Most of you that know me personally...understand my real secret to success in real estate is the Web.  I host, design, and do all my own web designs and do all my own SEO and web placement.  I really do nothing fancy, but concentrate on being very effective.   I am currently designing a new web for Maryland.  Ellen and I are now licensed as brokers in 3 states.  Georgia, Maryland and Virginia.  So my current project is to redesign the way I build my sites and improve the way it drives web traffic at every level. 

If I start at a state level, I can drill down to a county, city, zip code and even subdivision level.  Since the Internet is a visual and text medium, I like to try various methods for the drill down for information.  Graphics can be a part of this, and I've toyed with Google maps, but wanted something more personalized.  So for the last few months I've been toying with a drawing program called Smart Draw.  It isn't cheap, but I really like it.  I can design state maps, local counties, and even zip codes for some area.  I can then do a hot spot to drive a search with a link that goes from the map to the MLS search.

Please keep in mind this is just a work in progress.  If you click on each county, it drives a search to that County.   Let me know what you think!  (Artwork is Copyright Jim Crawford 2008)

 HOT SPOTTED MAP  Please click map to check on site.****