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Sell your home for what it's worth.

Sell, rent, buy, or any combination — one team handles it all. We market to our buyer database, local communities, international buyers via WeChat, and active investors before your home even hits the MLS. We coordinate repairs, manage showings, and handle every step to closing.

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One Team. Every Option.
Sell, rent, buy — or any combination.

Most agents can only sell your home. We also manage rentals, coordinate purchases, and handle 1031 exchanges — all under one roof. One team who knows your full situation means smoother transitions and fewer surprises.

Sell Your Home

Professional photography, 3D tours, 4 MLS systems. Before your home hits MLS, we market it directly to our buyer database, communities with several thousand people, international buyers via WeChat, and active investors at all price points. We also coordinate your pre-sale repairs — you approve the plan, we manage the vendors.

Sell & Buy Together

We time both transactions so you never carry two mortgages or need temporary housing. Downsizing, upgrading, 55+ community — we handle both sides with coordinated timing. In 20+ years, zero clients have ever been displaced.

Zero clients displaced in 20+ years →
Keep It as a Rental

Not sure selling is right? Keep the asset and earn income. We manage everything — tenants, maintenance, rent collection, accounting. Or list for sale and rent simultaneously and see which opportunity comes first.

1031 Exchange

Sell an investment property and defer capital gains by reinvesting in another. We coordinate the sale, identify replacements, manage the strict 45/180-day timelines, and handle NJ exit tax.

Tired Landlord? Inherited Property? Downsizing? Sell or Rent Quiz
Most Sellers Do Not See This Until Closing Day
We show you what you actually keep — before you list.
Other agents tell you what your home is worth. We tell you what you will walk away with — using exact NJ Realty Transfer Fee rates, graduated mansion tax brackets, and real closing cost data. No surprises at the table.
Not sure? Get a free home analysis with real comps — not a Zillow guess.
Check your latest mortgage statement for the payoff amount. Enter $0 if paid off.
This covers both your listing agent and the buyer's agent. In our market, 5% total is common (roughly 2.5% each). How commissions work →
Sometimes sellers agree to pay part of the buyer's closing costs (typically $5K-$15K) to close the deal. Enter $0 if none.
If you leave NJ, the state withholds 2% of the sale price as a tax prepayment. You get it back when you file your NJ return if you don't owe capital gains.
Qualifying sellers get roughly 50% off the NJ Realty Transfer Fee — a savings of ~$3,575 on this sale.
$351,375
This is roughly what you'll deposit after closing
What You Have
Sale Price$750,000
Mortgage Payoff−$350,000
Buyer Credits$0
Your Equity$400,000
What Gets Deducted
Agent Commission (5%)−$37,500
NJ Transfer Fee −$6,775
Title Insurance−$2,250
Attorney−$1,500
Recording & Certs−$600
Total Costs−$48,625
Your Estimated Check at Closing $351,375
Will you owe capital gains tax on this sale?
You likely owe $0 in capital gains tax.
Your profit of $350,000 is under the $500,000 married exclusion. Most NJ homeowners don't owe capital gains on their primary residence.
This is a rough estimate, not tax advice. Capital gains depends on improvements, depreciation, and other factors. Consult a CPA for your specific situation. Selling an investment property? See 1031 exchange →

NJ Transfer Fee uses exact Division of Taxation rate schedules. Mansion tax graduated rates effective July 2025. Exit tax is a withholding — you get it back when filing your NJ return if your actual tax is lower. This is an estimate — your attorney will provide exact numbers at closing. Full NJ closing costs breakdown →

6.5%
Total costs as % of sale
46.9%
You keep (of sale price)
$351,375
Your estimated check
What If You Sold At a Different Price?
Sell at $700K
$321K
Your price $750K
$349K
Sell at $800K
$378K
Each $50K change in price = roughly $45K change in net proceeds
How commission works

Commission is split between the listing agent (who represents you) and the buyer's agent. Since the 2024 NAR settlement, sellers are no longer required to offer buyer agent compensation through MLS — but most still do to keep the buyer pool competitive.

Example on a 5% total: Listing agent ~2.5% · Buyer's agent ~2.5%. On a $750K sale = $37,500 total.
Why buyer agent commission matters

A University of Iowa study of 260,000 listings found homes offering less than 2% to buyer agents took 33% longer to sell and were 75% more likely to never sell. NAR data shows homes sold without an agent (by owner) had a median sale price of $310,000 vs. $405,000 for agent-assisted sales.

Full commission explainer →

Does full-service pay for itself?

On a $750K home, the listing fee difference between a discount broker and a full-service agent is roughly $7,500-$11,000. But experienced agents consistently recover $15K-$30K more through better pricing, stronger marketing, and skilled negotiation — more than covering the difference.

