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Old 07-23-2008, 09:29 PM
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Re: Inspection Complaints
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Originally Posted by Randy King View Post
Scott, I could not agree more about making sure you receive most of your business from other areas than referring realtors and that is why I am in the process of building a site, (should be finished in a couple of weeks). My question to you about the internet is do you really receive alot of inspections as a direct result from your site? (If so it would be great to know a range no need to tell us how many you get unless your comfortable) how long did it take you before you were receiving alot of hits (booked inspections) from the internet, and who is the prospect that normally is drawed to the internet. What I mean by this is are most of the people that you get internet business from buying a home still in a normal real estate transaction and just went against what their agent said and looked around for themself? Moreover, I live in a city with about 40,000 people and not too much around for surrounding communities maybe another 80-100,000 total within a 60 mile radius, do you think a good website will draw inspections even in a small area such as this? I know alot of questions but anyone feel free to chime in as well...I think I hijacked my own thread..oh well
Just this year I have done 97 inspections just from my website! The first question I ask a caller is how they found me. Yes, it is a major part of my business. Keep in mind I move to an area two years ago with out knowing anyone. I depended on my site to drive business my way. My town is around 25,000, but I live 20 miles south of Nashville. But, the majority of my business is from outside of Nashville. Tomorrow I will travel 45 miles one way to inspect a home in Shelbyville, TN with a population of around 10,000.

My website is not pretty and it does not have fancy code, etc. But it pulls up organically in the top 3 spots in the areas that I want to work in. I can't ask for more than that.
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