Isn't technology great? Today's Home Buyers can practically have direct access to the MLS (Multiple Listing Service) like a real estate agent does. This will show them all homes listed for sale by all real estate companies. Many agents initially feared this, worrying that if Buyers could access this information directly, why would they need an Agent? Good Agents embraced it, knowing that educated Buyers are almost always better to work with. As a top Real Estate Agent, I'm not in the business just to find & show homes... almost anyone can do that. I specialize in the entire process: from finding the right home, writing the first offer, negotiating the finer points of the deal (from price and terms to repairs and closing costs) all the way through closing and handing over the keys. There are LOTS of little steps along the way that my years of experience help me make smooth. So, I think it's GREAT to give Buyers access to the MLS... let them set-up their own search criteria, save their favorite properties, see all photos, etc. Most Real Estate Agent/company websites now have the ability for Buyers to search the MLS, some even allow you to save your search, favorite properties, etc. The Home Buyer's Scouting Report^® (HBSR) is simply more powerful, with a few more bells and whistles, than the "normal" home search tools you find on most websites. I ran across the HBSR when a preferred Mortgage Loan Officer asked if I had ever seen anything like it. I hadn't then and still have not to this day. Here's the description I put together from my own experience with the HBSR:

"The Home Buyer's Scouting Report^® allows you to search the entire MLS, similar to the way REALTORS^® find homes and properties for sale. There are over three million listings available, from thousands of real estate companies, across all 50 states! Find the most current property information available, see all pictures available from the MLS, save your search criteria, save your favorite properties and get e-mails of any new or changed listings that match your criteria... plus requests for showings and additional property information are just a click away."

If you haven't tried the Home Buyer's Scouting Report^®, you owe it to yourself to at least watch a demo and see what it's all about. Visit my website (www.CaveRealty.com) and click on the HBSR graphic in the middle of the home page. Or, visit www.IncredibleHomeSearch.com. Then, click on "View Demo". If not the HBSR, be sure you've found some home search tool that at least provides some of the great features available with the HBSR. I've been told by Buyers that, before they found me/the HBSR, they had similar functionality by combining a few different on-line search tools. The good news is that the HBSR is all of these tools in one place... there's no need to search multiple sites. Bottom line: My Buyers LOVE IT and that please me as a top Agent.

So, power to the people! Enjoy the MLS access and the process of becoming a more educated Home Buyer. I'll be here right here beside you to help put that education to it's best possible use in finding the perfect home for you and your family and take the deal all the way to closing/completion (and beyond).

Ryan Cave, The "Caveman"
Truth, Honor & Personal Integrity
214-789-9366
www.CaveRealty.com