Twin Falls County · Idaho
Flat Fee MLS Listing in Twin Falls, Idaho
List your Twin Falls home on the MLS for one flat fee, from $399, instead of a listing commission that grows with your sale price. A licensed Idaho broker publishes the listing, and you keep control of the sale.
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Magic Valley
JupiDoor in Twin Falls
Twin Falls was laid out in 1904 as a planned town for I.B. Perrine's irrigation project, after Milner Dam made farming above the Snake River Canyon practical. It sits at about 3,740 feet on the canyon's south rim, and the original townsite streets run at a 45-degree angle to the compass while newer subdivisions to the north and west follow a standard grid. Food processing drives much of the job market, with Chobani, Glanbia and Lamb Weston among the major employers, and the College of Southern Idaho adds staff and students. Canal water still waters many yards.
Twin Falls homes are listed on the Intermountain MLS, one of the Idaho MLSs JupiDoor lists on. Your listing goes on it under a licensed Idaho brokerage, and from there to the sites buyers search.
Local knowledge
What sellers in Twin Falls should know
More than half of Twin Falls homes water lawns from the city's pressurized irrigation system, fed by Twin Falls Canal Company water from about mid-April to mid-October, so say whether your lot is connected.
In the Original Townsite the diagonal street grid means rooms rarely face due north or south, so describe which rooms catch morning or afternoon sun instead of listing a compass direction.
Canyon-rim homes, such as the Riverbend lots above Auger Falls, sell on the view, so photograph the canyon and note the distance to the Canyon Rim Trail and the Perrine Bridge.
Buyers relocating for jobs at Chobani, Glanbia or Lamb Weston often shop from outside the Magic Valley, so a video walkthrough and a measured floor plan help your home compete.
Since Pole Line Road was completed in 2010, new construction has pushed north toward the canyon, so an older home should point out its mature trees and established landscaping against those new builds.
Neighborhoods
Where people buy in Twin Falls
Original Townsite
The Twin Falls Original Townsite Residential Historic District is a triangular, 264-acre area bounded roughly by Blue Lakes Avenue, Addison Avenue, 2nd Avenue East and 2nd Avenue West. It holds more than 900 buildings on diagonal streets, including the historic Bickel and Lincoln schools, and draws buyers who want an older home near downtown.
Riverbend and the canyon rim
Riverbend offers canyon-rim lots built directly along the Snake River Canyon above Auger Falls, with custom homes designed around the view. Buyers are usually looking for a larger custom house and are willing to pay for rim frontage and easy access to canyon trails.
Canyon Trails
Canyon Trails stretches along both sides of Parkview Drive between Pole Line Road West and Federation Road, with homes built since the early 2000s. It is newer single-family construction on the north side of town, popular with buyers who want a modern floor plan close to Blue Lakes Boulevard shopping.
Pheasant Meadows
Pheasant Meadows is a single-family subdivision off Pheasant Road West in southern Twin Falls, first approved in 2004 and built out in phases. It appeals to buyers who want a newer home with reasonable access to downtown without living on the busier north side.
Northern Passage
Northern Passage extends east from Grandview Drive North around Rock Creek Elementary School on the city's northwest side. The housing is newer single-family homes built in phases, and buyers here often want to be near an elementary school and the newer commercial areas.
Your Idaho broker
Mike Heslop
Founder, Principal Broker & Owner of JupiDoor
Mike founded JupiDoor to price real estate the way he thought it should be priced. He is a REALTOR® and the licensed broker behind every Idaho home we put on the MLS.
- Licensed full time since
- January 2015
- Idaho licenses
- DB54652 · Brokerage 1071281
- Member of
- Boise Regional Realtors
- Career totals
- 500+ closed transactions · $300 million
Flat Rate Selling Packages for Idaho Sellers
MLS Starter
- Listing on your local MLS
- Listed on Zillow, Realtor.com, etc.
- Listed on Local Broker Websites
- Access to all real estate documents
- Comparable Properties
- All phone calls directed towards you
- 10 Photos listed on the MLS
- 5 Free MLS changes
- 1 Open house posting
$399
Sign UpMLS Premium
- Listing on your local MLS
- Listed on Zillow, Realtor.com, etc.
