Will Facebook Get My Home Sold?

Key Takeaways

• 99% of real estate agents will NOT get your home sold thru Facebook Ads
• If Facebook Ads are done properly, your home will ABSOLUTELY get SOLD
• A consistent FB Ad game plan with numerous moving parts needs to be in place for success

Almost every real estate agent will tell potential sellers that they will use Facebook or social media to get their homes sold. But will it? If the agent is like 99% of the agents, the simple answer is NO. That agent will never know the difference between a real buyer and someone that just happens to "like" a home.

Consistently Finding a Pool of Buyers in Many Different Price Ranges - Just like mentioned above, it is extremely important for agents to not give all the information about a home in a Facebook ad. When a buyer is in the market and a property catches his/her eye, that individual will most probably reach out to the agent and ask for the missing information (price, location, updates, year of the home, etc).

When that conversation takes place, a couple of things happen. One, the agent will know that person is in the market to purchase a home. And two, the agent will know the price range the prospect is interested in if the price was the missing information in the advertisement. If the missing information was the area, the agent will know what area the prospect is interested in.

So by having these conversations and spending a good deal of money consistently on Facebook ads, it is possible to create a large pool of buyers in all different price ranges. When the perfect property is available, one of these buyers will more than likely purchase it. It is extremely important to have a pool of buyers on the sideline waiting for the right home.

By using this strategy, on average we're able to create a pool of new buyers a month waiting on the sideline for the right home.

• Having the ability to Communicate with Buyers Multiple Different Ways - When an agent places an ad on Facebook, the only way the agent can communicate with the person that commented and/or liked the post is thru Facebook. If the person isn't the agent's Facebook friend, then Facebook Messenger puts the message in a separate area than where the person normally receives their messages.
  
  Because the message is in a different area than the normal message area, occasionally these messages are missed or sometimes interpreted as spam. Also, if the agent replies to the stranger's comment on the post, many times the person feels uncomfortable replying with information regarding a purchase in such a public setting on Facebook.
  
  Since communication is so vital, it is is extremely important to be able to get a potential buyer's CORRECT email address. Thru our marketing partner and website provider, we're able to get the correct email address 100% of the time and phone number about 20% of the time.
  
  Although there is no trickery involved because the buyer consents to give his/her information, the system we have in place is exponentially better at making it more worthwhile for the buyer to provide it.
  
  
• Providing Relevant Information Rather than Selling - People take much longer to buy a home nowadays than in the past. It is very common for buyers to start doing their home shopping research six months to a year and a half in advance prior to purchasing their home. There is so much information that is easily accessible regarding homes and the process, it just makes sense to start looking earlier.
  
  Because of this, people don't want to be sold with high-pressure sales tactics. The world has changed quite a bit in the last few years. Buyers don't mind getting RELEVANT information emailed to them, but they do mind getting information trying to sell them. Most of our sales are from clients that we've kept in touch with by providing information that related to their situation.
  
  This is why it is crucial to have correct email addresses and to not spam potential buyers with sales-y emails.
• There are quite a few more things that need to be done consistently with Facebook advertising to get homes sold, but we hope this gives you an idea that it takes a whole lot more than posting a nice photo of a home and crossing your fingers that it gets SOLD.