Berg Properties

We worked with Mike to purchase a home for our growing family. We moved from the city to the suburbs and Mike helped us navigate our very particular list of «must haves». It was a fast moving market this spring and we had already sold our condo. His knowledge and connections within the communities were a huge help in finding our new home. We needed quotes for repairs during our negotiations and he helped coordinate for contractors to visit the property. This was hugely helpful in bringing piece of mind. We will be recommending Mike to our family and friends.

I should have posted this three years ago, when we listed our house with Berg. We paid the flat rate fee, and had them take photos and videos for the MLS. We had a ton of traffic and sold the house fairly quickly, considering the market at the time. Couldn’t have been happier with our experience — saved us thousands of dollars in commission!

Super Stars! I sell 1 – 2 houses a year and depend on Berg Properties as my listing agent. We have been working together for almost 10 years. I love the fact that I can control my own listings and interact directly with agents and buyers. I know who is looking at my properties and can gather my own feedback. I also know that if I have any questions I can get the answers from the Berg team. I can not imagine selling without Berg. Plus they have saved me tons of commission $$$$.
Thanks,
I could not run my business without you.

Listed my house for sale with Berg last summer and had a great experience. Mike was there to answer a handful of questions I had once we started receiving offers. Listing all our open house times on the MLS was quick, easy, and done through email.
If you’re willing to put in the effort of selling your home on your own, Berg is a great way to get your house listed on the MLS and sites like Zillow, Redfin, etc…
Taking away one star because the sign that we rented through them was installed in really rough shape. There was a large dent in the sign and we ended up repainting the post ourselves because it looked very shoddy with peeling paint and exposed wood.

We used Berg Properties flat-​fee listing service to sell our Bucktown condo this past summer. Getting our property on the MLS was fast and easy. We immediately started getting calls to show our property and were happy to have our place sold for 98% of the asking price in just 8 weeks. Scott Berg was incredibly helpful and was always available to answer questions. The help he provided far exceeded the small fee we paid for his service! The flat-​fee service was completely worth it, it saved us a lot of money and we felt like we had guidance throughout the whole process. Scott was so helpful to us throughout that process, we had him be our realtor to find our next home. He showed us a ton of properties and was always willing at short-​notice to accommodate our request to see a particular property. In the end, Scott helped us to be able to buy a place that met our specific requirements and we couldn’t be happier. Scott was incredibly professional, kind and concerned about our needs as his client. We will definitely be referring friends to Berg Properties and will be calling them again when we decide to sell our current place!

As someone who’s has sold a couple of homes in the past I figured this Spring would be a good time to put my ranch home up for sale in Westmont. I was not in any hurry so I was exploring FSBO options. We all know that the best way get your home exposed is thru the internet. That being said after exploring the options in the Chicago area I felt Berg Properties was the best fit. I worked with Michael Berg. I found him to be pro-​active and professional.
I am happy to say within 48 hours of giving Berg my listing and completing the paperwork it was online and I had a cash offer, almost at my listing price. After signing the contract I had multiple other offices.
Will definitely be using them again… since I seem to move every 6 – 8 years. :-)

