A limited service listing gets your home on the MLS while you stay in control of negotiations, offers and most of the selling process. 

The core deliverable is MLS placement.  Your broker enters your property data into the local MLS database, and from there, the listing feeds out to consumer-facing portals like Zillow, Realtor.com, and Redfin through data-sharing agreements.  That syndication is the whole point.  Without MLS access, a private seller is essentially invisible to the vast majority of active buyers and to the agents representing them.

A limited service listing lets you pay a licensed broker a flat fee to place your home on the local Multiple Listing Service (MLS) with out the full suite of traditional agent services.  Flat fees generally range from a few hundred dollars to around $1,000, compared to listing agent compensation that typically run between 2.5% and 3% of the sales price.  The trade-off is straightforward: you get the same digital exposure as a full-service listing but handle most of the selling process yourself, from scheduling showings to negotiating offers.  Think of it as a middle path between hiring a traditional agent and going entirely for-sale-by-owner.