Garbage In Garbage Out - Buyers Try To Find Their Way Online

That would be nice, Michael. Consitency does have it's plusses. Can we vote for a king?

Shocking news to many online home buyers, not everything on the internet is true! ! Great post.

Lol on the conclave!

Michael - The internet is loaded with information, but with out someone who knows the business, knows the area, knows what adds values, and what takes value away, it's just information - good, bad, accurate, or just wrong.  Good information that has context adds value, I hope buyers and sellers call you!

I have a theory that on line browsing is a big ingredient in the erosion of buyer loyalty.

Very good post here.  Thanks for sharing.                                                                         

I receive many  calls from renters aboout properties that are no longer available and sometimes I do not have time to return calls right away.

Michael, If they want the real facts they need to contact an agent. If they want real service they need to engage the services of an agent.

Michael, well said! There is a lot of mis-information out there. Trust your local REALTOR® and get the real facts. Give Michael a call!

You get extra bonus points for making your post clear, concise and easy to read.

Reminds me of an article I published a while back "Let Your Agent Do It" and it's fine to do an exploratory.  But then find an agent to find your house.  

The cat is out of the proverbial bag--there's no way to stop buyers now from beginning to search on the internet and it often does help educate them about what's in the market. But when it comes to serious house hunting, nothing will replace a good buyer's agent. We just need to know how to put across our value added to them.

Nice Post, Michael. I like the easy read, too.

The 'Internet' can be a great source of information about a lot of topics, but 'it's' accuracy is far from where it should be and it therefore is a treacherous place. Buyers & Sellers definitely need to work WITH local professionals..
Bruce

I only wish we could get this thru to Buyers - and Sellers!

It is amazing how bad the "transposing" is with the real estate aggregators.  And when the information is transposed incorrectly the Sellers want to know why.  Why in God's green earth we as listing agents would say such a thing about their property.  And the Buyers want to know why the property is not as it was represented on T,R,Z.

We all need to pull our feeds to these leaches and have a "public" side to OUR MLS's.

Michael you have certainly got the attention of the reader and thanks for sharing as buyers will buy and sellers willl sell

Michael,

As always...true poetic...

You have a way with words!!!