If you live in the Chicago area or you have a home that you want to sell you may be wondering if you have any other options available to you as far as advertising your listing goes. You may have tried classified sites, the paper, magazines, etc. Nothing has worked so far or at least not as well as you had hoped - especially for the money you spent.

You may have even tried an Agent only to find that the fees were so high for his or her commissions that you had to actually raise the price on your house. This led to nothing but problems because now no one wants to buy your home because it's TOO expensive! Well I have another great option for you that you just may want to try.

Not only is it cost-efficient to you, but its also time effective and you are in control of everything. That's right. You get to pick when the listing gets sent out, what it looks like, what info it includes, and what percentage the Buyer Agent gets. You will have to pay them something - since you can't choose zero percent. But it can be as high or as low as you want.

These options I'm speaking about are Chicago flat fee MLS listing packages. These are sites in which you can buy a package for your listing. The listing will be included in ANY state that you want as well as surrounding areas such as cities and towns within that state. The Chicago flat fee MLS will place your listing on ALL the major Realtor sites - just like an agent but again, without the large fees. The benefits of these packages is absolutely outstanding. Let's take a look at a few:

Illinois Flat Fee MLS Listing Package: $175

Your Illinois Flat Fee MLS Listing package includes the following items:

Listing in the local Realtors MLS, maximum photos in the MLS, for up to six months!

Access to Comparative Market Analysis!

ChicagoTribune

DailyHerald

Realtor listing + hundreds of the Real Estate Internet Websites!

Listing Paperwork: Sales Contracts, and State required Property Disclosures!

Answers to Real Estate Questions!

Free changes, and price reductions!

Yard Sign - "Buyers Agent" Friendly, includes a place for your telephone number!

As you can see above - this entire package is for just under $200. It gets placed on all major Real Estate sites plus the other websites mentioned. You can use this if you have homes for sale, properties, rentals, rent to owns and much more. Any questions you might have will be answered directly. No more waiting around or guessing!

Now you can receive maximum exposure for your property to ALL the people in that specific state. This really works like a charm. I know because I have found homes as a buyer through people who have used these Chicago Flat Fee MLS! Wouldn't you rather pay a low one time fee than an Agent for a much larger fee? I know I would! Plus, I like having control of what goes on - and in this situation you have just that!

These can be found for other states as well depending on the site you are on. I find that on a lot of these MLS package sites you have a scrolling menu option that allows you to pick from any of the states in North America. So these programs aren't just useful for Chicago people but for people across the entire country!