Most people will start their Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Hampton Roads real estate search on the Internet.
Statistics show that over 75% of potential real estate searches in Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Norfolk, Suffolk, and nationwide are done on popular sites with home listings.
Whether a mansion, luxury, or oceanfront property, you can find it online.
Locally here in Virginia Beach and Hampton Roads the potential home buyer is becoming more and more tech savvy and it is important that your REALTOR® have that same expertise in all aspects of real estate.
This not only includes the Virginia Beach home search feature, but the ability to keep in touch with out of town buyers using technology. REALTORS® must communicate with their potential real estate clients and home buyers often and expertly via email, text messaging, e-fax, web postings, flickr,
and other avenues that make it easy for the home buyer to be kept up to date. REALTORS® must know their home buyers and sellers preferred method of communicating.
One major complaint that Virginia Beach, Hampton Roads, and nation-wide real estate buyers and sellers have is the lack of communication from their real estate agent.
There is really no excuse for this with today’s technology.
Your internet search can start many ways. You can simply use my search feature at the top of this page. Popular sites for searches include Craigslist and many other national and local MLS providers. It is important to remember that all these sites enable you to search for homes but they do not sell real estate.
They register potential home buyers and sellers, agents, and other professionals. They may have fees, but derive most of their money from advertising. While their information is available, it is only as accurate as whoever submitted such and kept it updated.
You can narrow down your Virginia Beach or Hampton Roads search on these websites. But, when the
rubber meets the road you really need to eventually consult a REALTOR®.
As a REALTOR I have the ability to further refine your search criteria, send you listings, preview real estate,
take and send you pictures, advise you of disclosures, walk the neighborhood at night, discuss schools with you, and a myriad of other things that provide value.
Let’s look at an example. Recently, a client contacted me via e-mail from overseas about purchasing a home in Virginia Beach. After several discussions via e-mail we narrowed his Virginia Beach search, I provided comparables, and he authorized me to write up the purchase offer. The offer was written, e-faxed to him, signed and returned the same day and presented to the seller’s agent.
Whether Virginia Beach, Hampton Roads, or across the country, technology plays a huge role in the proper handling of your transaction.
Do you want to be kept informed and over WOWED with your real estate transaction?
