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FirstMate
My lil cowboy
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House hunters, present and past, come on in!
I'm taking an informal poll here to see if I'm completely off base.
The question is when you are/were house hunting, what was your main method of finding homes to look at?
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Posted 3/27/12 10:26 AM  |
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marieSand
Hello LIF!!!
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marie
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Re: House hunters, present and past, come on in!
I used MLSLI.com and went to a bunch of open houses. When we wanted to see a house that was not having an open house, we would contact the list agent.
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| Posted 3/27/12 10:30 AM |
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Goobster
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Re: House hunters, present and past, come on in!
www.redfin.com
Love it. They showed homes alot faster than they appeared on MLS. That's how I found mine.
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| Posted 3/27/12 10:37 AM |
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JDubs
different, not less
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Re: House hunters, present and past, come on in!
MLSLI and Listingbook
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| Posted 3/27/12 10:41 AM |
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ItsaJoya19
my cup runneth over
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Re: House hunters, present and past, come on in!
My MIL is a REA so technically it was a buyers agent. We lived with her while we were house hunting so we looked up houses on her MLS together and she took us around.
So I guess a combination of both? I should have picked "other"! 
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| Posted 3/27/12 10:45 AM |
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Re: House hunters, present and past, come on in!
When I bought my house in 2008, I was not in real estate. We used a buyer's agent and also used mlsli.com a lot for our own research.
Now, as an agent, most of my buyer customers are VERY internet-savvy. I find most of my customers (and also people I encounter at open houses, because we always ask how they heard of the open house) are using MLS, Zillow, and/or Listingbook. And those who start using Listingbook get addicted because it's so user-friendly and interactive; it really helps people organize their search by allowing them to make notes, mark favorites, etc.
I have found -- and my company has done a lot of research on this, too -- that almost NO buyers are relying on print advertising in papers. We put our listings in the glossy supermarket home magazines, and occasionally get a call from that. And I have personally done ads in some local LI or town publications and even the Village Voice for select listings, and have rarely gotten any calls off of them.
So I think a strong internet presence is really key for any seller; that's what the buyers are looking at. But while I think the internet is a valuable tool to be used in conjunction with an agent, buyers are still using and still NEED agents. I have a blog on this site about this very topic! 
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| Posted 3/27/12 10:45 AM |
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VanderZwang
LIF Adolescent
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Gail
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Re: House hunters, present and past, come on in!
Trulia app was INVALUABLE for us as well.
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| Posted 3/27/12 10:49 AM |
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Re: House hunters, present and past, come on in!
Posted by Goobster
www.redfin.com
Love it. They showed homes alot faster than they appeared on MLS. That's how I found mine.
That's odd... the houses that showed on Redfin first were probably private listings or listings by non-MLS members. Real estate companies/agents control what gets input onto each site, including MLS. And there's no time lag - if we post a listing to MLS, it shows up immediately. When we put a listing on MLS and a few other main sites (Century 21's website, for example), it then will filter out to many other derivative websites.
So there's no reason that Redfin would have a listing that wouldn't be on MLS, unless it is an exclusive of a specific real estate company OR listed by someone who does not participate in the MLS system (the vast majority of real estate companies, and all of the big ones, do!).
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| Posted 3/27/12 10:50 AM |
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MandJZ
Time for Baby #2!
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Re: House hunters, present and past, come on in!
Listingbook! It is my go to site!
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| Posted 3/27/12 10:50 AM |
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MrsPorkChop
Twinning!!
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Re: House hunters, present and past, come on in!
Posted by MandJZ
Listingbook! It is my go to site!
same here, then used zillow to cross check data on the house
so listingbook in conjuction with zillow
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| Posted 3/27/12 11:06 AM |
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TheLucille2
Yayicanpickmyowntitle!
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Re: House hunters, present and past, come on in!
Posted by Goobster
www.redfin.com
Love it. They showed homes alot faster than they appeared on MLS. That's how I found mine.
This!
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| Posted 3/27/12 11:08 AM |
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Jonsgirl04
Love my two girls! xoxo
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Re: House hunters, present and past, come on in!
I use Listing book..but does anyone know how to search for homes and eliminate the Short sales and forclosures...There seems to be so many short sales. Is there anyway to do this??
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| Posted 3/27/12 11:10 AM |
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Posted by Jonsgirl04
I use Listing book..but does anyone know how to search for homes and eliminate the Short sales and forclosures...There seems to be so many short sales. Is there anyway to do this??
Of course! You can edit your home finder criteria to elminate short sales and foreclosures. They are listed criteria, and you can check "don't want" to weed them out. If you don't know how to do that, the agent who set up your account can do it.
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| Posted 3/27/12 11:14 AM |
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8ternity
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Re: House hunters, present and past, come on in!
Listingbook
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| Posted 3/27/12 11:17 AM |
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Jonsgirl04
Love my two girls! xoxo
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Re: House hunters, present and past, come on in!
