Fizber.com
Jerry
"Best way to sell FSBO!"
Fizber was great to work with! They provided excellent and timely service. Their promotional package was very well done and featured our home better than any other real estate service we used. We have recommended Fizber to others and we would certainly use them again.
Terry Rogers
"FIZBER MLS is not worth your time and money!"
Fizber does put your ad on other sites, but if you pay extra and use the MLS service, you will be wasting your money. The local Realtors will blackball your MLS listing, and encourage prospective buyers to look at a different property than yours. Fizber also works with realtors that they try to encourage you to list with. But the realtors that they work with also will not bother to show your house, even if you pay Fizber to have it put on the MLS, unless you actually list with their agent. I told my friend that I believed the realtors were black balling my listing, so my friend sent out emails to several realtors asking for more information about my property. Out of 10 realtors that she contacted, only 2 bothered to try to help her, although one of them did try to steer her away from the property and look at something else. Another realtor told her it was no longer available! And 2 of the agents that ignored her completely were agents that supposedly work with Fizber! I also had an open house recently, and even though I was supposedly listed on the local MLS, my open house date was not allowed to be viewed by the public. They would not post the open house on the MLS locally. So, I personally invited 15 different realtors to the open house, and told them that I would pay them an additional $500 along with their 3% commission if they attended the open house, and then find me a buyer. Not 1 realtor bothered to show up to the open house. And once again, two of these realtors were Fizber affiliated realtors, neither of which bothered to reply or to show up to the open house. I discussed my concerns that I was having with Don Shab from Fizber, but his only concern seemed to be that I had not signed with one of the Fizber affiliated agents, and that if I signed with one of them, I would have better results. So, that tells me that Fizber is not about FSBO as they claim to be, since they just want to push one of their affiliate agents down your throat. Kind of defeats the whole purpose of "for sale by owner", doesn't it? And why would I want to use one of their agents when they ignored my friend's request for more information about my property? And they ignored my open house request which would have netted them an additional $500? Hardly the kind of realtor that I want to use to try to sell my home. Judge for yourself.....but I suggest you really think long and hard before giving this company any of your hard earned money!
05/14/2015: Rebuttal to Fizber's Reply:
I am simply stunned by Fizber's reply (see below). They try to make me out to be some kind of a jerk because I have not used their online "free" tools available to me. And they also stated that I priced my property higher than the comparable analysis that their agent gave me, and stated that I did not listen to any of the agent's suggestions. This just shows that Fizber has no clue as to what is going on. I have a copy of the actual comparable market analysis which I received from their agent, which was priced at $239,500. And Zillows zestimate for my property is $10K higher than my asking price! Also, their market analysis agent recommended that I separate the home price from the boat slip, which I did. And my asking price of $199,900 plus $35K for the boat slip is $4600 lower than the suggested listing price that their agent recommended. So either Fizber is lying to try to make themselves look better, or their agent is lying to them about the recommended listing price of the evaluation. Either way, this is really a very poor and inaccurate response on Fizber's part. As far as me not using any of their available marketing tools, that also is untrue. A video tour was created, along with a digital property brochure, and links to these are posted on every available real estate web page that I am listed on. And I have shared my property info on Pinterest, Facebook, and Craigslist, I just did not do it through Fizber's site. I have printed and distributed fliers, just not Fizber's fliers, as they are not the only site that has this option available, and I have found better looking fliers elsewhere. And I have put up a yard sign, just not Fizber's yard sign. I have also held an Open House, and listed the open house through their MLS listing, but it was black balled by the local realtors. Everything that they offer that is free, I have done, I just have not done it all through their site. My property is listed on over 25 different real estate web pages, most of which I had to list my ad personally, since Fizber does not list on many of these sites. I have listed my property in over 20 different states on Craigslist, and it is renewed every 48 hours. And my property is listed in two local classified papers. Most of what Fizber offers to market your home is not free, but they failed to mention that in their reply. But what Fizber is really missing from my original comments is the fact that listing your property on the local MLS is a total waste of money, if the local realtors are going to ignore the listing and not show the property. Realtors are banning together against the low price MLS listings, and refusing to show them because they do not want to lose the ability to list properties and receive a 3% commission. They do very little work to list a property, yet they receive half of their income from listing properties. So, places like Zillow, Fizber and ForSaleByOwner are a huge threat to their bottom line. It does not matter which internet service you choose to pay for the MLS service, they will all get the cold shoulder from the local realtors. And that also holds true with the realtors that Fizber uses, even though Fizber does not seem to be aware of this.
