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YOU BETTER GET ON THE STICK, HORSEFLY... a September 22, 2010 kick in the pants
Everything has to be updated - there are new Internet related numbers as they correspond to people searching on line - new variables with reference to buyers finding homes and closing the same.  Before, 2001, publication print was the main medium that agents would utilize to get their listings sold - Best representing their Sellers of Real Estate.
In fact, if you remember, the newspaper was a primary medium, Homes and Land, the Real Estate Book - But after 2002 - those numbers started to shrink at an exponential rate.
Today - it is all about the WWW - 87% are searching on line before contacting an agent - 70% found their home on line before contacting an agent and successfully closing escrow.  These are really staggering numbers folks.
Realtor.com - that is the big boy on the block when compared with all of the other search portals for real estate.  Realtor.com is running the show, so far.  The greatest thing about the Internet is not everything stays the same forever.  In fact, it is so very dynamic, any Website on Top of the Search Engines could be knocked off in a millisecond.  I am waiting for Active Rain to hit ... more

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