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Jarred S.
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Jarred S.
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Pittsburgh, PA
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Can anyone offer advice on how useful a website can be when just starting out? I would like to have a blog set up to openly discuss business moves but I am still not sure how much work or how useful having a website set up will be. I see some sites out there that list their properties and provide a great networking opportunity. I guess my real concern is if a website would be helpful enough to have at the start (after I acquire my first property) or just having a blog on BP?

Any response would be greatly appreciated. Simply pondering.

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J Scott
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Just for an alternate viewpoint, I have a website/blog that gets several thousand hits per day, but I don't list any properties there and don't do any marketing there.

The bulk of my marketing is on the MLS (and the sites that aggregate MLS data, like realtor.com). While I've gotten some inquiries on my site from potential investor/buyers, the bulk of my buying traffic comes right off the MLS and Craigslist.

Not saying that having a site is bad (clearly those who have posted above me are very successful in part because of their websites), but I would argue that it's not absolutely necessary, as long as you have other marketing channels that are effective.

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