All commission rates are fully negotiable. We discuss your options at our listing consultation.

Free — No Obligation
Get your free home analysis.

Not a Zillow Zestimate. We use NARRPR — the National Association of Realtors property resource — pulling data directly from multiple MLS systems and public tax records. Real comps, real pricing, real strategy. Even if you do not list with us, you keep the analysis.

What is in your analysis:
✓ Recently sold comps with photos
✓ Active listings (your competition)
✓ Price per square foot analysis
✓ Neighborhood market trends
✓ School district boundary verification
✓ Our pricing recommendation
How Accurate Is a Zillow Zestimate?
~8%
Average miss
when off-market
1 in 3
Land within 5%
of actual sale price

Zestimates cannot account for roof age, septic vs. sewer, school-district lines, cul-de-sac premiums, or recent renovations. Source: zillow.com/z/zestimate

Get Your Free Analysis

Real MLS data — recent sales, active competition, pricing strategy. Completely free, even if you do not list with us.

The Journey

We handle everything.

You should not have to manage contractors, coordinate showings, and negotiate offers while living your life.

PREPARE
01
Week 1

Honest Valuation

Data-backed pricing, not inflated numbers to win your listing.

We analyze recent sales, active competition, your home condition, and current demand in your specific neighborhood. No inflated numbers to win your listing — just an honest, data-backed price that maximizes your return. You meet with us for 30 minutes. We handle everything else.

02
Weeks 1-2

Pre-Sale Prep

Staging, repairs, landscaping — our vendor network handles it all.

Need painting, staging, landscaping, minor repairs? We coordinate everything through our vendor network — the same contractors we trust with our own property management clients. No scrambling for quotes. You approve the plan. We manage all the vendors.

ON MARKET
03
Week 2-3

Photography and Marketing

Professional photography, 4 MLS systems, targeted buyer outreach.

Professional photography, drone shots for larger properties, 3D home tours, and syndication across 4 MLS systems. We also market directly to our buyer database, local communities with thousands of contacts, international buyers via WeChat, and active cash-ready investors. Your home reaches qualified buyers before the first open house.

04
Weeks 2-5

Showings and Open Houses

We manage all showing logistics and buyer feedback.

We coordinate all showings around your schedule, host open houses, and provide detailed feedback from every buyer visit. In top Central NJ school districts, well-priced homes typically generate offers within 1-3 weeks. Some receive multiple offers in the first weekend.

Most time spent here
UNDER CONTRACT
05
1-3 days

Offers and Negotiation

Every offer reviewed same evening. Multiple offers? Best-and-final strategy.

We evaluate each offer on net proceeds (not just price), financing strength, contingencies, and closing timeline. Multiple offers? We guide you through best-and-final strategy to maximize your position without losing buyers.

06
2-5 weeks

Attorney Review and Inspections

Attorneys review the contract, then buyer conducts inspections.

Both attorneys review and negotiate contract terms — inspection timelines, mortgage contingency dates, closing date, any seller credits. Then the buyer conducts a home inspection and any property-specific tests (radon, septic, well). We negotiate repair requests strategically — often as credits rather than actual repairs, keeping your costs predictable.

CLOSING
07
Week 8-12

Close and Receive Funds

Sign at closing, receive funds via wire transfer. We attend with you.

Title search complete, mortgage approved, final walkthrough done. You sign at the attorney office, receive funds (wire transfer, typically same-day), and hand over keys. If you are buying simultaneously, we time everything so you never end up without a home. In 20+ years, zero clients have ever needed temporary housing.

Total timeline: 60-90 days from listing to closing
See It Before You Build It
Help buyers see the potential.

Dated kitchen turning off buyers? We create photorealistic 3D renderings that show exactly what your home could look like after a renovation — without spending a dollar. Buyers stop imagining and start offering.

Kitchen before — dark cherry cabinets
Before
3D rendering — white cabinets with natural wood island
3D Rendering
3D Renovation Renderings
Show buyers what a kitchen, bathroom, or living room renovation would look like — before anyone picks up a paintbrush.
AI Virtual Staging
Empty rooms staged digitally with furniture and decor. Buyers see a home, not empty space. A fraction of the cost of physical staging.
3D Home Tours
Professional 3D walkthroughs that let buyers tour your home from anywhere. Listings with virtual tours get 87% more views (NAR).
We Manage Your Pre-Sale Repairs
You approve the plan. We handle the vendors.
Most agents hand you a list of contractors and say "good luck." We manage the entire pre-sale process — because we run a property management business with 30+ units, we have painters, plumbers, electricians, and landscapers we have worked with for years. We get the quotes, supervise the work, and handle the scheduling. You do not have to be there.

