Using "Find Your Home" on my site, MikeJaquish.com to search for a home in the Raleigh Cary area, just got better!
Today, Hal and the guys at Goodtree & Co. took my new IDX real estate search solution, BestHomePro, "Live." Hubba Hubba!
The user interface is revolutionary among third party search providers. It is map-based, and uses Microsoft Virtual Earth as the mapping solution. Microsoft Virtual Earth offers aerial photo views, Microsoft 3D images, and "Bird's-Eye" views. Birds-Eye views make me feel like I am right in front of the home, and then allow me to circle the home by pressing the rotation arrows. One fact I really like is that MS Virtual Earth is also the mapping solution for the Triangle MLS. We have consistency in presentation when offering clients automatic MLS searches or seeing results in our IDX searches.
We now also have access to local businesses, services, and schools, parks, and recreation on the map with BestHomePro.
The search will rank the results in the order of "Best Fit" to your criteria, which you will input with the use of sliding scales, depending on how important each feature is to you.
I am a huge supporter of visitors using agents' search solutions without registration, without fear that Realtors will pester them regularly trying to force a sale. If I can be of service, I hope that the visitor would be comfortable enough to just "raise their hand," and make a request.
BestHomePro does require that users register when saving a search, saving homes, sharing listings with others, or other advanced uses beyond searches. They need contact information to drop a cookie onto your computer to identify you, I guess. Hoping my cookie is chocolate chip.
Users need to know that my personal policy is unchanged. Use the search feature as much as you wish. Save searches. Share homes. I respect your privacy, and will drop you a personal email welcoming you after you get the automatic welcoming email. After that, you will not hear from me until YOU contact ME, with a need or question. No Hassle Home Searching is here to stay.
So use it. Drive it like you stole it. Get comfortable. Pop over to Apex, NC, or up to Morrisville, or anywhere in Wake County. Find that home, and don't hesitate to let me know that you need further help.
Welcome to BestHomePro and "Find Your Home!" Come back often and call me when you care to.
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