The Oklahoma City MLS view of homes for sale is used by Realtors to find homes for clients that have contacted us and requested a home search.  Although I have written many articles about the different ways we can search for you a property that needs, I felt this picture might give you a better understanding of what we, the Realtor see.

The picture to the right only shows several of the options that Realtors have when setting up a search for home or investment property.  There are close to 100 more fields that you can't see that can be integrated in your search.

Sometimes more is not good.  For example you are looking for a Brick Home.  If the Realtor listing a property does not put Brick in the Construction equals Field,  this listing will not be selected in your search.

Other problems that make searches tricky are small cities inside bigger cities.  I have seen some listings that appear in Oklahoma City, but are actually in Warr Acre, Bethany, or Nichols Hills.

Even the map search is not always 100% accurate because when searching for homes using the map perimeters, listings in new areas will not always because the system doesn't always know about the new streets.

There are a lot of search strategies that go into finding the right property for you.  That's why Realtors need you to communicate and give them as much information about the home you are hoping to find as you can.  We may not use all of the information at once, but it helps us to formulate a search that will get you fantastic results.

Thank you for reading,

Rick and Nancy Jackson

Dreams Do Come True

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