Home Buyer's Guide
Step 3: Search the MLS for Homes
No matter what type of home you're looking for, if you're like most buyers, you'll probably want to do some (or most) of the initial searching yourself. Our goal is to enable you to do as much searching on your own as you'd like. To do this, we provide you with property addresses in our home search tools (at left).
We recommend that you compile a long list of potential homes that interest you. Then, take the print-out and drive around the neighborhoods which you might want to live in, previewing the available homes from the street. You'll find that you can narrow down your list of homes by about 90%, and by then you'll know exactly which ones you want to see inside. This approach allows you to search at your leisure without a Realtor interfering. It also allows the Realtor to maximize his or her time with you, because the agent is opening houses up (something you can't do on your own) vs. driving you around (something you can do on your own). Having said that, if you're not familiar with the area, or you'd like to have a Realtor with you, we're happy to do the driving! We'll work with you based on what suits your needs best.
