| When most people start thinking of moving to a | | | | Secondly, you need to know that Realtors keep |
| new home in Georgia, the just start searching. | | | | up the database, there's no governing party to |
| Sometimes they will type in Atlanta Homes For | | | | make sure the information is accurate. You'd think |
| Sale, or Georgia Real Estate if they aren't sure | | | | the seller's would double check their own |
| what city they want to live in yet. Other times | | | | information but more often then not, they'd |
| people will search on the Realtor Site, Trulia or | | | | rather fire a Realtor for not calling them every |
| Zillow. | | | | week then whether or not their home is listed |
| However, studies show, that more than likely if | | | | properly. |
| you are thinking of moving then you've done all of | | | | In addition, there are other key terms that you |
| these things. | | | | might use to search for a home for sale in |
| "Statistically speaking, the average person visits 8 | | | | Georgia: |
| websites to search for homes." | | | | - Location: This is obviously the most important - |
| So the question is, How do you search for the | | | | This literally effects what you will actually get in a |
| right home? | | | | home. Real Estate 101 |
| Most likely you are thinking what a silly thing to | | | | - Size of the home |
| write about, but if you haven't thought about this, | | | | - Year Built |
| then you are likely setting yourself up for some | | | | - Basement? - In Georgia, we have beautiful |
| headaches. Just like anything else in life, you need | | | | daylight basements |
| to do this intentionally. | | | | - Neighborhood with Swim & Tennis or not - In |
| First you need to understand how the Georgia | | | | Georgia, the more recent subdivisions have swim |
| MLS works. It's just a database of all the homes | | | | and tennis and home owner's associations. |
| for sale in Georgia and all the sites pull from this | | | | This may all sound trivial, but the process of |
| database at different times and frequencies. The | | | | selecting a home is really a process of elimination, |
| MLS is the most accurate database because it's | | | | especially when it's clearly a home buyer's market |
| the source and only your Realtor has this | | | | as it is in 2010. |
| information. | | | | |
