RIS media is reporting the rates on which buyers are finding their home online.  Typically, the buyer finds the home and then contacts a real estate agent.  This is interesting on 2 fronts.  One is that realtors need to actively market their properties not just on the local listing service. They need to be online in as MANY places as possible.  Secondly, that homeowners need to have the home IMMACULATE before putting it on the market.  The realtor, or even if it is FSBO, will be putting pictures online.  This is the FIRST image that buyers will see in most cases these days.  They should be clean, clutter free, and make the home look like it just came out of a home improvement magazine!  Read more on the article at www.beautifulbatonrougehomes.com

Tim Houk