- Listed on Local Broker Websites
- Access to all real estate documents
- Comparable Properties
- All phone calls directed towards you
- 60 Photos listed on the MLS
- Unlimited open house postings
- Unlimited MLS changes
- Offer Reviews and Consulting
- Handling of paperwork
$499
Sign UpFull Service Realtor
- Listing on your local MLS
- Listed on Zillow, Realtor.com, etc.
- Listed on Local Broker Websites
- Access to all real estate documents
- We handle all paperwork
- Comparable Properties
- We take all phone calls
- Unlimited photos on the MLS (as many as the MLS allows)
- Unlimited open house postings
- Unlimited MLS changes
- Full negotiation Support
- One-on-one Virtual meeting
- For Sale Sign
- Lockbox
How it works
Listing in Idaho, step by step
Five steps from picking a package to closing. Everything in between happens in your account.
- 1
Choose a package
Pick from MLS Starter, MLS Premium, Full Service Realtor, and add anything else you want. You pay once, when you sign up.
- 2
Complete the online listing
Your address, price, property details, photos and MLS information all go in through your dashboard, at whatever pace suits you.
- 3
We put it on the MLS
A licensed broker reviews what you entered and publishes the listing to your local MLS, which feeds Zillow, Realtor.com and local broker sites.
- 4
Showings and offers
Buyers and their agents reach you through the listing. On MLS Premium and Full Service Realtor we read the offers with you before you sign anything.
- 5
Close and keep your equity
There is no listing-side commission taken out of your sale — only the Full Service Realtor package adds 0.5% at closing.
Your Potential Savings
Set your Idaho sale price to see what a 3% listing-side commission would cost you, and what you keep instead.
Traditional listing commission at 3%
$15,000
Most you could keep
$14,601
with MLS Starter at $399
MLS Starter
You keep$14,601
You pay $399
MLS Premium
You keep$14,501
You pay $499
Full Service Realtor
You keep$12,001
You pay $2,999 ($499 + 0.5% at Closing)
What you payWhat you keep
An estimate of the listing side only. A buyer’s agent commission, if you offer one, is separate.
FAQ
Twin Falls questions
- There are 3 packages: MLS Starter at $399, MLS Premium at $499, Full Service Realtor at $499 plus 0.5% at closing. The package price is paid up front, when you sign up, instead of a listing commission. A buyer's agent commission, if you choose to offer one, is separate and is yours to set.
- Twin Falls homes are listed on the Intermountain MLS. In Idaho, JupiDoor lists on the Intermountain MLS, Pocatello MLS and Snake River MLS, so your home goes on the one that covers your area, and from there to Zillow, Realtor.com and local broker websites.
- The Twin Falls School District serves the city. It runs two main high schools, Twin Falls High School and Canyon Ridge High School, along with four middle schools and nine elementary schools. School assignment depends on the address and boundaries change as the north side grows, so buyers should check the district's boundary lookup for a specific property before relying on a particular school.
- The City of Twin Falls operates a pressurized irrigation system that delivers untreated canal water for lawns and gardens. The city calls its water shares into the Twin Falls Canal Company in early April, the lines fill over a few weeks, and service usually runs until mid-October. Since 2012 the city has required new subdivisions to use canal or pressurized irrigation. The water is not safe to drink, and in dry years the canal company can reduce deliveries, so the city may ask residents to cut back on watering.
- Most residents drive. Blue Lakes Boulevard is the main north-south commercial street, and the Perrine Bridge carries traffic across the Snake River Canyon toward Jerome and Interstate 84. Pole Line Road, completed in 2010, moved much of the cross-town traffic out of the downtown corridor. For people without a car, the city launched Ride TFT, an on-demand microtransit service, in July 2023, which takes trip requests within the service area.
- That is your call. Many sellers still offer something toward the buyer's agent to keep their home competitive, but it is optional, and since August 17, 2024 the offer can no longer be published on the MLS. You record what you are willing to offer when you set up your listing, and it is shared with buyer agents directly rather than on the listing. Whatever you offer, the listing-side savings are yours.
Ready to list your Twin Falls home?
Pick a package and start your listing online, or call and we will walk you through it.
Or call and text 801-864-3449
