A question for real estate agents!?
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You're definitely right about people going to the internet first to look for homes. The NAR put out a study in 2005 saying that the use of the Internet to search for a home has risen from 2% in 1995 to 77% in 2005 and agents with websites has increased 129% over the past 5 years. It also said that In terms of lead generation, only referrals and repeat clients rank above the Internet as the most effective methods of gaining new business.
Unfortunately the real estate industry is a little bit behind in marketing themselves online, so having a website that displays the MLS data with an integrated IDX feed is probably your best bet to beat the competition. Especially since most of the real estate being sold is being done so by the newly established realtors who have mastered online marketing.
Some good website design companies are http://www.bayshoresolutions.com. or http://www.13avenue.com
But the real kicker is being able to display MLS listings on your site and integrate search tools using an IDX feed. IDX Broker is definitely a superior product: http://www.idxbroker.com
Good luck!
A good free way to advertise and, in some ways, even connect directly with buyers for your listings is Buyerhunt.com. It's new, but it's getting better as more buyers discover it and agents put buyers into it. And you can't beat free!
Hi there,
I'm not in R.E., however you may find the following will resource get you the results you want in a cost-effective manner:
http://website-that-works.first411.com.
More Power to You!
well to be honest with you the site already exists. Most realtors have their listing on realtor.com which is owned by the national association of realtors...there is no charge for realtors to advertise on their lisitngs on this site. Good Luck!
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