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In this down market, it pays to ask for less

Closing costs can bite you

'Unbundler' helps sell-it-yourselfers

"We listed on craigslist [craigslist.org, which offers free real estate listings nationwide], and we got some responses from that," she said. "We advertised for two or three weeks in the newspaper, and not one person came to see it."

Ultimately, they found a flat-fee real estate broker who -- for under $500 -- offers the all-important exposure in the Multiple Listing Services maintained by the real estate industry. Derek Eisenberg's Hackensack-based firm, Multiple Listing System (multiplelistingsystem.com and a variety of other URLs) is part of the Continental Real Estate Group.

Eisenberg says he's not a discounter, but an "unbundler" of real estate services. He can list your home on the nationwide MLS service, Realtor.com, as well as on local sites and his own site, for a flat fee. He can sell you signs or rent you an electronic lockbox. For a half of a percentage point, his company will help you negotiate your sale.

Of course, if a real estate agent brings a buyer to the seller, the seller has to pay the usual 3 percent commission of the buyer's agent.

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