About Us

Ryan Widerberg of the Widerberg Group & EXP Realty is an Illinois real estate agent who operates a 0% -3% seller side commission online offers platforms in Illinois.

1. Online Offers Listing Method

While many traditional listing agents charge 6% seller-paid commission, I charge 0% -3% seller-paid commission. Additionally, I charge the buyer a buyer’s premium on the sales price. 

In 2022 the average house in Illinois sold in 40 days, however, my strategy is nearly 100% effective in getting your home under contract in 14 days and it only requires you to clean your home once! My listings get roughly ten times more buyer activity than other listings because of my advanced marketing strategies. 

Traditional listings require a seller to clean their homes daily, with showing times that inconvenience them for sometime months on end, while my online offers method only requires you to clean your home once and only shows a total of ten hours, during one open house weekend. 

Many traditional listing agents require a 12-month listing agreement. Because I’m confident you’ll get top dollar quickly, my online offers listing agreements only last 21 days!

Most purchase contracts are written up by buyers’ agents, therefore they include a buyer’s preferred terms. The offers made on www.WelcomeHomeOffers.com are numerical without any terms.

Because the Online Offers method only requires two days of open house showings, it’s an ideal strategy to use for tenant-occupied investment properties. Daily showings between 8 am and 8 pm can be difficult on tenants when listing traditionally. The Online Offers approach gives your tenants the peace of mind they won’t be walked in on constantly for months on end.

My preferred seller’s attorney charges $0 on his attorney services because he makes money on the title work. Most listing agents don’t have this kind of relationship, which will save you roughly $500 on attorney fees. 

Many agents who list traditionally take mediocre photos when listing your property. Not only do I take the highest quality real estate photography possible, but I include all kinds of free upgrades to my marketing packages, including free drone photography, free 3D tours, and free virtual staging! 

I market each of my listings proactively, reverse prospecting to agents I know have buyers looking for listings just like yours! My marketing strategy appeals to a greater number of prospective buyers because my listings are competitively priced. I always have hundreds of buyers come through my open houses.

My Online Offers website www.WelcomeHomeOffers.com publicly and transparently displays all offers and offer amounts made on the property to both buyers and sellers, while the traditional offer method does not and is a less transparent selling method. Not all listing agents accept escalation clauses, which generally increases the overall sales price. The technology on www.WelcomeHomeOffers.com is designed to be a built-in escalation clause, with a countdown timer displaying the offer deadline. If there are any offers made within the final five minutes of the deadline, the countdown timer will extend for an additional five minutes and continue to extend every time an offer is made, until there are no more offers.

2. Traditional Listing Method

If you’d prefer I list the home traditionally on the Multiple Listing Service, just like my Online Offers Listing Method, your listing would include full access to my entire marketing package, including high-quality professional photography, signage, drone photography, 3D walkthroughs, virtual staging, and video. Some additional services I include are hosting open houses, reverse prospecting to agents with buyers looking for properties just like yours, as well as ghost prospecting, which is a marketing strategy I invented, which is helpful in marketing, particularly unique properties. In my MLS, I can draft listings that fit the property you are selling’s exact features and specifications and place that property in other neighborhoods or cities. Using this draft, I can ghost prospect for buyers who are looking for properties exactly like yours without having an established MLS search in that location set up with a realtor. This tends to work well with rare property types, as well as commercial properties, targeted toward specific businesses, which are in limited supply.

As a certified Real Estate Negotiation Expert, I’ll share my most effective techniques with you and how to convince buyers and their agents to submit their absolute highest and best offers, making you the most money possible, with your preferred terms.

3. EXPress Offers  

Utilizing a program unique to EXP agents, I am a certified EXPress offers agent. This home sale option is best for sellers in a time crunch, who need a quick closing. With exclusive access to thousands of commercial investors nationwide, I can get most homeowners offers within 2 business days. While many of these buyers are fix and flippers, others are buy and hold investors. This sales option is most useful for a buyer more interested in selling in as little as 10 days than it is for one looking for absolute top dollar on their property. While many of our EXPress offers buyers generally offer between 70%-80% after repair value (ARV), some of our buy and hold investors offer between 90-95% (ARV). This option is useful for home sellers who are unable or overwhelmed with the financial burden of renovating a project themselves.

What I Do Differently For Sellers:

I take a hands-on approach when it comes to marketing your property. Because I commit to offering the best service in the industry, I put my words to the test. I let sellers know they may cancel our listing agreement at any time if they are unhappy with my services.

I pay for all of the marketing involved in the sale of your home, including professional photography, drone photography, 3D photography walkthroughs, signage, lock box, direct “just listed” marketing campaigns to your neighbors, reverse prospecting, open house twice a month, website marketing and much more!

Because I’ve paid data mining companies for a complete list of Illinois real estate broker’s contact information, I maximize our advertising footprint by emailing the details of your listing to every licensed Illinois real estate agent, along with my database of tens of thousands of buyers.

I send direct mail marketing of my listings to hundreds of your neighbors and buyers looking for similar homes in the area!

I am a full-service broker who offers open houses twice a month to my sellers.

I also assist with obtaining quotes for repairs or updates that may be needed, so you don’t have to! I have a full set of licensed professionals and vendors I work with and can recommend a contracted specialist for any job that needs to be done!

Reverse prospecting is an active marketing technique, NOT just putting a sign out front, putting a listing online, and hoping for the best. I reverse prospect my listings to get more buyers inside! I am probably the only listing broker you will interview who can show you a list of buyers looking for homes just like yours at our initial listing appointment!

The fact that I am primarily a listing broker is a benefit to my sales strategy. Instead of driving around with buyers all day, I am contacting my database of thousands of buyers each day, working to get them inside your home.

Before you meet with me, I will research recently sold properties in your neighborhood and put together a free pricing valuation on your home!

I market my listings on over 3,000 real estate websites. Your home will sell much quicker because it is advertised worldwide!

My Experience:

I have been a licensed real estate broker in Illinois since 2009 and have joined a number of brokerages throughout my career, including RE/MAX, @properties, Kale Realty & EXP Realty.

In 2015, I worked with a top 10 Illinois real estate team, which sold over 180 listings in Chicagoland. I have seen a wide variety of transactions over my career, with plenty of twists and turns, which is important when working with a real estate professional. Because of my vast range of experiences selling everything from single family, multi-family, 2-4 flats, land deals and commercial real estate, I work well under pressure, having experienced more than most brokers.

I specialize in selling homes that did not sell the first time on the market and working with those who have become dissatisfied with the results they’ve gotten working with a previous real estate broker.

In 2021, I started the Widerberg Group at EXP Realty & www.WelcomeHomeOffers.com, a 0% – 3% seller-paid commission online offers platform.

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