A real Texas agent.
Not a 3% bill.

No. Texas does not require a listing agent to sell a home, but it does require a licensed broker to put the home on the MLS. Lone Star Flat Fee MLS covers that with a flat $99 listing, and you handle offers yourself. A listing agent — the agent who works for the seller — is worth adding when you'd rather not negotiate, handle the Texas contracts, or keep inspections and closing on schedule by yourself. Full Representation adds one for 1.5% at close instead of the traditional 3%.

A listing agent works for the person selling the home; a buyer's agent works for the person buying it. On Full Representation, Lone Star Flat Fee MLS provides your listing agent — a licensed Texas agent who works for you, the seller — and the 1.5% at close is that agent's commission. The buyer's agent works for the buyer, and paying them anything is a separate choice that has been optional for Texas sellers since a national settlement involving the National Association of Realtors took effect in August 2024.

It is about half the norm. Texas listing agents have traditionally charged around 3% of the sale price for the listing side alone. Full Representation from Lone Star Flat Fee MLS provides the same core work — handling offers, negotiating, preparing the Texas contracts and guiding the sale to closing, all by a licensed Texas agent — for 1.5% at close. On a $350,000 home that is $5,250 instead of about $10,500.

Consulting is advice; Full Representation is an agent acting for you. With hourly consulting, a licensed Texas agent reviews offers or contracts with you on a call, but you still negotiate and sign on your own. With Full Representation, the agent works for you as the seller and handles offers, negotiation and closing directly, for 1.5% at close.