Comments on: Google, Garmin and Realtors http://www.realcentralva.com/2009/10/30/google-garmin-and-realtors/ Tracking Charlottesville's Real Estate Market since 2005 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Who Finds Homes? Buyers or Realtors? | RealCentralVA.com http://www.realcentralva.com/2009/10/30/google-garmin-and-realtors/#comment-29837 Who Finds Homes? Buyers or Realtors? | RealCentralVA.com Sun, 18 Apr 2010 12:11:40 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/?p=5037#comment-29837 [...] What (Realtors) need to do is understand that our core competency is no longer finding homes but has... [...] [...] What (Realtors) need to do is understand that our core competency is no longer finding homes but has… [...]

]]> By: Jim Duncan http://www.realcentralva.com/2009/10/30/google-garmin-and-realtors/#comment-28307 Jim Duncan Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:16:58 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/?p=5037#comment-28307 Doug - Thanks for the comment; I think that most Realtors either don't have any idea what Google's doing or are terrified. What we need to do is understand that our core competency is no longer <em>finding homes</em> but has become representing clients once we've found the home. Doug –

Thanks for the comment; I think that most Realtors either don’t have any idea what Google’s doing or are terrified. What we need to do is understand that our core competency is no longer finding homes but has become representing clients once we’ve found the home.

]]> By: Doug Francis http://www.realcentralva.com/2009/10/30/google-garmin-and-realtors/#comment-28296 Doug Francis Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:22:49 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/?p=5037#comment-28296 I read about the maps in today's Washington Post... and how Garmin & TomTom stocks tanked. Maybe Google will rule the earth on day, or is that really the future of real estate that you want me to think about? I use Google maps, bird's eye views and more to research neighborhoods... as do my clients. At this point it seems to cut through the top 15% of the process. Now, if the folks in Mountain View could just select the home for each person based on a list of simple questions based on an algorithm then people wouldn't have such a tough time deciding on a home to buy. Just take the people part out of it! I read about the maps in today’s Washington Post… and how Garmin & TomTom stocks tanked. Maybe Google will rule the earth on day, or is that really the future of real estate that you want me to think about?

I use Google maps, bird’s eye views and more to research neighborhoods… as do my clients. At this point it seems to cut through the top 15% of the process.

Now, if the folks in Mountain View could just select the home for each person based on a list of simple questions based on an algorithm then people wouldn’t have such a tough time deciding on a home to buy. Just take the people part out of it!

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