We had an absolutely wonderful Realtor here that would of course help us buy, but would also do flat fee listings on the sell side.

A good staging company who owns their own furniture can generally cost less than just renting the furniture yourself without the staging part.When we hire stagers in areas where we don't have furniture, we try to negotiate a flat 2 month rate, with additional months at an additional monthly charge.

Others collect a monthly fee and a flat-fee on every transaction..

Some flat fee agents will post on MLS and Realtor.com, you could look for one that does.

John Moore I have done a small amount of research on properties for sale in the area (still not sure of the best ways to do my research) that may have been in the path of Sandy, and from what I've seen homes are either just flat out, out of my price range, or have a substantial amount of damage that would bring them out of my price range with repairs.

This will scrape the grout to a flat level with the tile.

Any thoughts on which would be better in a very flat RE market like Omaha/Lincoln that wasn't very affected by the recession?

These might also be people who would be targets for flat out making rehab loans to.

An undermount is just flat and plain, unless you have fancy finished edges.Before I changed to overmount, I had an undermount, and the mounting hardware was rusted, and the sink was becoming detached from the counter.Overmount is pretty much maintenance free.

But, if you're going to sell to the institutional investors, you're likely going to have to go through their agents and pay a commission (unless you have an inside connection).As for listing on the MLS, you can do a flat fee listing, or you can find an agent you trust to list for you and to pass you the contact info of the people who call.