By Rellia editorial team — The Rellia editorial team prepares source-linked educational pages for Long Island sellers.

Published 2026-08-20 · Updated 2026-08-20

Selling a home on Long Island without a traditional listing agent

Yes. A Nassau or Suffolk seller can list a home without hiring a traditional listing agent, either as a for-sale-by-owner seller or through a platform listing such as Rellia's, whose published seller platform fee is 2%. The sale still has a property file, a contract, and a closing. The New York State Unified Court System describes home purchases as work that attorneys commonly handle at the contract and closing stage. This page maps that path. It does not promise a faster sale or a set net.

What still has to get done

A listing still needs a clear price, photos, and a property file: tax lot, municipal or village records, and any known permits. A mailing address or ZIP does not set those records. Buyers still send proposals. Attorneys still turn an accepted proposal into a signed contract. Title and recording still happen at the end.

Skipping a listing agent does not skip those steps. It only changes who coordinates the public listing and the shared file.

Three ways sellers usually run the listing

A traditional listing agent markets the home and coordinates showings under a listing agreement. A for-sale-by-owner seller does that work themselves. A Rellia listing uses the platform file: estimator, listing, tasks, and documents in one place. In all three cases the seller still works with their own attorney on the contract.

Rellia’s published seller platform fee is 2%. That is a price for the platform file, not a forecast of proceeds and not a statement of anyone else’s fee.

Where the attorney still sits

After a proposal is accepted, the seller’s attorney usually prepares or reviews a contract from the accepted terms and the property file. The buyer’s attorney reviews that draft. Timing depends on the documents. There is no single statewide clock that starts the day a proposal is accepted.

How to start on Rellia

Sellers who want a local sale-price snapshot first can open a town page, then run the estimator before they publish. The town figures are ZIP-level market context, not a valuation of one house.