284 - How to Access Your Realtor's Best Resource
How to Buy a Home: The #1 First Time Home Buyer Podcast
David Sidoni
4.8 • 891 Ratings
🗓️ 14 November 2024
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Frustrated with inaccurate listing data and endless spam when researching homes online? David reveals how first-time homebuyers can access the same MLS database that feeds Zillow and Redfin - but with better accuracy, privacy, and the ability to research homes without getting bombarded by sales calls.
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"These portals are genius... you keep everything in one place neat and organized, and all this comes with the one thing everybody needs when they're shopping for anything - you get the expert opinion of someone who eats, sleeps, and breathes the product."
Highlights:
- How does the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) actually work, and why do all major real estate websites pull their data from it?
- What makes the MLS more accurate and up-to-date than public real estate websites?
- Is there a way to research homes privately without triggering an avalanche of automated responses and sales calls?
- How can you access historical property data and neighborhood insights that aren't available on public platforms?
- What are "broker comments" and why might they matter to your home search?
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | When you were researching any purchase online in today's tech-driven world of corporations, |
| 0:04.8 | it can feel like websites are doing anything and everything they can to make you do all the work. |
| 0:10.2 | I mean, you've ever tried to find decent customer service on a website, |
| 0:14.2 | trying to use one of those phone numbers, or you get directed to an AI chatbot, |
| 0:18.9 | or you get to an FAQ page, or even worse, they send you to a form of other equally confused potential customers just like you. |
| 0:26.7 | The big real estate online corporations, well, they've adopted this lovely model as well. |
| 0:31.3 | But did you know, there's a secret tech tip that most first-time home buyers don't even know exist. |
| 0:37.2 | Let's discuss. What is happening, my frustrated homies? |
| 0:57.1 | I'm David Sidoni. |
| 0:57.9 | I'm not frustrated. |
| 0:58.8 | I'm here to help ease with the frustration. |
| 1:01.0 | I've got some tips and tricks to help you in your first time homebuyer researching. |
| 1:05.4 | As we head into the holiday season, I know that a lot of you are going to be using your downtime |
| 1:09.7 | to do some Zillow window |
| 1:11.6 | shopping, dreaming of what could be coming in 2025. |
| 1:15.5 | Recently, I was reading some correspondence from one of the listeners we've got here, who was |
| 1:19.8 | sharing how wonderful their tech experience was when they were working with a unicorn realtor, |
| 1:24.4 | and I realized, holy shit, I've gone five and a half years on this podcast |
| 1:28.7 | and I've never shared this incredible tech tip with you. And I can't believe I haven't because |
| 1:32.4 | let's face it, online shopping is such a sweet convenience, but it does have its limitations. You can |
| 1:38.9 | only get so much information on your own as a Google Master, no matter how deep you crawl down |
| 1:43.6 | the rabbit holes. |
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