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If you're really looking to buy, find a good real estate agent. One that you like and that you can spend multiple afternoons driving around in their car with. If you don't like them or don't trust them, find another one.

Matthew


I'm studying for my Florida Real Estate License now and vouch for the above statement. Sure there are plenty of crappy agents out there but if you find one you trust your set. The MLS is a very powerful search tool and your agent can use it to really hone in on what your looking for. The REALTOR site is something I'm not 100% familiar with, but that is only a subset of the data on the full MLS, the agent has to speciffically set up a page on that site listing the properties they have.