Contractors & Handymen

Pre-sale repairs, painting, flooring — vetted vendors who show up on time and price fairly. We manage them so you don't have to.

Real Estate Attorneys

Contract review, title issues, closing coordination. Our attorneys have worked hundreds of transactions with us.

Lenders & Title Companies

When your buyer needs financing, we know which lenders close on time and which ones don't. That protects YOUR closing date.

Movers, Stagers & Cleaners

Full move coordination, professional staging, deep cleaning before listing and after closing. One call to us handles it all.

★★★★★

"We've used Holly for 14 years. She found us our first rental, then our first home, then our second home, AND managed our rental property. She's family at this point."

Repeat Client — 14 Years
Buyer, Seller, Investor, PM Client · Google Review
The Real Comparison
Flat fee MLS vs. discount broker vs. full-service agent.
We know you've Googled "sell my house without an agent" or looked at Houzeo, Redfin, or flat fee MLS. Here's an honest breakdown of what you actually get at each price point.
Flat Fee MLS
Houzeo, sell-by-owner sites
Discount Broker
Redfin, Clever
Full-Service Local
Tang Group Real Estate
Listing cost$249-$399 flat1-1.5% of sale~2.5% of sale
On a $750K sale~$349$7,500-$11,250~$18,750
MLS listing
Professional photosYou arrange
Pricing strategyYou decideAlgorithm-based22 years local data
Handle showingsYou do it✓ (shared agent)✓ (your dedicated agent)
Offer negotiationYou negotiate✓ Available evenings
Contract reviewExtra cost✓ + weekend attorney
Who handles your saleYouRotating teamSame 2 people start to finish
Pre-sale vendor networkLimited20+ years of contractors, painters, stagers
Evenings & weekendsEmail onlyBusiness hours✓ 7 days/week
Our honest take
Flat fee MLS works if you have the time, knowledge, and confidence to price correctly, handle showings, negotiate offers, and manage the closing yourself. But if you price wrong, it sits — and every week on market costs you negotiating power.

Discount brokers survive by handling high volume, which means less time and attention per deal. When complexity comes up — inspection issues, title problems, financing delays — those deals often fall apart. These brokerages tend to attract newer agents still building experience, and in 20+ years we have seen homes sell for far below what they could have with a more experienced agent. On a $750K home, the difference between a good agent and an experienced one is often $15K-$30K in final sale price — more than the commission difference.
The First Two Weeks Matter Most
What if it does not sell?

New listings receive up to 5x more buyer activity in the first two weeks than any period after. Correct initial pricing captures that wave. If your home sits, here is what we do — and what the data says.

33%
of all listings go through at least one price reduction
Realtor.com 2024
5-10%
less than original list price — average sale price after 60+ days on market
NAR / Zillow Research
10+
showings with no offers = the problem is almost certainly price, not exposure
NAR Best Practices
Our playbook when a home is not getting offers:
1. Listen to the feedback
Every showing generates buyer feedback. Consistent themes ("too dark", "dated kitchen", "too high") tell us exactly what to fix.
2. Targeted improvements
Fresh paint recovers 100-150% of cost. Landscaping recovers 100%+. We identify the 2-3 fixes with the highest ROI — not a full renovation.
3. Re-stage or empty
NAR data: 81% of agents say staging helps buyers visualize themselves in the home. Sometimes clearing out furniture entirely is the move.
4. Price adjustment
If needed, a meaningful 3-5% reduction — not a token 1% that buyers ignore. We time it to cross a search price bracket threshold for maximum visibility.
5. Honest conversation
We will tell you if the market does not support your price. Our job is to protect your bottom line, not to keep a listing alive with false hope.

Sources: NAR 2024 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, NAR Remodeling Impact Report 2024, Realtor.com Housing Trends, Redfin Photography Study, Zillow Research.

Cancel-Anytime Guarantee

No rigid 6-month contracts. If you are not satisfied — as long as we are not already under contract with a buyer — just email us and we will both sign a release. Your only cost is actual marketing expenses already invested on your behalf (professional photography, 3D tour, advertising). We earn your business every day, not through fine print.

From Our Sellers
What sellers say after closing.
★★★★★

"Holly and Steven made selling and buying simultaneously completely stress-free. We never had to worry about timing — they coordinated everything perfectly."

Simultaneous Sale & Purchase
Somerset County · Google Review
★★★★★

"The vendor recommendations alone were worth it. They connected us with painters, stagers, and a moving company — all people they'd worked with personally. No guessing."

