Comments on: Can You Sell A House and Move Using the Web Exclusively? http://www.geekestateblog.com/can-you-sell-a-house-and-move-using-the-web-exclusively/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:39:10 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Marlow Harris http://www.geekestateblog.com/can-you-sell-a-house-and-move-using-the-web-exclusively/comment-page-1/#comment-10064 Marlow Harris Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:30:11 +0000 http://www.geekestateblog.com/can-you-sell-a-house-and-move-using-the-web-exclusively/#comment-10064 I helped a family buy a house sight-unseen using video and having her Mother and Father tour the house. The actual Buyer was living in Italy at the time. It was for $1.7M and it was all cash. They found me through my website! I was hesitant to work with them at first until I realized how serious they were. I helped a family buy a house sight-unseen using video and having her Mother and Father tour the house. The actual Buyer was living in Italy at the time. It was for $1.7M and it was all cash. They found me through my website! I was hesitant to work with them at first until I realized how serious they were.

]]> By: Denny Oh http://www.geekestateblog.com/can-you-sell-a-house-and-move-using-the-web-exclusively/comment-page-1/#comment-9466 Denny Oh Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:46:01 +0000 http://www.geekestateblog.com/can-you-sell-a-house-and-move-using-the-web-exclusively/#comment-9466 The Web is obviously a powerful tool to use when buying/selling a home. Do I think it should be the only tool? No. Residential real estate is still a very emotional process and buyers/sellers need to hear your voice and hear that you care and are working for them - emails don't always convey the tone of your voice. I've never sold a house without speaking to a client, but I do have clients who prefer emails over phone calls. The Web is obviously a powerful tool to use when buying/selling a home. Do I think it should be the only tool? No.

Residential real estate is still a very emotional process and buyers/sellers need to hear your voice and hear that you care and are working for them – emails don’t always convey the tone of your voice.

I’ve never sold a house without speaking to a client, but I do have clients who prefer emails over phone calls.

]]> By: Missy Caulk http://www.geekestateblog.com/can-you-sell-a-house-and-move-using-the-web-exclusively/comment-page-1/#comment-9085 Missy Caulk Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:36:43 +0000 http://www.geekestateblog.com/can-you-sell-a-house-and-move-using-the-web-exclusively/#comment-9085 I've sold two houses sight unseen, one was a couple in Germany they found on the internet. His sister lived in Ann Arbor and I made her go to give her OK to them. The other couple had been in town 2 weeks before and we hadn't found them anything, a home came on the market in a neighborhood they liked so I video'd it and they bought it. Made me nervous when I showed it to them the first time, yikees what if they hadn't liked it? I’ve sold two houses sight unseen, one was a couple in Germany they found on the internet. His sister lived in Ann Arbor and I made her go to give her OK to them.

The other couple had been in town 2 weeks before and we hadn’t found them anything, a home came on the market in a neighborhood they liked so I video’d it and they bought it.

Made me nervous when I showed it to them the first time, yikees what if they hadn’t liked it?

]]> By: Kathy Drewien http://www.geekestateblog.com/can-you-sell-a-house-and-move-using-the-web-exclusively/comment-page-1/#comment-9078 Kathy Drewien Thu, 06 Mar 2008 06:49:50 +0000 http://www.geekestateblog.com/can-you-sell-a-house-and-move-using-the-web-exclusively/#comment-9078 1. We work with lots of folks that prefer electronic communication, and it's not limited to the web. Our younger clients prefer text to email. 2. I have not experienced representing someone and never, ever speaking to them. The majority of our relocating buyers, however never hear our voice until they get in our car. 3. We can do everything for a client online. Our only limitation is our need to see the property. 1. We work with lots of folks that prefer electronic communication, and it’s not limited to the web. Our younger clients prefer text to email.

2. I have not experienced representing someone and never, ever speaking to them. The majority of our relocating buyers, however never hear our voice until they get in our car.

3. We can do everything for a client online. Our only limitation is our need to see the property.

]]> By: Jay Thompson http://www.geekestateblog.com/can-you-sell-a-house-and-move-using-the-web-exclusively/comment-page-1/#comment-9071 Jay Thompson Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:14:40 +0000 http://www.geekestateblog.com/can-you-sell-a-house-and-move-using-the-web-exclusively/#comment-9071 1. Had many that strongly preferred web based communication. Throw in texting and there are several that I actually spoke to only once or twice. 2. I can only think of 2 clients that I never spoke with. Both were from California. 3. If AZ would accept electronic signatures on contracts, I could theoretically do almost everything on line. But I still think that when negotiations get tough, face-face is best, followed by voice, followed by electronic. Tone of voice and body language can go far in negotiations. Those are really hard to express electronically. 1. Had many that strongly preferred web based communication. Throw in texting and there are several that I actually spoke to only once or twice.

2. I can only think of 2 clients that I never spoke with. Both were from California.

3. If AZ would accept electronic signatures on contracts, I could theoretically do almost everything on line. But I still think that when negotiations get tough, face-face is best, followed by voice, followed by electronic. Tone of voice and body language can go far in negotiations. Those are really hard to express electronically.

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