The plus and minuses of great locations
When it comes to preferred locations – waterfront, golf courses, rural areas, wooded backyards, there are many positives that home buyers and seller prefer.
But perhaps you have a home buyer who cannot afford a home on a river or looking over the 18th hole or adjacent to an enormous woodlands.
There’s a way to put a positive spin on any location.
And it helps to have the ultimate location tool embedded on a real estate website – the map-based neighborhood search widget SpatialMatch.
Here’s what a savvy agent or broker can do with SpatialMatch when it comes to those select properties that are out of reach of a home buyer. Or to promote a home that is not a prestigious property adjacent to a river or golf course or wooded area.
Point out the advantages of not living there.
SpatialMatch can help in that regard.
The real estate tool is integrated with an IDX to pull in the most recent MLS listings and position them on a map.
So an agent can show details about the property – square footage, number of rooms, taxes, etc. and position the listing to illustrate where it appears relevant to neighborhood amenities.
Perhaps there’s a home that’s perfect for a couple but it’s not located on a river/golf course/park area as they want.
Well, certain amenities come with certain hazards as well. And you can point this out on the SpatialMatch platform.
For example, Mr. and Mrs. Boat Lover want a home near the river. But did they know that the river in question occasionally floods, as rivers tend to do. Doesn’t matter if a river hasn’t overtaken the banks in 10 years. Weird stuff is happening with the weather all over the globe.
Do they really want to pay higher rates for flood insurance?
Perhaps Mr. and Mrs. Boat Lover would be more satisfied with this home over here, outside the flood plain but still within a short distance to the marina or boat ramp.
Mr. and Mrs. Golfer want a home in one particular golf course community. But currently there are no homes available for sale.
Well, do they really covet a home that gets pelted with golf balls every day?
Not every golfer by the way, can hit the ball as straight as Tiger Woods or Phil Mickelson. In fact, most golfers have a better knack for hitting a home than they do a green from a dog-leg right fairway.
Okay, so Mr. and Mrs. Nature Lover want to live near the woods. They want a bunch of trees in their backyard. They want their neighbors to be far away. Problem is, they can’t afford homes with all that acreage.
Guess what? When you live close to nature, sometimes nature likes to come to you. Such as raccoons crashing through trash cans or deer eating plants or the occasional bear sniffing about the back window looking for that freshly-baked pie.
With SpatialMatch you can point out the alternatives. Want to be near the woods? Here’s a townhome just minutes away from this beautiful park. Take a five minute drive or a ten-minute bike ride or a twenty minute walk and you’re there.
Enjoy the park at your leisure. And then leave the creatures behind to roam in someone else’s backyard.
Sure, location is important. But sometimes, the desired location is actually not the right location.