Home Seller
Montgomery Township · Google Review
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NJ Home Selling FAQ
Most homes go under contract within 1-3 weeks if priced correctly. From signed contract to closing is usually 45-60 days. Key milestones: attorney review (business days 1-3), inspections (days 4-14), mortgage commitment (days 15-30), municipal certificates and title work (days 20-40), and final walk-through before closing. Plan for about 2 to 2.5 months total from listing to closing.
Not always. Tang Group Real Estate coordinates a pre-sale assessment and connects you with our trusted vendor network for targeted improvements that maximize ROI — not unnecessary renovations. Fresh paint and landscaping consistently recover 100%+ of cost. Major kitchen remodels recover only 50-75%. We focus on the 2-3 fixes with the highest return, not a full renovation.
Yes. This is one of our specialties. In 20+ years, zero clients have ever needed temporary housing during a simultaneous sell-and-buy. We also coordinate sell-and-rent, sell-and-downsize, and sell-and-1031-exchange combinations. We manage both transactions in parallel so you never carry two mortgages or end up without a home.
Discount brokerages survive by handling high volume — more deals, less attention per deal. When complexity comes up, those deals often fall apart. Tang Group Real Estate is a two-person team with two decades of experience. You work with the same people from listing to closing. We also manage 30+ rental properties, giving our sellers access to a vendor network, investor buyers, and property management that no discount brokerage can offer.
When you sell a property in NJ, the state withholds either 2% of the sale price or your estimated tax on the gain — whichever is higher. For NJ residents who continue to reside in NJ, this is typically refunded when you file your state tax return. For those moving out of NJ, it is applied toward your final NJ tax liability. Either way, it is important to plan for this at closing.
If you have lived in your home as a primary residence for at least 2 of the last 5 years, you can exclude up to $250,000 of gain (single) or $500,000 (married filing jointly) from capital gains taxes. Any gain above that is taxed at your long-term capital gains rate (typically 15-20% federally, plus NJ state tax). Our calculator above estimates this automatically.
A 1031 exchange lets you sell an investment property and reinvest the proceeds into another like-kind investment property, deferring capital gains taxes entirely. It does NOT apply to primary residences — only properties held for investment or business use. There are strict timelines: 45 days to identify replacement properties and 180 days to close. We coordinate the entire process with qualified intermediaries.
NJ charges a Realty Transfer Fee paid by the seller at closing. The fee uses a graduated rate-per-$500 schedule — for most residential sales in the $500K-$900K range, expect roughly 0.8-1% of the sale price. Senior citizens (62+), blind, and disabled sellers qualify for a partial exemption that reduces the fee by approximately 50%. As of July 2025, sales over $1M also incur the Graduated Percent Fee (mansion tax) at rates from 1% to 3.5%. Our calculator factors all of this in automatically.
Effective July 10, 2025, the NJ mansion tax (now called the Graduated Percent Fee) shifted from the buyer to the seller. Rates are graduated: 1% for $1M-$2M, 2% for $2M-$2.5M, 2.5% for $2.5M-$3M, 3% for $3M-$3.5M, and 3.5% for over $3.5M. This is in addition to the standard NJ Realty Transfer Fee. Unlike the RTF, there are no senior or disability discounts on the Graduated Percent Fee.
Yes — as long as we are not already under contract with a buyer. Just send us an email and we will both sign a release. Your only cost is actual marketing expenses we have already invested on your behalf — professional photography, 3D tour, advertising. If a buyer we introduced purchases within 90 days after cancellation, the agreed commission still applies — that is standard and fair.
It depends on your financial situation, timeline, and goals. Selling gives you a lump sum; renting generates ongoing income. Key factors: your mortgage rate (if it is low, renting may be more profitable), property condition (if it needs major repairs, selling might make more sense), local rental demand, and your tax situation. We run the numbers both ways during our free analysis so you can compare. You can also list for sale and rent simultaneously.
Yes — a lease-back (also called a rent-back or use-and-occupancy agreement) lets you stay in the home for up to 60 days after closing. This is written directly into the contract. The daily rent typically covers the buyer carrying costs (mortgage, taxes, insurance). We build this into negotiations so you are never scrambling on moving day.
Independent studies show these programs shave 13-15% off market value once you factor in service fees and repair deductions. The FTC forced Opendoor to refund $62 million to sellers for claiming they would net more than with a traditional sale. Zillow Offers shut down with a $421 million loss. A well-marketed listing with competitive buyer interest will almost always net you more.
Since the 2024 NAR settlement, sellers are no longer required to offer a buyer agent commission through the MLS. However, in practice, most NJ sellers still offer to pay the buyer agent fee — typically around 2% in our market — because it keeps the buyer pool large and competitive. All commission rates are fully negotiable and not set by law.
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