Maine Lakefront Real Estate – Finding it Your Way – Phase III

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Maine Lakefront Real Estate – Finding it Your Way – Phase III


For folks not familiar with Maine, searching online for lakefront property can be somewhat frustrating. After obtaining search results buyers have pondered “where the heck are these properties and what is their relative position to each other? ”
Until now, displaying your search results using Lakefront Locator meant listing your results in a variety of ways. You can list results by price, high to low or low to high. You can list results from oldest listings to newest or newest to oldest. All good options, but still not totally satisfying.
Last fall, in response to our annual survey of suggested enhancements, we received a number of requests to plot, or map, search results so that one can see where each listing is in relation to each other.
Mr. Lakefront is proud to announce our new display option. All the list options remain as before, but we are releasing a Map It function. Let’s say that the results of your search number 12 homes between $300k and $400k. If you choose to map your results, each listing will appear as a pin on a map. Clicking on a particular pin will give you basic info such as address, price and size. Also, lake info and position on the lake can be selected. For detailed listing info click listing details for additional information. Go to Lakefront Locator and give it a try!!
PLEASE NOTE: For the next few months it might be advisable to list your results prior to mapping them. Older listings in the MLS still have no street addresses assigned to them so they can’t be mapped. As older listings fall from the MLS they will be replaced with new listings that have addresses that can be mapped. For example in the example above where 12 homes are found between $300k and $400k only 9 pins might appear on the map meaning that 3 older listings have no street address assigned to them.
p.s. I was recently asked by a competitor why the team at Mr Lakefront continues to strive to make it easier for lakefront buyers to find property on-line. “Aren’t you guys working yourself out of a job?” he inquired. My answer is, “absolutely not.”
Making it difficult for lakefront buyers to find property doesn’t increase our value. We believe that buyers need to know what’s out there in order to make an educated buying decision. Our value to the lakefront buyer goes far beyond simply finding possible properties that meet a client’s criteria.
When it comes time to look at property we believe buyers will take advantage of our expertise and contact us. Our participation in the buying process, although very valuable indeed, actually costs the buyer nothing since commission dollars are paid by the seller.
Strange, but true!

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