Research Triangle Real Estate

When your property is listed on the MLS, it is disseminated in a number of
ways. The first night it is listed, it will automatically be sent by email to
anyone who has been set up to receive notifications of new listings and whose
search criteria fit your property - generally these search criteria would be
price, size and location, but they can be more detailed than that as well. These
automatic email notifications have to be set up by a real estate agent who is a
member of the MLS (and who understands how to do it). Since the people receiving
these notifications presumably include a number of people actively looking to
buy property like yours, it is very important that your listing be accurate and
look good from the start. Posting a listing with poor or no pictures thinking
they can be changed later is not a good idea as your best prospects may reject
the property that first day and not come back for a second look. To see an
example of a listing sheet like those emailed, click here.Within a day or two, depending on how often the site updates its data, your
listing will be available on IDX (Internet Data Exchange) searches. These
searches are what the public use to search for properties on almost all real
estate agent and firm web sites. To see this same property on an IDX site click here, click to search by MLS number and insert 872708. You can also use this search
to find any other listed properties, with Advanced Search giving more search
options. This same property is featured here
on my web site. Once your property is listed on the MLS, it is also sent o a
number of other search sites such as trianglehomesource.com, Realtor.com , Immobel.com, and many others.

# posted by John Goddin @ 4:25 PM