America-at-Home Real Estate was started in the early part of 2001. Diane Webster the founder and owner was working as a real estate agent and mortgage broker with one of the large franchise companies in Bellevue, Washington. Although, Diane had been in the industry nearly 20 years at that point she was more experienced in building real estate service companies than actually selling real estate. Success at building real estate businesses she found was quite different to helping her clients sell and purchase property. She quickly recognized that large real estate firms had their own agenda and gave little room for imagination and customization of services for their clients. Actually she found the traditional model of real estate lacking seriously in providing the services sellers and buyers really needed. With the advent of the Internet many of the services once only offered through Realtors were now available directly to the consumer, but it seemed commissions were still unrealistically high and unfair. It wasn’t long before it became clear that sellers were pretty fed up paying agents 6% to sell their home when they no longer needed them to do much of the work. And buyers didn't need the 6% rolled into the price either. A light bulb went off and her entrepreneurial spirit took over, she left the big franchise company and started her own brokerage to offer consumers more options. She developed one of the first Flat Fee concepts that would allow the seller more control over their sale by doing some of the work themselves. Her clients now would only be paying for the services that they needed from a professional and not bundled services that didn't suit the current market. In the process they would save thousands of dollars of their hard earned equity on their transaction. For Buyers she offered a rebate that would help them pay for their closing costs. Today 2009, AAH is still around and doing well, even while many of our competitors have left the business. The company as a whole has saved homeowners more than $9,000,000 in commissions and rebates. We have added to our original menu of services and have just launched the only Do-It-Yourself "Buyer Assist Representation Kit" known of. Buyer's now can conduct their own residential purchase with our assistance and keep 100% of the buyer's agent commission in exchange for a flat fee.
America-at-Home Real Estate has also developed an exclusive network of real estate agents and companies around the country who offer similar services for our out of state clients. Whether you are looking to sell your home in Washington or Oregon, where we have corporate owned offices or Arizona, Georgia, California, Texas and other states, we have experienced real estate professionals to list and help you buy in almost every market.
We sincerely look forward to working with you and helping you sell or buy your next home and save thousands of dollars in the process. Please call us if you have any questions.
Sincerely, Diane
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