Florida Flat Rate Realty
Terms and Conditions of Use

• 1. Florida Flat Rate Realty is a website of Polaris Realty Group, Inc. We are based in beautiful St. Petersburg Florida. The prices and complete descriptions of all our advertising packages, services, and products can be found at https://secure.flatraterealty.com/payflow/payflow.asp
• 2. Florida Flat Rate Realty is a “For Sale By Owner” and marketing advertising service and as such we do not provide real estate, legal or any other professional service. The Florida Flat Rate Realty website provides marketing and advertising services only. If you need the professional help of a real estate licensee, an attorney or any other professional, we recommend that you seek out professional advice. Nothing herein shall be construed as legal, real estate, financial or any other type of professional advice.
• 3. Florida Flat Rate Realty will list your home on the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) for a flat fee*. You must sign a listing agreement to have your home listed on the MLS. Though you will have no further costs to have your home listed on the MLS, you do agree to offer a commission to a Realtor should they bring you a buyer. The minimum commission permitted is 2%, though in most markets in Florida sellers offer 3% or sometimes 2.5%. You are purchasing an MLS listing; you are not hiring a Realtor. Flat Rate Realty will be offering you the limited service of an MLS listing, they do not represent you in any way. Your MLS listing will instruct Realtors who are interested in your home to contact you directly for showings, information and offers. While we guarantee that you will get an MLS listing for your property, we do not guarantee that you will be able to control what your listing says.
• 4. Monthly MLS listing and billing continue until property is sold or withdrawn for up to one year. You can cancel your MLS listing at any time until you have a sales contract in effect - you must send in a written request to cancel, as verbal requests will not be honored. Billing starts from date of purchase. Property cannot be withdrawn from the MLS once a sales contract is in effect. If you cancel your purchase before Flat Rate Realty has submitted your information to the MLS we will refund you your entire referral fee less a $50 administrative charge. If you cancel AFTER your information has been submitted to the MLS there will be NO REFUNDS. There are no refunds issued on lock boxes and signs once shipped.
• 5. Hold Harmless Clause. In using this site and the services offered herein, you agree to hold harmless any of its officers, directors, employees or agents from any liability for damages arising out of or in connection with the use of this site or any third party site/content/service referenced herein. This is a complete limitation of liability that applies to all damages of any and every kind, including (without limitation) compensatory, direct, indirect or consequential damages, loss of data, income or profit, loss of or damage to property, personal injury, and claims of third parties. Users and advertisers HEREBY RELEASE AND DISCHARGE Florida Flat Rate Realty, Polaris Realty Group, Inc. and its officers, directors, employees and agents for any and all claims pertaining to their use in any way of this site and any third party site/content/service referenced herein, EXPRESSLY INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY CLAIM OF NEGLIGENCE AGAINST Florida Flat Rate Realty, Polaris Realty Group, Inc. or any of its officers, directors, employees or agents.
• 6. Polaris Realty Group, Inc. reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify the contents of this site at any time without notice.
• 7. Your use of the Florida Flat Rate Realty site or any services offered therein shall constitute your acceptance of these terms and conditions. Polaris Realty Group, Inc. may amend these terms and conditions by posting any change on this page.
• 8. SIGNAGE: In Florida, per MLS regulations, Sellers are not permitted to use their own "For Sale By Owner" type signs once the property is listed on the MLS. Seller agrees to have either the Flat Rate Realty "For Sale" sign on their property (unless Seller is prohibited from doing so by deed restriction or other homeowner covenants, such as townhouse, condo or specific homeowner association regulations) or no sign. Sellers may still put out their own fliers in an information tube, if they so desire. Sellers may choose to not use a sign.
• 9. Listing Broker offers the combination style lock boxes for purchase. If you choose to use a combination lock box, Listing Broker strongly suggests that you purchase one from the Listing Broker, as we sell the top of the line combination lock boxes for reliability and durability. Seller agrees that a lock box, if utilized, will be for the benefit of the Seller and releases Listing Broker and those working by or through Listing Broker and the association(s) of Realtors from all liability and responsibility in connection with any loss or damage that may occur.
• 10. In the Florida counties of Brevard, Clay, Duval, Okaloosa, Putnam, Santa Rosa, St. Johns and Walton, the Seller pays a $250.00 administrative fee directly to Listing Broker at closing.
• 11.In Florida, Listing Broker will provide Seller with a copy of the active MLS listing once it is active in the MLS database. At that time, the first round of corrections are allowed for free and will be made by Listing Broker's administrative staff to reflect accurate information. After the first round of corrections have been made, all changes to the MLS listing, other than status changes ("active" to "contract pending", etc.), will incur a fee of $25.00 for each database access, at which time multiple changes may be made.

* Service not available in all areas.

** You can cancel your listing any time prior to getting a sales contract on your property. Once under contract your property, per MLS regulations and to insure contract provisions, must remain listed on the MLS until the sale closes or the contract is terminated.