February southwest Florida Real Estate update

Technology marches on no mater how our comfort level is with it. Fortunately, some of the newer programs made available for consumers now are quite user friendly and make searching for real estate almost simple. We are proud to be able to offer a new program called Listing Book FREE to anyone who wants to sign up.

It allows a consumer to search for property and have the same information available as us as a Realtor with the exception of the confidential or private information only we have access to. In addition, anyone familiar with our office knows we are not pests in calling once we have your information. Generally, we wait for you to call us.

But about Listing Book and why you should contact us to sign up for it. First, all we need is your name and email to get you up, and running. Then this user-friendly program takes over. It will send you a welcome email and walk you through setting up an account specific to your needs.

Are you thinking of buying? Then you can set up Listing Book to search specifically for your dream home. Zero in on a specific area or neighborhood. Tighten up your price range. How many bedrooms? You can be as specific as you would like with this program.

Do you just want to search out foreclosure properties? Or how about just lots and land. Then you will like this program. In addition, you do not need to be a computer wiz to figure this program out. It's very user friendly.

Are you thinking of selling or are already selling your home with us. This program is a great way to know automatically about your competition. How much is that home down the street? Or know when that house around the corner comes on the market before I even know.

We are offered new programs to make our job easier all the time. Most of them turn out to be useless or more work than necessary. However, we and our customers that have tried it really like this software. Email us today and we will set you up with it, free.

The other bit of technology we have decided to offer now is video for all our home sellers. The internet is now looking for video content to display (internet 2.0) and those that are not using it will be left behind. The days of virtual tours are winding down and just simple video tours of a home are the wave of the future.

We are getting better at it and eventually we will offer narrated video tours too. Nevertheless, the theory is the longer you can keep consumers on your web site or looking at a particular listing the better. In addition, most of the home searches engines that we link to put listings with pictures and video content first.

So technology does march on.

However, for Assist-2-Sell Sellers & Buyers Advantage Realty it has to make sense, be cost effective, be easy to use, and be consumer friendly.