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The
Famous SkyAssist
Aircraft Brokerage System:
Now Only $3995!

America's Only
"Flat-Fee/Full-Service"
Aircraft Brokerage...Satisfaction Guaranteed
Since 2001, our unique
SkyAssist system has allowed aircraft sellers to pay a low flat fee
and still receive complete aircraft brokerage services...anywhere
in the USA.
We're a full-service
aircraft brokerage: which means we will handle all the details
and do all the work needed to sell your
plane within 120 days, even during the current used airplane
recession. You don't pay us until your airplane has sold, and your
satisfaction is guaranteed or your money back.
SkyMachines works for you
and you alone: we represent your airplane to the world and protect
your interests (and privacy) as your exclusive agent. Our mission is to
protect your privacy, save you precious time, and get you as much for your
airplane as possible.
Your plane will likely
sell in less time and for more money than if you tried to sell it
yourself. Our extensive sales and
marketing knowledge and techniques, coupled with our aggressive promotion
efforts, make a huge difference...even in today's tough aircraft sales
market. Buying and selling airplanes is all we do.
We
do everything you expect of a sales agent, and more.
Just because we don't base
our commission on the value of your airplane like other brokers do doesn't
mean we'll short-change you on service...in fact, we typically spend 40-60
hours on each aircraft deal!
Here's
what we will do for you:
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Quote You A Realistic Selling Price: First, before you spend any
money, we will give you an honest,
free analysis of
your aircraft's value based on selling it within 120 days. We use 3
different aircraft valuation services, then compare the results to the
asking prices of similar aircraft currently on the market. If you like
the figure we quote, you'll sign an Aircraft Brokerage Agreement with us
and we'll take it from there.
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Order FAA 337 Forms & Registration Documents:
It's reassuring to the Buyer to
know that the FAA records are complete, and it allows the aircraft
appraiser or mechanic to compare your maintenance records with the FAA
records. We'll allow buyers to download this information from our web
site. This service is a $49 value
and a SkyMachines exclusive!
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Order An FAA Title Report: If there are problems with the aircraft
title that you don't know about, it's best to find them and get them
corrected now so that the Closing won't be delayed. We'll allow buyers
to download this information from our web site. This service is
a $99 value
and a SkyMachines exclusive!
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Arrange For The Aircraft To Be "Detailed": (Optional, but highly
recommended.) To obtain the maximum appraised value, and therefore the
maximum selling price, we strongly recommend that you utilize the
services of
WingWaxers or another aircraft detail shop to prepare the airplane
for sale. For around $450, they will touch up the paint, power-wax the
exterior with a patented aircraft wax, degrease the belly, shampoo the
carpets, polish the windows, blacken the tires, and polish the interior
plastics.
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Arrange An Aircraft Appraisal: (Optional, but highly recommended.)
Prospective buyers prefer to buy airplanes which have been appraised!
That's because they trust a price set by an independent appraiser rather
than by you or us. An official appraisal, which we will allow
prospective buyers to download from our web site, also reassures
prospects that the airplane they are purchasing is in the condition we
say it is in and that it will qualify for financing.
At your request, we'll hire a member of the National Aircraft Appraisers
Assn. near you to perform an official appraisal of your aircraft. The
appraiser will also verify AD compliance, take the photos SkyMachines
needs for its ads and spec sheets and may test-fly your airplane to make
sure the systems are in good working order.
An appraisal typically costs around $450 for a single, $750 for a
twin. Click
here for more information about appraisals.
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Arrange a Pre-Sale Mechanical Inspection: (Optional, but highly
recommended.) Did you know that 50% of aircraft sales fail due to the
results of the pre-purchase inspection? Don't let it happen to you: Get
a pre-sale inspection.
Airplanes inspected in advance by independent shops sell faster and for
more. That's because the buyer is assured by an independent third party
that the airplane is in good mechanical condition before he or she makes
an offer.
When we allow buyers to download a copy of the pre-sale inspection
report from an independent shop (preferably a factory-authorized repair
station which has not previously worked on the plane), many choose to
forgo getting a pre-purchase mechanical inspection, which means the sale
can close sooner and has less risk of failing.
For a pre-sale inspection, we will ask the maintenance shop to: inspect
the airframe for corrosion and damage; test the engine compression;
inspect the oil filter for metal particles (requires oil change); obtain
an oil sample and send it to a lab to test; and boroscope the cylinders
to check for rust, valve condition, and the presence of oil.
The process typically takes around five hours and costs around $450 for
singles, $600 for twins, including an oil change. (Of course, just as
with a house sale, if the inspection uncovers defects in the aircraft
that might prevent the sale from being completed, you should be prepared
to have those items corrected before closing or to discount the sales
price accordingly.)
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Notify Prospects: We often have buyers who previously contacted us
who were seeking airplanes like yours.
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Create The Most Detailed "Spec Sheet" In The Industry: We're
constantly getting compliments on our aircraft presentations. When we
describe an aircraft to prospective buyers, we strive to give them
all the information they need to make up their minds right now.
Click here for an
example.
Any broker can create a simple spec sheet with basic information, but
our exclusive SkyMachines spec sheets give prospects all the data
they need and photos of every part of the plane. We even let them
download a copy of the NAAA appraisal, copies of recent aircraft logbook
pages, the title report, the 337 forms, the pre-sale mechanical
inspection report and more.
Our exclusive spec sheets our designed to give buyers enough information
to make a written offer without having seen the plane. We constantly get
compliments on the detail of our spec sheets, with many buyers saying
they're the most detailed they've ever seen.
