Ever feel like you're looking at more and more listings, but none of them is "THE" one? Jumping from one website to another in hopes of finding that gem that everyone else has overlooked? Likely you've discovered the good news that there are literally thousands of websites designed to make homes available to you online. Unfortunately, that's also the BAD news! Where's the best place to look when you're serious about finding that new home? What makes your search process even more challenging is that the very sites you're using operate under a wide range of rules.  Some, like Realtor.com for example, draw their data from the MLSs themselves. They don't have ALL the listings, but at least the ones they do have are current and their information is as accurate as is available in the MLS. Other sites, even some of the best known home search sites, rely on "user input" to build their listings database. It's not uncommon to find "on the market" listings there that had sold even a year or two ago. A quick look at one such popular site just today revealed about a half dozen homes (out of the 30 that appeared in the search results) that have been off the market for 2 years! It's the old "garbage in / garbage out" phenomenon. Most of those sites do nothing to "police" the data because the more listings they show you (accurate or not) the more you "perceive" that they're the place to go to find your dream home. And still other sites are "syndication" sites. Agents don't publish listings to them directly...they draw their inventory from other sites that agents do post their listings to. In most cases, the agents don't even know where their listings are posted to, so there's no way for them to "update" the listing information. Which of these sites might you be using yourself? There is another factor that reduces your success in finding the right home. It's very common for buyers to either be too loose or too restrictive in their home search. When your criteria is too broad, you get a huge number of meaningless results. However, if they're too narrow, you filter out several properties that could be ideal. The Home Search Concierge is specifically designed to avoid both pitfalls. All you need to do is to enter your criteria below. It will then be used to create a manual input directly into the MLS listing service that we agents use (MLSNI - the Multiple Listing Service of Northern Illinois)...so you can be sure that NONE of the listed properties are falling through those proverbial cracks. Shortly after submitting the completed form below, you'll receive an email with your login and passcode, so please be sure to double check your email address to be certain you've typed it correctly. Once that's done you can sit back and relax and watch for your Dream Home to come to you!!! |