Real estate advertising on the Internet

These services come in three types:

1. Under $30: up to ten pictures of your home aimed at local buyers.
2. Under $200: unlimited pictures aimed at buyers in all 50 states.
3. $200-$600: picture plus detailed description aimed at local buyers who use real estate agents.

Start with an Internet ad below $30 and use it in combination with print advertisements to target local buyers.

Why? Because over 80% of homes are bought by local buyers: people who live or work in the county, or counties immediately surrounding the property.

Audrie.com & sell-home411.com provide three plans for Internet advertising

• Our photo tour package at $26.95
• A basic web page ad for $14.10
• Our full For Sale By Owner Kit at $58.95

Create a web page advertisement right now.

Picture quality is important in a web page so makes sure you have lots of light or get the help of a friend who loves cameras ...see our tips on taking good home pictures

Most sites will require pictures in .JPG, .JPEG or .GIF format (this is a lot simpler than it sounds, see our tips on formatting).

You will also need to:

1. Find old records and estimate annual maintenance, tax and utility costs.
2. Check your deed for total living space, size of property in acres or square feet, and the year your house was built.
3. Measure the dimensions of the master bedroom, family room, kitchen and other main rooms (a rough estimate of length and width in feet is good enough).
4. Find the names of the local Elementary School, Middle School, and High School.

After you create your ad

• List the web location (URL, such as www.sell-home411.com/9999) of your Internet ad in your newspaper advertisement, on your yard sign, and most important: on your flyers!
   
• Why? Because most buyers looking for homes in your neighborhood still look in the local newspaper,  ..they still pick up flyers at the local supermarket. Direct them to your web page which contains color pictures and more details than you can put in a print ad.
   
• List the URL of your web page (example: www.sell-home411.com/9999) at Internet sites such as MLS Hub to get a wider audience for your advertisement.
   
• Potential buyers should be enticed by your Web page to come and see the real thing.

 

Most common mistake: sitting back and waiting for the web page to sell your house.

• The web page is just one wheel on you marketing wagon! Your Open House, your newspaper ad, and your flyers are the other three wheels.