Using Social Media To Find A Home

Using Social Media to Buy or Sell Real Estate


The first thing that comes to mind regarding social media is friends, connecting with friends. You can ping a message to everybody. Telling your friends via Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or any other social networking site that you’re looking to buy a house or sell your house or get into investing.

When you get to the core of social media it’s just a way of communication. You can use that form of communication to connect with people and send a message.
You might have friends that are realtors who would love the opportunity to help you. You may have friends of friends who are realtors. I’m sure someone you know understands real estate. They could be Investors, mortgage brokers or maybe even a construction person. The point is, using your net work of friends, family and business associates in your quest to find the perfect home.

If you live under a rock and are not participating in social media, you can reach out to people in traditional ways, like calls, visits, mail, and email.

So, what do you think would be the best way to use social media to buy or sell a house?

Our Friends At Zillow

After attending RE (Real Estate) Barcamp in San Francisco I ended up makeing a few new friends:

Sara Bonert, Hector G. Diaz (me) Drew Meyers and Ajay Melita

Check out this video about how to use Zillow:

Below is supposed to be a picture with David Gibbons but the person who took the photo pressed record instead: