Starting to look
For a buyer is just beginning to look, what is the best way to start seeing what is on the market? The NYT real estate section seems to have the most comprehensive listing, but there must be more. Should we just begin to compile RE company websites (and Brownstoner listings of course)? How do buyers…
For a buyer is just beginning to look, what is the best way to start seeing what is on the market? The NYT real estate section seems to have the most comprehensive listing, but there must be more. Should we just begin to compile RE company websites (and Brownstoner listings of course)? How do buyers get the most complete knowledge of what is out there?
http://www.danielhomesalesrealty.com/Default.aspx?page=50&LinkUrl=http%3a%2f%2fdanielhomesalesrealty.idxre.com%2fidx%2fsearch.cfm%3fcid%3d35832+
Wanted to add Dandrea Craig to this list for future lookers.
http://www.dandreacraigrealty.com/index.php
I agree with above posters – checking the posted sites is the way to go. Also, I’ve found craigslist for sale by owner to be a good source.
i agree with the above poster that seeing places in person really helps you realize what you’re passionate about and what are “nice to have” items. Every home for sale is a trade-off of one thing for another and it’s super helpful to see a wide range. I’d recommend going and seeing “dream homes” outside of your price range and open houses in neighborhoods you’re not certain about, and any other combination. You’ll quickly realize what your top priorities are. I discovered I wasn’t as excited as I thought about most of the dream houses I thought I wanted someday and found something amazing in a neighborhood I had only just started to hear about.
Thanks you guys. You’re input is very helpful. Thanks Invisible for all these links. There are definitely some things I’ve been missing. I really appreciate it.
Sarah
here’s a good list to bookmark and check weekly. some are not very active in brownstone brooklyn but others are the usual suspects. forgive me if i have forgotten one or two.
http://ahrlty.com/
http://ahbrooklyn.com/
http://www.betancourtrealestate.com/
http://www.bhsbrooklyn.com/default.asp
http://www.century21.com/
http://www.c21milestone.com/
http://www.c21achievers.com/Home.html
http://www.corcoran.com/
http://www.elliman.com/advanced-search
http://www.townsleyandg.com/index.php
http://orrandrlty.com/
http://warrenlewis.com/
http://brooklynproperties.com/
http://www.fillmore.com/
http://www.brooklynproperty.com/
http://www.bklynrmx.com/home/default.aspx
http://www.coldwellbanker.com/
http://www.rutenbergrealtyny.com/
http://charretteproperties.com/Charrette_Properties/Home_____Charrette_Properties.html
http://www.traceyrealestate.com/index.php
http://www.madisonestates.com/
there’s other outliers in places like bay ridge that occasionally snag a listing, but
trulia should capture those.
NF go it. We recently bought and found those sites to be great. For the areas where we were looking, I felt like the smaller agencies tended to post in NYT even if their agency didn’t have its own website.
And yes, go to open houses. We had pretty specific boundaries of where we wanted to live, so before each weekend, I made a sheet with the addresses of all open houses and times in the area. We went to as many as we could, prioritizing by the ones the most seemed to fit what we thought we wanted but saw plenty we didn’t really expect to buy. We looked at plenty of types of places that we thought weren’t right for us, and found in some instances that held but saw some places outside of our set parameters that we ended up loving. Seeing so many places in person really helped us get a feel for what our money would get us (especially after watching how quickly/slowly places we saw sold).
I posted a similar question a few weeks ago. I ended up setting alerts on NYT, Trulia, StreetEasy, and then setting up RSS feeds/bookmarks on individual brokers’ sites. I’m sure you still miss various smaller mom-and-pop listings, and if you’re interested in a specific neighborhood you may want to make contact with people at each of those agencies. Court Street has lots of smaller agencies that specialize in that CG/CH, for instance. I’ve also found that going to open houses and simply time gave me a lot better idea of what I was looking for–seeing different things lets you know what you do and don’t want. And there are a lot of great places out there, each with pros and cons. Good luck!