Posted by Century 21 Dallow - Christine Braun
Posted by Jonsgirl04
I use Listing book..but does anyone know how to search for homes and eliminate the Short sales and forclosures...There seems to be so many short sales. Is there anyway to do this??
Of course! You can edit your home finder criteria to elminate short sales and foreclosures. They are listed criteria, and you can check "don't want" to weed them out. If you don't know how to do that, the agent who set up your account can do it.
THANK YOU!!!!
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| Posted 3/27/12 11:18 AM |
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Megan1129
LIF Adolescent
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Megan
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Re: House hunters, present and past, come on in!
Posted by Elizhf34
Posted by Goobster
www.redfin.com
Love it. They showed homes alot faster than they appeared on MLS. That's how I found mine.
This!
Agreed, I love Redfin. I find it is much more user friendly than other sites. I am a visual person so I liked seeing the house on a map in relation to other properties for sale. I also liked that it gave you it's activity (price changes, when it was last sold, etc.)
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| Posted 3/27/12 11:29 AM |
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CindySN23
Stop, Think & Breathe...
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Re: House hunters, present and past, come on in!
Posted by Goobster
www.redfin.com
Love it. They showed homes alot faster than they appeared on MLS. That's how I found mine.
Loved redfin!!!
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| Posted 3/27/12 11:31 AM |
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FirstMate
My lil cowboy
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Re: House hunters, present and past, come on in!
Posted by Century 21 Dallow - Christine Braun
Posted by Goobster
www.redfin.com
Love it. They showed homes alot faster than they appeared on MLS. That's how I found mine.
That's odd... the houses that showed on Redfin first were probably private listings or listings by non-MLS members. Real estate companies/agents control what gets input onto each site, including MLS. And there's no time lag - if we post a listing to MLS, it shows up immediately. When we put a listing on MLS and a few other main sites (Century 21's website, for example), it then will filter out to many other derivative websites.
So there's no reason that Redfin would have a listing that wouldn't be on MLS, unless it is an exclusive of a specific real estate company OR listed by someone who does not participate in the MLS system (the vast majority of real estate companies, and all of the big ones, do!).
I'm not familiar with Redfin but my agent told me there is a 24 hour turn around time from putting the info into MLS/Listingbook to when it is displayed to buyers. Maybe that's the reason?
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KaKa2323
Got my miracle
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Re: House hunters, present and past, come on in!
I am pretty much on MLSLI, Redfin and Trulia everyday. I love watching houses that were not in my price range drop into my range
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| Posted 3/27/12 12:06 PM |
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Goobster
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Re: House hunters, present and past, come on in!
Posted by Century 21 Dallow - Christine Braun
Posted by Goobster
www.redfin.com
Love it. They showed homes alot faster than they appeared on MLS. That's how I found mine.
That's odd... the houses that showed on Redfin first were probably private listings or listings by non-MLS members. Real estate companies/agents control what gets input onto each site, including MLS. And there's no time lag - if we post a listing to MLS, it shows up immediately. When we put a listing on MLS and a few other main sites (Century 21's website, for example), it then will filter out to many other derivative websites.
So there's no reason that Redfin would have a listing that wouldn't be on MLS, unless it is an exclusive of a specific real estate company OR listed by someone who does not participate in the MLS system (the vast majority of real estate companies, and all of the big ones, do!).
Sorry sounds different than I meant it.
My house FIRST APPEARED on redfin, about 1am. I contacted the agent immediately. It didn't appear on MLS until a day or two later. That was my point, not that it never made it to MLS.
The same with another home I was looking at. Came on REDFIN first, then MLS a day or two later.
Message edited 3/27/2012 12:28:37 PM.
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JustATwinkle
LIF Infant
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Re: House hunters, present and past, come on in!
Remax-beyond was my go to because i liked their 'favorites' sections. I was able to rate how much I liked the house with stars, keep notes, etc. But, I'd check out mlsli a lot too, because remax didn't update as quickly.
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| Posted 3/27/12 1:02 PM |
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AScottWolf
I <3 our squish!
Member since 11/10 2237 total posts
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Adriana
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Re: House hunters, present and past, come on in!
MLSLI
listingbook
Realtors.com app ( this!)
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| Posted 3/27/12 1:22 PM |
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Ray8183
LIF Adolescent
Member since 6/10 621 total posts
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Renay
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Re: House hunters, present and past, come on in!
Posted by Goobster
www.redfin.com
Love it. They showed homes alot faster than they appeared on MLS. That's how I found mine.
I would go to Coach Realty and cross reference it with redfin.com.
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| Posted 3/27/12 1:36 PM |
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wanttobeamom
LIF Adult
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Re: House hunters, present and past, come on in!
Redfin
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| Posted 3/27/12 1:44 PM |
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nraboni
Uggh...
Member since 10/09 6905 total posts
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Nicole
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Re: House hunters, present and past, come on in!
Posted by JDubs
MLSLI and Listingbook
This!
I liked listingbook a lot better than MLSLI.
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