Receive an e-mail as soon as your next home comes on the Market (Multiple List Service)

It's true. You can set-up a search for properties that meet your specifications (zip code(s), price range, number of bedrooms, bathrooms, style, garage, and more; then receive an e-mail message whenever a property meeting your specifications becomes available.

This can give you the jump on all the other buyers looking for similar properties.

To successfully use Home Prospector, we have to be a team. I will help you set-up the service and assure that it is working properly. I will have you pre-approved for financing and all required paperwork will be completed, signed and in place. You will have my direct phone number so there will be no delays in communication. When you are ready to act on a property, we will respond quickly.

 

To use this service:

1. Go to www.homesdatabase.com/markswiss

2. Click on the "Home Prospector" link under Property Tools.

3. When entering Home Prospector for the first time, click on the blue "Register" button on the right side under "First Time User". You must register to be eligible to use the service. The information you enter during the registration is not accessible by anyone but me and it will NOT go any further. Since the successful use of this feature requires us to be a team, I have probably already received all the information required for registration .

4. Set-up your Prospector. Enter your contact information. Include a password that you will remember. (If you ever forget it, I can access it for you. I suggest something simple like maybe the last name of your favorite REALTOR®.) When you have all the required information entered on the form, click on the blue "Activate" button at the bottom of the form. The activation process will send out an immediate verification e-mail to the address you specified.

5. Open your e-mail program (or click the "receive" button) to download any e-mail from the server. Open the message from me at markswiss@mris.com and click on the blue text that begins with http://www.homedatabase.com/markswiss/pw_validate. . . to complete the validation process. This validation process IS REQUIRED in order to receive emails from the Home Prospector service. IT CONFIRMS THAT THE PERSON RECEIVING THE EMAIL ACTUALLY REQUESTED IT. This will take you back to the Homes Prospector as a registered user so you can enter your search criteria.

6. Click on Search. Enter your search criteria using the procedure defined at the top of this page. The idea is to select a State, then select a County, then select one or more zip codes (listed in sequence by City/Town name not postal code). Enter search criteria such as price, bedrooms, bathrooms, garage, etc. To select multiple items from a list (such a zip codes) hold down the "Ctrl" key while clicking on the items you want to select for the search.

7. When all your information has been entered, click on Search or Search and Save. Search will produce a one-time search where Search and Save will assign an automated home prospector to notify you when any home meeting your specifications comes onto the market or receive a change such as a price reduction.

I have configured my Home Prospector to include the property address when you click on a specific property (to view its detail information). I am told that sometimes the address is missing. If this should happen to you, note the MLS number (for example, in Baltimore Country it will begin with BC followed by about seven numeric characters). Call or email me with the MLS#, I will research the listing and get the address(s) for you PRONTO.

The most efficient method, (and the method most preferred by buyers) is:

• Buyer(s) receive the e-mail listing information, (which includes the property address),
• If the buyer(s) have an interest based on the listing information, continue to the next step. If not, check your e-mail again later in the day.
• Buyer(s) do a drive by the property to check the external features/conditions of the property from the street.
• Buyer(s) drive through the neighborhood to check overall appearance/condition, proximity to shopping, schools, parks, transportation, etc.
• If there is an interest to learn more about the property, contact me via direct phone and I will schedule an appointment to tour the property. Remember the maxim, "ya snooze ya lose". When you decide you want to see a property, do not wait - call me. I can often schedule the appointment and meet you at the property in a matter of minutes.

Happy Prospecting,
Mark

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