1.5%
Listing Commission
99.4%
List-To-Sale Ratio
250+
Closings
14+
years of experience
FOR SELLERS
List at 1.5%. Full Service
Editorial photography, staging guidance, marketing, and skilled negotiation - at nearly half the traditional listing fee. Keep more equity at closing.
FOR BUYERS
Find the Right Home
Local insight, patient search, and skilled negotiation - for first-time buyers, relocators, and new construction across the Triangle.
1.5% SMART LISTING FEE
Same Full Service. Net More at Closing.
Most Triangle agents charge 2.5–3% on the listing side. We charge 1.5% — with the same editorial photography, staging guidance, marketing, and negotiation. The difference shows up in your net at closing.
HOME PRICE
$500,000
$750,000
$1,000,000
TRADITIONAL
3%
$15,000
$22.500
$30,000
BLUE ORCHID 1.5%
$7,500
$11,250
$15,000
YOU KEEP
- $7,500
- $11,250
- $15,000
Listing-side fee only. Buyer-agent compensation is negotiated separately and disclosed up front. Example figures for illustration; actual savings vary by contract.
THE BLUE ORCHID DIFFERENCE
Why Clients Choose Us.
Blue Orchid Realty is a modern, full-service brokerage. You get the marketing, photography, staging guidance, and expert negotiation of a traditional firm — at nearly half the listing fee.
Full-Service Support
Whether you are buying or selling, you get hands-on guidance from start to finish — pricing strategy, market analysis, offer review, negotiation, contract timelines, inspections, and closing support.
Design-Trained Eye for Value
Our design background helps sellers prepare and present their homes beautifully, while helping buyers evaluate layout, finishes, upgrades, renovation potential, and long-term resale value.
Smart Local Strategy Across Cary & the Triangle
With 14 years of Triangle real estate experience, we help clients understand neighborhoods, pricing, schools, resale potential, and market timing so they can make confident decisions.
Stronger Net Results
For sellers, our full-service 1.5% Smart Listing Fee helps you keep more equity at closing. For buyers, our guidance helps you avoid costly mistakes and make smarter, better-positioned offers.
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1.5% Smart Listing Fee.
THE TRIANGLE BUYERS
Buyers we love
working with.
Whether you're relocating, buying new construction, upsizing, or purchasing your first home, Blue Orchid Realty helps buyers navigate the Triangle market with local insight negotiation expertise, and design-trained perspective.
First-Time Buyers
We make the process easier to understand, guide you step by step, and never rush your decisions. Patience is part of the service.
New Contruction
Builder contracts protect builders. Having your own ABR® on your side protects you — with negotiation experience and design background to help you evaluate upgrades, layout, and value, often at no cost to you.
Relocating to the Triangle
Moving from out of state? Virtual tours, neighborhood deep-dives, and on-the-ground eyes you can trust.
Upsizing & Right-Sizing
Buying and selling at the same time? We help coordinate the timeline so your move feels smooth, realistic, and well-planned.
CLIENT TESTIMONIALS
What our clients say about working with Blue Orchid Realty.
"Sold above asking in under two weeks. The design-trained eye for staging and the photography did the heavy lifting before a single showing.
John
SELLER· CARY, NC
"Blue Orchid Realty’s business model is amazing—we saved thousands of dollars and had a great experience.
Michelle & Jake
SELLERS · RALEIGH, NC
I wish I could give Blue Orchid Realty 10 stars! That’s how phenomenal they are! Emme and Tommy helped us sell our previous home and purchase a new home.
Josh & Yi
BUYERS AND SELLERS · APEX, NC
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MEET EMME ZHENG
14 Years of Local Real Estate Guidance
Across the Triangle
Emme is co-founder and Broker-in-Charge of Blue Orchid Realty. She grew up in North Carolina, earned a B.A. in Interior Architecture in 2009, and has spent 14+ years and 250+ closings helping Triangle buyers and sellers see homes beyond surface-level finishes.
She is a Top 100 Producer in the Triangle residential market, an Accredited Buyer's Representative (ABR®), and a Seller Representative Specialist (SRS®). Bilingual support — English and Chinese.
ABR®
Accredited Buyer's Representative
Top 100
Triangle Producer
SRS
Seller Representative Specialist
B.A. Interior Architecture