Top 5 Real Estate Search Resources
Top 5 Real Estate Search Tools
By Dave Fleming 05/08/2014
With the ever-changing real estate landscape and the volatile nature of the internet, keeping up on the best ways to find the best homes is a full time job (see: Realtor®). Gone are the days of going on a "for rent" sign hunt in the neighborhoods you like. Pull out your smart phone, check out these tools, and learn much more than a sign could ever reveal.
#5 Craiglist.org
Believe it or not, this is a great place to find homes listed for sale by the owner (aka FSBO). The interface is nothing to write home about, but the inventory is great in certain locations. Beware of scams.
Believe it or not, this is a great place to find homes listed for sale by the owner (aka FSBO). The interface is nothing to write home about, but the inventory is great in certain locations. Beware of scams.
#4 FSBO.com
A basic website to help your find your next home without the aid of a Realtor®. FSBO.com offers more than just a real estate search including credit reports, FAQs and tips, mortgage information and more.
A basic website to help your find your next home without the aid of a Realtor®. FSBO.com offers more than just a real estate search including credit reports, FAQs and tips, mortgage information and more.
#3 Trulia
Quickly rising to the top of real estate search apps, Trulia, similar to Zillow, has great filtering options, plenty of data, and is well established. The ability to refine your search in Trulia is at the top of the class and makes finding rentals in specific areas of a large city especially easy.
Quickly rising to the top of real estate search apps, Trulia, similar to Zillow, has great filtering options, plenty of data, and is well established. The ability to refine your search in Trulia is at the top of the class and makes finding rentals in specific areas of a large city especially easy.
#2 Zillow.com
This is my personal favorite app for finding homes for sale around you. Zillow has become one of the best and most comprehensive home searching apps available. HotPads is a similar map based searching application that utilizes the Zillow/Yahoo home network.
This is my personal favorite app for finding homes for sale around you. Zillow has become one of the best and most comprehensive home searching apps available. HotPads is a similar map based searching application that utilizes the Zillow/Yahoo home network.
#1 Use A Professional Realtor®
You will have to pay for the service, but nobody should be better able to find you the right home for the right price than someone who does it for their job. Use my Free Referral Program to get set up with a Realtor anywhere in the world for free with no obligation to use them.
You will have to pay for the service, but nobody should be better able to find you the right home for the right price than someone who does it for their job. Use my Free Referral Program to get set up with a Realtor anywhere in the world for free with no obligation to use them.