North Carolina Realtor David Sobotta:
hat might seem like a strange statement from someone who spends a lot of time writing online and until recently answering questions in some social networks.What my experience has taught me is that you can provide a lot of information to people. It certainly helps to get them interested in an area, but it rarely goes beyond that.
Being interested and actually doing something like moving to an area are two totally different things.
Where my posts on social networks have been most effective are with newcomers who have already moved and are looking for area information and having a hard time finding it.
Part of the challenge with social networks is the people running the networks. They are so convinced that their networks hold the only key to business success that they police them like some homeowners associations who have nothing better to do than making sure someone's tomato plants don't stick out beyond the side of their house. Don't laugh I actually saw that happen in Columbia, MD.