Services · Compass Advantages
Compass provides a technology and services platform that complements hands-on agent work. Not every program fits every client or property, but when they apply, they can create meaningful advantages in timing, presentation, and financing. Each program below has its own page with how it works, who it suits, and a direct comparison against a typical brokerage and a consumer portal.
Program availability, terms, and eligibility are set by Compass and its service partners and may vary by market and transaction.
Test the market privately before you go public.
A Private Exclusive is a listing marketed inside the Compass agent network rather than syndicated to the MLS and public portals. It lets an owner gauge real buyer interest, refine pricing, and control who sees the home — without accruing public days on market or a visible price-cut history.
Read the full page SellersBuild demand before the official launch date.
Coming Soon gives a home pre-market visibility with a published launch date, collecting buyer interest so day one on the MLS arrives with momentum rather than starting cold.
Read the full page SellersFront the cost of pre-sale improvements, settle at closing.
Compass Concierge fronts the cost of select pre-sale work — staging, paint, flooring, landscaping, cosmetic repairs — with reimbursement typically due at closing, so a home can be presented properly without the seller writing checks up front.
Read the full page BuyersFinancing options built into the transaction.
Compass Mortgage and its relationship with Rocket Mortgage can offer eligible Compass clients preferred pricing, streamlined documentation, and dedicated service — with the practical benefit of a lender who is accountable to the closing date.
Read the full page Buyers & SellersOne dashboard for the whole transaction.
Compass One is a client dashboard that keeps listings, tours, documents, activity, and milestones in a single place, so a complex transaction stops living in a scattered email thread.
Read the full page BuyersCompare homes side by side, together.
Collections is a shared, visual workspace for a home search — properties on one board, live status and price updates, and a comment thread so everyone involved reacts in the same place instead of texting links back and forth.
Read the full page SellersName your number without listing the house.
Make Me Sell lets an owner state a price at which they would consider selling and see whether real buyer interest exists — a low-commitment way to test the market while staying entirely off the MLS.
Read the full page SellersFull portal exposure — with inquiries routed to your agent.
When a listing goes public, Compass syndicates it broadly to consumer portals including Zillow and Redfin. The distinction that matters is where the resulting inquiries go: to the agent who represents you, rather than to whichever agent paid the portal for your zip code.
Read the full pageThe same program behaves differently on a Virginia-Highland bungalow block than it does on a Buckhead estate lot. Start with the neighborhood you are buying or selling in.
The right combination depends on your property, timeline, and goals. I'll walk you through what is available and what is worth doing.
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