I’m going to try very hard not to make this a complete tirade. Used them for flat fee listing and found them extraordinarily difficult and frustrating to work with. Had a series of escalating problems which eventually resulted in never receiving an offer submitted on our house.
The first problem was having to make repeated requests that the lockbox we purchased be given to us. It took multiple emails and phone calls, and only resolved after my husband finally called.
The second problem was Mike’s failure to properly communicate with a potential buyer. With flat fee, any leads go directly to you and you take care of following up. We did so, but the buyer was unsure as to why Berg wasn’t contacting her back instead of us. We got the sense from several emails back and forth that she felt we might actually be scammers. When she turned to Mike to find out if he knew my husband he simply said no, fueling the buyer’s concern. Mike said that she only referred to my husband by first name so he simply said he didn’t know. But he could have very easily asked for a last name or in relation to what property she was asking about and it could have resolved easily. Instead he was lazy. He pretty much refused to apologize and then did not remedy the situation in the manner that I specifically asked him to.
The third and most important problem was that a buyer submitted an offer to two proper email addresses for Mike specifically and Berg Properties in general. The ONLY reason I ever found out about this offer was because I just happened to reach out to the buyers’ agent. By the time I found out about the offer, two weeks had passed and the buyers had moved on. Mike’s explanation was that the offer was in the SPAM folder of their email. He offered no real apology (he did say I’m sorry you’ve had two bad experiences, or something like that, but no real accountability), and blamed the buyers’ agent for not following up enough. In fact, he went as far as emailing the buyers’ agent and bothering him for being in contact with me, likely further preventing any desire of the buyers’ agent to deal with our property. Perhaps the only smart thing Mike did was offer me a refund after that and we parted ways.
I consider using Berg Properties flat fee services an epic mistake and I hope that you don’t make the same one. Best of luck in selling your house!

I put my property up in the market Oct 2012 due to an agent in our building who heard that I was thinking about selling. He contacted me and I told him that I am not desperate to sell and I will only sell if it hits my target which is mid 270s. He said that can be done. I was doubtful but I ended up signing up and my property was only in the market for 2 months and I canceled. At some point he was pressuring me to sell at 250 even if I told him in the beginning what my goal is. He thought I would buckle under pressure, I said no and the listing went off the market. Thank God I stayed true to what I wanted.
Less than a year after, the market started to climb, someone told me that you can list in the MLS for a fee. This is really what is key when your selling, you need it to be out there for everyone to see. I started searching and I came across a few companies. My expectation was pretty clear with this approach, I pay them a flat fee, they list my property and I was on my own. I had several options but I ended up with Berg because he took time to explain everything to me and answer all my questions over the phone. There are no pitfalls with his company and there is also a money back guarantee. The whole process was a breeze and I have to say that Scott is always available to answer my questions. Many times I asked him to just charge me for consultation because I had a lot of questions but not once did he do that. Im sure at some point he was getting annoyed with my endless questions but it never showed. For less than a 300 for the flat fee, I was able to list my property in the MLS and sell it in less than a week. Saving myself almost 8K (my last realtor was going to charge me 3%, the average is 2.5).
This process is not for everyone. You need to have the personality to sell and the time to do it. I am a type A kind of person, I have fired a lot of realtors because very few of them meet my standards for excellence and hard work in that field. Most of them show properties without giving attention to detail. Its all about attention to detail for me. I can do better than MOST (not all) of these realtors and I have proven that when I sold my place in a short period of time and above list price.
One thing I like about signing up with Scott was that he would make his resources available to me as well. He has shared excellent resources (ie, attorney, lenders, etc). I didnt really feel on my own completely, I felt guided in some ways. Dont get me wrongl, 95% of the work was done by me but its always good to be able to consult with a professional.
I will do this again and I will sign up with Berg every time I have to sell my property. Just make sure your expectations are in the right place when you do this, Scott is not your realtor so dont expect the same level of service, time and effort from him. He will just be a consultant.

These great people are the absolute gurus of the Chicago Flat Fee MLS Listing. I interviewed a whole bunch of real estate agents (seller’s agents) during the process of selling a condo. The agents would show up with a full color brochure and a market analysis of my unit. My question was always the same: What are you going to physically do to earn a percentage of the sale price? I kept hearing the same thing … I’ll list your home on the MLS and send it to these 10 websites and search engines. Now, I work in IT, and I KNOW I can do this for myself. I kept pressuring these agents … Won’t you advertise in the newspaper, hold a bunch of open houses, dress up in a clown suit and host a circus to get the requisite number of showings. The bottom line is: Berg Properties will provide, on an a la carte basis, all the services you require to sell your home quickly and at the best possible sale price. I am completely satisfied after working with Mike Berg and his staff. They deliver value far beyond the modest $ 450 service fee. In all honesty, the services delivered by Berg Properties were worth double or triple the fees they charged. You will not be disappointed!