David Barr's Sarasota and Venice Real Estate Blog

I'm not a go with the crowd kind of guy, and I usually question the CW (conventional wisdom) of what the media and leaders in our field feed us about the latest trends and news.  One of these is that we need to develop "responsive" real estate websites, based on the user device.  I don't subscribe to this idea. Website analytics and the mobile industry lump mobile browsing on different devices under the same category.  For example, browsing on a smart phone or internet capable phone is considered the same as browsing on a tablet. I think there's a real distinction between these devices, in terms of how users search for real estate. In the first scenario, a potential home buyer is on their smart phone in front of a home for sale.  Most likely, they want to look up the price and get basic information.  For this type of mobile user, I provide a QR code on my for sale sign, which takes the user to a specific page on my website. In the second scenario, the u...

Our MLS provides some excellent, cutting edge tools that many local agents are probably not utilizing to help their clients access Sarasota real estate listings on their mobile devices.  I am always looking for common sense, easy to use features to help my clients find the right property and learn more about our local real estate market. In fact, our MLS tools are so advanced that you don't even have to download an app, and you don't have to worry about your OS. Scan the code above, or click here to go directly to a mobile-optimized MLS search site with advanced map searching. Please contact me with any questions.