He says if he'd just driven by, there would have been no sale. Jim and his wife Laurie are Texas transplants from Memphis. They used several real estate web sites to save time and narrow down choices by neighborhood, size and price. It just pulled it up anything in that area that's available, print that out. And I would go look for a house while he was working.
Successful sites do more than just advertise.
Some allow you to search listings that generally only realtors can access and give you virtual tours of homes. Consumers and realtors are learning the Internet is a powerful tool. Jim Lukanich says the web worked so well buying the house, he'll use it to sell it. But not for a while for now. He just wants to enjoy his great back yard.