want to spend a little money and time on helping my real estate agent
sell my house. want to market it online. what tools are available to
me that make it easy and effective?

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Request for Question Clarification by jbf777-ga on 08 Jul 2004 12:43 PDT

holguinero -

Thanks for your question.

Can you elaborate a bit on "tools?"  Are you looking for guides?  Are
you looking for places you can list your home for sale?

Thanks,

jbf777

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Clarification of Question by holguinero-ga on 08 Jul 2004 15:13 PDT

tools examples:

1. how to market your house for sale website
2. ipix/video to show off house photos/views
3. places to 'list' house for sale (even tho you have a realtor)

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Request for Question Clarification by omnivorous-ga on 09 Jul 2004 04:37 PDT

Holguinero --

You seem to be focused on visibility tools, particularly via the web. 
Quite frankly it's one of the benefits that an agent should bring to
the transaction.

There are a number of other things commonly advised by a real estate
agent that are non-Internet:
*  having a house "detailed" for thorough clean up
*  having a house "styled" to bring in plants and decorations, much as
a model home is presented
*  cosmetic repairs to key features
*  landscaping assistance
*  warranty offers on heating, plumbing, appliances

Do you want any of these "other" considerations?

Best regards,

Omnivorous-GA

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Clarification of Question by holguinero-ga on 09 Jul 2004 05:33 PDT

certainly would not mind tips on how to market a house, but the point
of this exercise is that most agents are not aggressive enough imo in
generating leads and treating the property like their livelihood
depends on it.

so, i'm focused more on search engine/website type ideas that really
get the prospects in the door in a compressed amount of time.

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Request for Question Clarification by jbf777-ga on 09 Jul 2004 14:11 PDT

Holguinero -

Can you tell me your city and state, or just state?  This will help a lot.

Thanks,

jbf777

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Clarification of Question by holguinero-ga on 10 Jul 2004 06:29 PDT

south florida

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Request for Question Clarification by umiat-ga on 10 Jul 2004 08:39 PDT

My husband is a homebuilder and we have built, lived in, and sold
three of our homes, and numerour "spec" homes, in the last ten years.
While we always work with a realtor, we market our houses on local,
real-estate search engines that provide "visual tours." Visual tours
allow potential buyers to look through the interior of the house
before paying a visit. This weeds out many people who are not
interested in the location or interior style and generates interest in
others who might have passed by your listing until they see the
inside. Has your realtor looked into any of these web-marketing
features?

Wife and I have consider buying about 1000 houses over the past 30
years. We try to discount first impressions, but farly often we just
drove by bacause of poor curb appeal. We did buy one with poor curb
appeal, and spent a bundle improving it over the years, but few people
do that, so do the low cost things that make the house appealing
especially as viewed from the curb.   Neil