you find info about the Optional Extras services
If you want to list your property, just click HERE!
#Q12: How many updates can be made to my listing on the
internet?
A: We recommend that you make updates to your
advertisement on a weekly basis, this includes changing the headline text, changing photos and the body advertisement text.
If you want to list your property, just click HERE!
#Q13: How many photos can be uploaded?
A: We use the maximum number of photos allowed to be uploaded to the
realestate.com.au web site and the other property web sites (26 photos + 2 floor plans), but you can upload 30 photos and 5 floor plans (so you can easily rotate the images).
If you want to list your property, just click HERE!