Today's local newspaper carried an interesting note about real estate.
It seems one of the readers is house-hunting so stopped to pick up a flyer from the box in front of an interesting home. The trouble is, when she started reading the flyer, it turned out to belong to a different house - one that's several miles away.
I wonder now if she'll ask to see both homes?
From what I read, many Active Rain regulars are opposed to using flyers. I like them - but only if the flyer box is stocked regularly, and only if they are written to entice the prospect to want to see more.
In our area, cell service is very undependable and spotty. So without a flyer, interested parties would need to write down the phone number, write down the location, etc. and wait to learn more until later. The flyer gives them the contact information and enough details to know if they really do want to see more. And - it gives the address or a listing number.
Addresses can be a problem in rural areas. 
I can't tell you how many times I've been frustrated by trying to get information for a potential buyer based on a phone call such as "I want to know about a house I saw today. It's green - or that might have been another one. Maybe it's blue. But anyway, you go up the highway about 6 or 7 miles and then there's a road on the left. I forget the name of the road, but you go in about a half mile - well, maybe a mile. Then there's a barn on the right and a little house on the left. It has a sign from XYZ company. How much do they want for that? And how much land comes with it?"
Sometimes you have luck calling the listing agency. Sometimes not. Either the house expired off the market last year, or the agent who works in that part of the county isn't in right now and no one else has a clue.
So... I do like flyer boxes, as long as they're stocked.
But I do think it might be a good idea to put the right flyer in the right box!
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