How to Buy the Home You Want Before It Comes On the Market

If you're a real estate buyer looking for your dream home, you have a dilemma, choose from what is listed for sale or wait for a Realtor to list the home and post it to Realtor.com. Since only about 5% of the homes in any given neighborhood are listed for sale, chances are your dream home is part of the 95% of the homes not listed for sale.

So the challenge becomes how you let the other 95% of the neighborhood know you want to buy one of their homes. Used to be you would find an aggressive Realtor who would write letters to these home owners advising them they had a hot buyer and to contact them if they wanted to sell. This method had very little success for many reasons including the homeowners get so much junk mail from Realtors that once they saw the Realtor's return address they would immediately discard it. Because most the mail home owners get is from listings agents looking for listings, not buyers agents with actual buyers.

Thanks to modern technology and the web, there is a new way to ask for your dream home. Use an online Buyers Listing Service (BLS), they are easy to use and often free. To use a Buyers Listing Service you have to know what type of home or condo you want to buy and where you want to buy it. Knowing the specific neighborhood will increase your chances of matching your housing needs with the right seller. When you use a BLS, you are going to create a buyers listing". Homeowners in the neighborhood will spot your buyers listing and contact you with details and photos of their matching home they are interested in selling. " This way you have the opportunity to purchase the home before it shows up in Zillow.com or Realtor.com, etc.

In addition to home owners contacting you directly, there are two extra advantages to help you obtain your dream home. First advantage is; Realtors acting on behalf of sellers may contact you if they have an active listing that matches your criteria. This eliminates the need for you as a buyer to have to search Realtor.com, Zillow.com etc, everyday hoping to find a matching home. Second advantage is; Developers (home builders) building homes or condos may contact you and say they can customize a home to your specifications.

The Best Buyers Listing Service in real estate is the http://www.BestBLS.com It covers over 130,000 neighborhoods in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, is FREE to use by consumers and real estate agents acting on behalf of home buyers and home sellers. Your dream home is out there, ask for it. Click Real Estate Buyers to get started.