And for those of you that are skeptical about the facts that I have stated here as to the local realtors banning together against the MLS entries coming from such web sites, I have one more bit of info on this. I am friends with an upper management representative of the second largest independent residential real estate brokerage firm in the United States, HomeSevices of America, Inc., and he acknowledges the fact that the realtors will stick together to try to save their listing fees from disappearing to such sites as Fizber, Zillow and ForSaleByOwner. His suggestion: find a good realtor and get your house listed, if you really want to sell it!
So, Fizber, back off on the negative comments on how I am not doing enough to try and sell my property. You have no idea how much work I have put into this process, and I guarantee I have done more than any realtor will ever do for me. But I am only one person working alone, where the realtors are a complete network that is working together, and when this network decides to work against you, there is not much hope for a successful sale. I am by no means attacking Fizber, I am just stating how the listing on the local MLS, whether through your site, or one of your competitors, is a waste of money, when the local realtors are going to boycott your listing. And that includes the local realtors that Fizber is using, whether or not the people at Fizber actually realize it or not!
Joanna
"SCAM"
Do NoT use this site! They don't tell you that you will lose the ability to change your listing information and lose complete control of your listing info. They listed our home on multiple sites with the wrong PRICE and wrong info and would not change it. BEWARE they are scammers!!!
Jay Garris
"FIZBER.COM Besy Website to Help Homeowners achive RESULTS"
We HIGHLY recommend Fizber.Com to anyone trying to realize the most exposure in this highly competitive Real Estate markets.
We listed our High End Ranch Property in Colo.
Not only did they quickly list our property on all the sites they said. When a problem arose they went out of their way to fix issues. The professionalism displayed and given, more than outweighs the small glitch we had.
If you have any questions about listing with Fizber.Com Rest assured your hopes and needs will be MORE than realized.
We like to single out Zack our Customer Service Representative as a true asset to the Fizber Organization. He and others at Fizber continue to support our efforts.
Regards
Jay G. Ten Peaks Ranch
SW Mountains of Colorado 5/2014
Tim W
"Great help with getting my listing set up and rolling"
I just began my listing a few days ago, but my first impression has been very favorable regarding the support for my online listing. I found a few issues when going live with the listing, contacted support, and received immediate feedback. We discovered that a slight bug existed and the team immediately began working on the situation. Plus, I also received a phone call to help me correct the issues directly on the main server.
I will provide more feedback regarding the selling experience!
James G
"Great way to sell your house....with free marketing tools"
Very impressive website. They offer a bunch of free marketing and listing tools. After listing on Fizber, I received very professional marketing materials and video that I could share online and through Facebook, etc. The also posted my listing to Trulia, Zillow, etc. Very cool.
Lloyd
"Enjoyed the free listing and free marketing tools"
I listed my home on Fizber for free. The marketing tools are amazing. Better than other for sale by owner sites I have visited. I had questions about how to share the marketing tools that they provide and they were very responsive. The negative comments below are all 3+ years old. I wanted to give a new perspective because I think a lot has changed with the site since the negative comments below were made.
beddie
"Deceptive behavior"
They list houses that were sold over a year ago. Look closely to see they mention on the listing page, "Listing expired" but not the fact that it actually was sold. If you save the listing in PDF you'll see that it was sold, but NOT on the listing page. Seems they use "Listing expired" homes to entice buyers to the site. Is it a form of "Bait and Switch?" If a house was sold a year ago why advertise it as if it were still for sale?
McMurry
"Watch Out"
After uplaoding our FSBO home info to Fizber, the uploaded my information to 8 of their "partner sites". However, those sites said my home was for sale by various realtors in other states. When I contacted Fizber about it, they did not take responsibility or fix the problem, but said it was a one time technical error. Yet, it continued. I finally cancelled my account, and vowed to let other consumers know that they are a shady company.
HONEST
"SUCKS"
NOBODY ANSWERS THE PHONE FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE,ALWAYS ANSWER MACHINE, i try to cancel my account with them and they are still charging may account...WHY ?????????????? PEOPLE THIS WEB THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT US THEY CARE TO TAKE OUR MONEY,,,,,,,,,,
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