Well I have finally created a myspace page or should I say caught up to the rest of the world. After spending the weekend meeting myspace friends and navigating the site I asked myself why hadn't I done this sooner. See, I'm not tech savvy at all and due to this underachievement it becomes challenging trying to increase your market share living in a metropolitan area, such as, Miami-Dade.
For those of you who have never been to South Florida Miami is not a friendly place. From the moment you walk out the door bullets of rejection...fingers of flesh...words of fury are constantly hurled at you. Ahh, the beauty of being a realtor in this town. But of course meet on myspace and it's an altogether different connection.
Over the weekend I've had people give me their phone numbers...owners invite me to their restaurant...drinks and appetizers on them. Even a few celebrities have responded to my messages or stopped by to say, "hi". Now I'm not short of friends nor have a lonely heart. But as Miami's Best Realtor I believe in prospecting 24/7. So why wouldn't I be their for the needs of myspace friends?
After doing some careful research I found that 38 percent of homebuyers use social networking Web sites to search for a home and seek advice in a neutral setting where they can develop trust before selecting a professional.
Homebuyers nowadays have a wealth of data at their fingertips but don't understand how to process the information. Everywhere they turn someone is talking real estate whether it's the non expert news reporter, the Realtor on the radio or the post card swearing the next "Best Deal". But after all, wouldn' t you trust the advice of a friend ;-). www.myspace.com/SouthFloridaOpenHouse
Andre Shambley
"Miami's Best Realtor...PERIOD"
