JEF KARCHIN · REALTY

San Diego · Orange · LA · Riverside · San Bernardino · Palm Springs

Stop paying
6% to sell
your home.

List your home in the REALTORS® Multiple Listing Service for a small flat fee, and keep the commission a full-service agent would have taken.

FSBO · Flat-Fee MLS Broker · 20 Years, Southern California

On a $200,000 home

Traditional 6% agent $12,000
MLS input, you find the buyer $300
You keep $11,700

What you're actually paying for

A full commission buys a list of things you may not need.

Here's the standard package a 6% listing agent sells — and the reason most of it doesn't require paying a full commission.

MLS Entry
Yard Sign
Lockbox
Fliers
Advertising
Open Houses
Offer Negotiation
Agent Caravans
Financing Referral

Most homes aren't sold by the listing agent — they're found in the MLS by a cooperating agent from another office. The MLS is the tool that matters. You don't need to pay 6% for access to it.

Services & fees

List your home for a flat fee.

I have 24/7 access to the MLS and list your property directly — plus the optional extras below. You still choose the buyer's-agent commission, typically 2–3%, and you keep the rest.

Core ServiceCost
MLS — San Diego$300
MLS — LA, Orange, Riverside & San Bernardino Counties$300
MLS — Palm Springs / Desert Cities$300
Optional Add-OnsCost
Lockbox rental — SentriLock electronic (San Diego)$200
Lockbox rental — Supra electronic (outside San Diego)$200
Virtual tour on MLS + Realtor.com, with your name, phone & description$125
Sign / post rental (San Diego)$125
Subsequent change to listing$25
First change to listingFree
Comparable sales reportFree
Color picture on MLS (where allowed)Free
Listing syndicated to Realtor.com, Trulia, Zillow & more (basic listing, per local MLS rules)Free
Prequalifying buyers & financing guidanceFree
20 customer-provided digital photos (San Diego)Free

All prices assume you complete the contract and listing input form. If you'd like me to complete the paperwork for you, that's an additional $50.

The math, spelled out

Same MLS exposure. A fraction of the cost.

Your listing goes into the MLS exactly like one from a full-price agent — same exposure, same reach. You still decide whether, and how much, to pay a buyer's agent.

MLS input · you find the buyer

$300

Saves $11,700 vs. a 6% agent

MLS input · sold by a cooperating agent

$6,300

Saves $5,700 vs. a 6% agent

Traditional 6% agent

$12,000

The full-commission baseline

Beyond the listing

Help is available when you need it — still at a discount.

Listing with me isn't the end of the service. As a licensed broker I can step in wherever you want support, without the full 6% price tag.

OFFERS & ESCROW

$1,000 flat

Reviewing your buyer's offer, preparing counteroffers, drafting a contract if the buyer has no agent, and providing the standard California disclosure forms — plus referrals to escrow, title, pest control, inspection, and home-warranty companies.

BUYING NEXT?

Cash back at close

I'll rebate up to 33% of my commission on your next home if you find it yourself in any California MLS listing and I represent you as buyer's broker.

FINANCING

New loans & refinancing

As a licensed Home Loan Mortgage Broker and member of the San Diego Association of Realtors and Southern California MLS, I help secure competitive rates with no or low fees.

About

Jef Karchin

Serving Southern California with 20 years of experience in real estate sales and investments — San Diego, Orange, LA, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, plus Palm Springs.

A panelist at the National Association of REALTORS® convention in Orlando (2004), speaking on open listings.

  • California DRE Broker License #00597402
  • Member, San Diego Association of Realtors
  • Member, Southern California MLS
  • Licensed Home Loan Mortgage Broker

Get in touch

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Office8755 Sparren Way, San Diego, CA 92129
LicenseCA DRE #00597402
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