ConnieBarnes.com Home Buyer Tools FAQ

Do I have to give you my e-mail address to use these tools?

Yes and No. We hate it when a website forces us to register to get information. If you want to save searches and receive updates on favorite properties you will need to create an account otherwise search your heart out!

Registration benefits include:

• All of your searches are automatically saved, and you can go back and review them later!
• You can choose to receive daily e-mail updates of your searches. You can turn this feature on or off.
• You can subscribe to an RSS feed for any of your searches.
• You can receive e-mail or RSS updates of the changes to a single property by searching on its MLS number.
• You can add any property to your favorites so you can quickly find it later.

For registration all we need is a first name, e-mail and you create your own password! No hassles no pressure, we promise! We respect your privacy and your e-mail address will never be shared. One of us may contact you via e-mail so you know who to contact if you have questions or you decide you want to see a property.

Foreclosure reports:
If you want detailed information on a Foreclosure or Auction property, the vendor that feeds us the data requires that we send the information on an "per inquiry" basis so we will need an e-mail to send the reports to.

Are you going to use my e-mail to send me a bunch of useless real estate tips, share with others or otherwise bug me?

NEVER!

How is your MLS data different that Zillow or the other real estate sites?

We think you should use a number of websites to do your research. ConnieBarnes.com pulls MLS Listings directly from the Official MLS.
Sites like Zillow, Trullia, Yahoo and others require brokers and real estate agents to submit listings to their sites. Not only are you not seeing all of the listings that are available, there are tons of expired listings sitting there as well as some agents who bootleg other realtor's listings so their appear to be their own.

Realtor.com is the biggest public site that is a member of the National Association of Realtors and pulls data directly from MLS's across the county. We like their mobile search apps but our desktop solution offers more features and there are no annoying ads! Believe it or not, there are other realtors that use our search solution because it is more convenient that the MLS membership site!

OUR SEARCHES are updated daily. MetroList MLS has their own site but there is no e-mail update option and has no map search available.

Our Sales Trend Data is pulled directly from the MLS and is presented by Trendgraphix. This is most accurate market data available.

The Auction and Foreclosure data is fed from ForeclosureRadar who aggregates across a number sources. Here is their disclaimer:
All property values, loan positions, and equity calculations are estimates based on computer models and ForeclosureRadar has made no attempt to verify the accuracy or reliability of these models on individual properties.