The Grand · Surprise · Phoenix West Valley
Full-Service Real Estate. One Simple Flat Fee.
Sell your home for a flat $8,500 listing fee, without sacrificing service.
I'm Jim Brebner, a REALTOR® specializing in The Grand and other 55+ communities throughout the Phoenix West Valley. I provide the same full-service representation you would expect from a traditional percentage-based listing, from pricing and marketing your home to negotiating offers and managing the transaction through closing.
The difference is simply how I charge.
- 30+ years
- marketing experience
- 9 years
- mortgage/lending experience
- The Grand
- resident & REALTOR®
What the flat fee saves you
One fee of $8,500, whatever your home sells for
A percentage listing fee grows with your sale price. Mine does not. Here is what that difference looks like in real dollars, and you can run your own number below.
| Sale price | My flat fee | 3% listing fee | You keep |
|---|---|---|---|
| $300,000 | $8,500 | $9,000 | $500 |
| $400,000 | $8,500 | $12,000 | $3,500 |
| $500,000 | $8,500 | $15,000 | $6,500 |
| $600,000 | $8,500 | $18,000 | $9,500 |
| $750,000 | $8,500 | $22,500 | $14,000 |
Try your own number
- A 3% listing fee
- $15,000
- My flat listing fee
- $8,500
- You keep
- $6,500
For comparison only. I'm seeing listing-side compensation of around 3% in our market, but there is no standard or required rate, and commissions are always negotiable. Any compensation you choose to offer a buyer's agent is separate, as are normal closing costs.
About Jim
Experience That Helps You Sell With Confidence
Before becoming a REALTOR®, I spent nine years in the mortgage industry helping clients with conventional, VA, FHA and reverse mortgages. For more than 30 years before that, I helped companies throughout the Northwest market and sell their products and services as President of Marshall Marketing Group Inc, a company I built to more than $2.5 million in annual sales.
That combination of real estate, lending, marketing and negotiation experience gives me a unique perspective when it comes to selling your home.
I understand how to position and market a property, evaluate the strength of a buyer's financing, negotiate effectively and help keep a transaction moving toward a successful closing.
And because my wife Stacy and I live in The Grand, I understand firsthand what makes our community, and the homes within it, special.
"Jim made selling our home simple and stress-free. Our home sold quickly, everything went smoothly, and his flat-fee approach saved us thousands! We highly recommend him!"
What I do for you
How I guide you from first conversation to closing
1. Price it and prepare it
2. Market it to the right buyers
3. Negotiate and close it
Why people move here
People buy more than a home, they buy the Grand lifestyle
Buyers considering The Grand aren't just comparing homes. They're also choosing a lifestyle including golf, pickleball, fitness, clubs, activities, restaurants and the friendships that come with living in an active 55+ community. Because I live here too, I understand what attracts buyers to The Grand and how to help market both your home and the lifestyle that surrounds it.
Communities I serve
The Grand first, and the West Valley around it
The Grand in Surprise is my specialty and my home. I also list and represent buyers and sellers in Sun City West, Arizona Traditions and across Surprise, Peoria, Goodyear and Buckeye.
- The Grand (Sun City Grand), Surprise
- Sun City West, AZ
- Arizona Traditions, Surprise
- Corte Bella, Sun City West
- Sterling Grove, Surprise
- Heritage at Asante, Surprise
- Trilogy at Vistancia, Peoria
- PebbleCreek, Goodyear
- Victory at Verrado, Buckeye
- Sun City Festival, Buckeye
- Surprise, Peoria, Goodyear and Buckeye
Recent writing
Answers to the questions clients actually ask
Short, plain-language pieces on financing, community life and negotiation in The Grand, written from what I hear at kitchen tables.
+What is included in the $8,500 flat fee?
+How much can I actually save with a flat fee?
+Do you live in The Grand?
+How does your lending background help me as a seller?
Let's talk about your home, before you commit to anything
A first conversation costs nothing and comes with no listing agreement. Call 623-244-9777 or send a note and I will tell you honestly whether flat-fee representation is the right fit for your situation.