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Wake Forest Homes & Real Estate - Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Alice Ray Team, RE/MAX Hometown
 
 Tuesday, May 26, 2009

The Best Way to Search for Homes in the Wake Forest, Raleigh, and Youngsville, NC Areas.

There is no reason to search for Real Estate any other way! 

I believe there is a lot of confusion with the way buyers are searching for homes these days.  The combination of the media, variety of websites, and advertisements about homes has made it very difficult for the average buyer to know what they need to do to make sure they are getting up to date information about homes for sale. 

Many websites today have to be manually updated by either a homeowner or a listing agent anytime a home is put on the market, sold, or has a stutus or price change.  If you are a buyer and happen to use one of the sites you may be looking at outdated or incorrect information.  Sites such as these include Craigslist, Trulia, Zillow, Yahoo Real Estate, and many others. 

So what is a buyer looking for a home in the Wake Forest area suppossed to do?  Well as a Real Estate agent I know that if I was looking for a home myself I would go straight to our MLS system to find my next home.  When I look in the MLS I know that I am getting the most up to date information and the most information on the most homes than I can get anywhere else.  I know i can hear you now - "well that is great if you are a real estate agent and have access to the MLS system!"  

YOU TOO can have access to the MLS system!  All you have to do is have a Realtor who is a member of the MLS system set you up a custom search in the system and it will automatically email you MLS Sheets from the MLS system.  You can have instant access to more information than you will find on any other search site out there, including the search on my website, realtor.com, any other real estate company or agent's website!

The way it works is you send the agent your search criteria.  For example, I may be looking for a minimum 3BR/2BA home in Wake Forest with a two car garage, at least 1/2 acre, between $150,000 and $200,000.  Once my agent puts in the search the sytem will email a link to a webpage created specifically for me that will load all of the homes that currently match my search to it.  I will then be able to view the MLS sheet on each of these properties and either save or delete the ones I like.  I can even make notes that will be saved when I access the site later.  Then I will autmatically receive an email every day there is a new listing that matches my search or if one of my matches has a price or status change. 

So after a few days I may realize I'm not finding my dream home and I need to include homes in Wake Forest that have less than 1/2 an acre as well.  Or maybe I decide to extend my search to include real estate in Youngsville or Raleigh.  All I do is send my agent a quick email and ask for those changes and its done! 

Want to find out more about this powerful search option?  Click on the following link to see more information and examples of what it looks like.  Or just send us an email at alice@aliceray.com with your search criteria and we will get you started right away.

Click here for more about the MLS Search for Wake Forest Homes and Real Estate in the Wake Forest, North Raleigh, and Youngsville, NC Areas!

5/26/2009 11:13:20 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #       |  Trackback
 Wednesday, May 20, 2009

First Time Homebuyers

 What you need to know!

First off you have made a good first step by visiting our website.  In this blog we are going to try to give you all the information you want without requiring anything of you. No special meeting to attend, no phone  number, and no email address.  In the end we hope you have gained some knowledge and are ready to make that exciting step into homeownership! 

Here is a list of things we are going to cover:

                     1. First Time Buyer Tax Credit

                     2. Getting Pre-Approved for a Mortgage

                     3. Choosing a Realtor to Represent You!

                     4. Searching for Homes

                     5. Making the offer!

                     6. Savings of Owning versus Renting

                     7. Give the Alice Ray Team a Call or Email! 

You can reach us at alice@aliceray.com or contact Alice directly at 919-906-5794!

Ready?  Let's get started! Click on any of the above topics to the specific blog on that section!

5/20/2009 11:10:21 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #      First Time Home Buyer | Misc. | Wake Forest News | Wake Forest Real Estate Report  |  Trackback
 Friday, May 15, 2009
First Time Home Buyer's Section 1
5/15/2009 2:53:15 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #      First Time Home Buyer  |  Trackback
 Monday, May 11, 2009
First Time Homebuyer's Section 2 - Getting Pre-Approved for a Mortgage
5/11/2009 2:57:56 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #      First Time Home Buyer | Mortgage Rate Update  |  Trackback
 Wednesday, May 06, 2009
First Time Homebuyer Section 3 - Choosing a Realtor to Represent You
5/6/2009 3:05:54 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #      First Time Home Buyer | Misc.  |  Trackback
 Thursday, April 30, 2009
First Time Homebuyers Section 4 - Searching for Homes!
4/30/2009 3:57:29 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #       |  Trackback
 Monday, April 20, 2009
First Time Homebuyer Section 5 - Making the Offer!
4/20/2009 2:42:03 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #      First Time Home Buyer | Misc.  |  Trackback
 Wednesday, April 01, 2009
First Time Homebuyers Section 6 - Savings of Buying versus Renting
4/1/2009 3:11:22 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #      First Time Home Buyer | Misc.  |  Trackback
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