Quick Tip On Closing The Out Of Town Candidate

Posted by Jim Stroud

February 15, 2006

Sometimes it is the little things. If you are trying to convince a candidate to relocate, its always best to have a some information on tap and a counter-argument for every potential objection. The sooner you gather relevant intelligence, the better the sales process will become. For example, what if the candidate has a complaint about housing costs in your area. Wouldn’t it be convenient if you could email photos and stats on available housing convenient to your office? Sure it would! Well, here is a cool tool that should prove useful to you - Trulia.

From their website…

Trulia is an independent and unbiased residential real estate search engine that gives you free and open access to real estate information.

Trulia helps you search homes for sale and other residential real estate property information directly from hundreds of thousands of real estate Web sites. As an independent information source, Trulia offers you tools and unbiased information to compare properties and locations.

Our goal at Trulia is to connect you directly to the source of the richest real estate information, often agent or broker websites. We encourage you to complete the possible property transaction with a real estate professional, a RealtorÃ‚Â®.

Unlike Multiple Listing Service (MLS)-based online real estate services, Trulia does not host the full property listing, but helps you find the most relevant information across the Internet and connect to it.

Here is a snapshot of search results.