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Promote Your Plane All Over The Internet: While other brokers list
their inventory on only 2-3 aircraft-for-sale sites, we publish complete
data on your aircraft on 18 different Internet sites, including
Trade-a-Plane, AOPA, and Aircraft.com/Controller, ASO.com and many more.
We even post your aircraft on overseas aircraft sites.
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Create Eye-Catching Print Advertisements: Over the years, we've
learned what works best to attract prospects, and we'll put this
knowledge to work for you in ads describing your plane.
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Maintain Ads In The Top Print Publications: We'll keep ads
running in
Trade-a-Plane,
Controller and
General
Aviation News. Unlike many brokers, we don't let our ads get
stale: We continually update and revise them. We may even put an ad in
your local newspaper or regional aviation magazine.
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Provide Buyers With Our Toll-Free Number: Unlike most brokers, we
answer buyer calls (and emails) at least 12 hours a day, 7 days a
week. SkyMachines insulates you from having to take annoying or
inappropriate calls at all hours of the day or night. We are experienced
telephone sales consultants, and our proven sales techniques insure that
we'll get you top-dollar for your airplane.
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Get It In Writing: Some airplanes cost more than a house, yet people
often buy and sell airplanes with a handshake. BIG MISTAKE. With
inspections and a million things which can go wrong, it's important to
make sure all aspects of the sale are handled in writing. SkyMachines
has all the forms needed to protect your interests and prevent
misunderstandings.
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Negotiate With The Buyer: While we represent your interests, we also
take a long term view of the sales process and endeavor to make sure
all parties are completely satisfied with the deal. Often, this
means we are "in the middle" and facilitating the negotiations—keeping
everyone happy and the deal moving along, despite the roadblocks which
inevitably develop. (This is where a dealer really earns his or
her commission, as personalities often get in the way of face-to-face
buyer/seller interactions.)
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Shield You From "Tire Kickers": One of our primary jobs is to
protect your privacy and save you time. Our proven system weeds out
"buyers" who aren't really serious. First, we make sure they have been
pre-approved for financing and insurance (or what's the point of going
further?) Then, if they've seen the appraisal and pre-sale inspection
reports, we ask them to negotiate the purchase price before they even
see the airplane. We do that using our non-binding Letter of Intent
form. (A
SkyMachines exclusive!)
Only then do we arrange for
them to see the airplane.
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Prepare The Sale Documents: After you accept the buyer's offer and
they have seen and test-flown the plane, we'll prepare our exclusive,
6-page Aircraft Purchase & Sale Agreement which thoroughly protects the
interests of all parties involved.
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Collect The Buyer's Deposit: After you both sign the Purchase & Sale
Agreement, we'll ask the buyer to deposit with us a 5% good-faith
earnest money deposit. We'll even allow them to pay the deposit with a
credit card. (A
SkyMachines exclusive!)
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Open And Facilitate Escrow: Once all parties have signed the Sale
Agreement, we'll handle all the details of escrow. We use an independent
aircraft title and escrow service in Oklahoma City to make sure
everyone's interests are fairly represented. Required by most lenders,
an escrow company administers the funds and records the documents with
the FAA. (You and the buyer will split the $400-$500 independent escrow
fee).
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Assist The Buyer With Locating Financing And Insurance. Part of
making sure that the interests of all parties in a transaction are
protected is helping the buyer figure out how to finance and insure the
airplane. We work with many lenders and insurers across the country and
keep the process moving.
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Assist The Buyer With The Pre-Purchase Inspection: We'll make the
calls and coordinate everything for you and the buyer so that you don't
have to spend your time dealing with it.
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Facilitate "Closing" Of The Sale: Upon mutual direction from you and
the buyer, the earnest money deposit and the balance of the purchase
price will be transferred to you...we don't get paid until you do, so
you can rest assured that we'll do what it takes to make sure the sale
goes through as painlessly as possible.
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Arrange For Delivery: We'll even find someone to deliver the
aircraft to the buyer, no matter where in the world he or she is
located! We know how to export aircraft.
SkyAssist Is NOT Expensive!
Other brokers won't admit it, but it
costs the same for them to sell any airplane, regardless of its selling
price. So why do they charge you a commission based on the value of the
airplane? We don't like it, so we don't do it.
Unlike other brokers, who charge 6-9% of
the sales price, SkyMachines has reasonable flat fees for the
SkyAssist brokerage program...so you'll know exactly what our services
will cost up front.
|
Aircraft Type |
SkyAssist Fee |
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Piston Single |
$3995 |
|
Piston Twin |
$5995 |
|
Turbine |
$9995 |
It's that simple! Our
fee includes all the services above. The only extras are for outside
advertising (typically around $300/mo.) and the optional items for which
you pay third-party services: the appraisal (approx. $450 for singles;
$750 for twins; $1250 for turboprops), pre-sale mechanical inspection
(approximately $450 for singles), title search ($99), AD record search
($99) and outside escrow service (approximately $300).
SkyAssist pays for
itself: We are usually able to sell your airplane for more, and in less
time, than you could sell it yourself.
You
Don't Pay Unless It Sells!
At closing, the escrow agent
will subtract our fee from the balance due to you. The terms of the
SkyAssist arrangement will be agreed-upon up-front and in writing in our
Aircraft Brokerage Agreement. The agreement is for 6 months. During
the term of the agreement, we will bill you monthly for the actual costs
of the advertising (approx. $300/mo.)
Ready To
Proceed?
...View
a timeline showing the process of a typical SkyAssist brokerage sale.
...Get
a free, no-obligation analysis of your aircraft's real retail value.
...Get
information on SkyMachines buying your plane from you in 7-10 days.
...Read
our important "SkyFacts" and "SkyTips" about buying and selling airplanes
in today's market.
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