How Tech and Face-to-Face Connections Provide the Best of Both Worlds
While online accessibility at our fingertips makes today’s world a breeze, there is still a need for personal connections and relationships. Technology helps us every day with information such as directions, cost comparisons, and staying close with friends and family. However, when it comes to true negotiation or making a purchase that can last a lifetime, having a qualified advisor by your side has never been more important.
In the world of real estate, consulting with an expert prior to making a home buying decision can help from having extreme buyer’s remorse. A REAL Trends 2018 Consumer Study reported that 90 percent of buyers and sellers used a real estate agent during the first half of 2018 – impressively the highest recorded since the study was first produced 17 years ago. This 17-year high means that consumers are more than ever utilizing the advantages of human expertise, even with the recent advances of real estate technology. This study included home buyers of all ages including millennials (91 percent used agents), Gen-Xers (94 percent used agents), and 55 and over (81 percent used agents).
Over the years, a number of technology brokerages claim that they can replace real estate agents, yet consumers still trend towards using an agent. Not all answers can be found through online research, and purchasing or selling a home is an extremely important financial decision. Utilizing the experience of an agent is critically important to understanding the local market, having help with negotiations, and providing assistance with the overall detailed process.
LIV Sotheby’s International Realty is focused on the importance of embracing technology, in combination with personal connections, when selling your home or advising you with a purchasing decision – especially one that lasts a lifetime. Providing innovative technology solutions such as augmented reality and virtual staging allows for LIV Sotheby’s International Realty to provide enhanced solutions to clients. In addition, consulting with a qualified, local real estate advisor provides confidence and trust.
Navigating through purchasing or selling a home can be extremely complicated with the variety of possible complications including the mortgage lending process, finding school districts, uncovering environmental issues, staging opportunities, relocation – the list goes on. Online research provides answers to some of this information, but consulting with an expert in addition to online research provides a complete, efficient and transparent interaction.
All in all, technology and in-person experiences should complement each other and provide the best of both worlds regarding any type of purchase. A distinct advantage we have at our fingertips, combined with the sincerity, assurance and interaction of an advisor, is a recipe for 100% satisfaction.
Article originally by LIV Sotheby’s International Realty, coloradorealestatediary.com
Sources: Inman.com / REAL Trends
