Working with our listings
These are ordinary listings in the MLS, published under a licensed brokerage. The difference is who you are dealing with on the other side, and a few things about how showings and offers are handled.
Buyer agents
Six things worth knowing before you show one of these.
Compensation is per listing, and it is the seller's call
Whether a seller offers buyer-agent compensation, and on what terms, is set on that listing and subject to brokerage policy. There is no site-wide rate and no default, if a listing offers something, it is stated on the listing.
You book showings through the scheduler
Slots reflect the seller's real availability, notice period and daily cap, so a time you can pick is a time that works. Some sellers require a licensed agent or proof of funds before confirming; the listing tells you which.
Access details arrive close to the appointment
Lockbox and alarm information is released in a window around a confirmed showing, after you acknowledge the terms. It is never in an email or a calendar invite, and every reveal is logged.
Offers go through the offer form, not into an inbox
Terms are captured as fields so the seller can compare offers side by side rather than reading six PDFs. You can attach the signed contract; the fields are what make it comparable.
Buyer letters are quarantined by default
A letter about your client's family or plans for the home is a fair-housing exposure for the seller, so it is not forwarded automatically. Keep it out and let the terms do the work.
The seller is unrepresented, and that changes things
You are working opposite a homeowner, not another agent. A licensed broker reviews the listing, but nobody on that side is advising them on your offer.
Photographers and other vendors
You can list what you do here. Set up a profile, describe each service with what it includes and what it costs, and we show it to sellers and buyers at the point in their process where that work is actually useful. A photographer appears when somebody has just finished their listing details, not on the day they close.
No per-lead fees and no paid placement. Nothing you could buy changes where you appear. For licensed real estate work diyre is the broker of record: the customer pays the diyre brokerage, which pays the agent 95% and keeps 5%. For title, escrow, mortgage, appraisal, inspection and legal work federal law forbids a referral fee outright, and we take nothing.
Anything needing a state licence is checked against the issuing register by a person before it is shown to anyone, and it stops being shown the day that licence expires. Nothing appears until your profile has been reviewed.
Reviews are real, and only somebody who actually hired you can leave one. You get one public reply to each, and a review cannot be removed for being unfavourable.
What is not built: payments and scheduling. An enquiry reaches you with the person’s contact details and you take it from there.
Lenders, title and escrow
We do not take a referral fee, a per-lead fee, or anything contingent on a closing from a settlement service provider, and we are not looking to. That rules out the arrangement most platforms would want to discuss, and it is deliberate, RESPA §8 exists for good reasons and a seller should be able to trust that nobody paid to be suggested to them.
If a seller or buyer brings you into a transaction, you get a participant account scoped to the milestones you actually need, a lender sees financing and appraisal, a title company sees title and closing, and neither sees the rest.