How to Conduct a Basic Search

So you’ve decided that you want to start looking for a new place to live. You can begin your search by entering in a city, neighborhood, zip code, address, or MLS number into the text area. For this example I’m going to search the zip code 33176.

Next you’ll want to indicate what kind of property you are looking for. You have the option to search MLS for sale (homes for sale), banked owned for sale, MLS rentals, or foreclosures. I’m going to choose Search MLS for Sale.

There are additional fields you can use to filter your results including including property type, minimum beds and baths, minimum and maximum price, and building and lot square footage.

If you ever need help, you can always click on for more assistance.

To conduct your search, click the search button.

We now see that our search has resulted in 197 listings. The system will retrieve 100 listings at a time. You can view the next 100 properties by using the page numbers located below the thumbnails. So when you click on page 2, the system will repopulate the page with the next 100 thumbnails and their map markers.

Each thumbnail on the left has a corresponding map marker on the right. When you click a thumbnail, the background turns red. A marker on the map also turns red, indicating the location of the selected thumbnail. You can also, click on a particular map marker and its corresponding thumbnail will be selected on the left. To zoom-in to a particular property you can click the zoom-in button located on the right side of the thumbnail. This will give you a detailed, aerial view of the listing. To zoom back out, so you can see all the listings again, simply click the zoom-out button.

By default the results are sorted by the best deals. ValueSearch® compares the estimated value to the listed sales price to determine whether the property is under or overvalued. If you want to change the sort then use the drop down boxes above the listings result. The best deals will always be used as the second search criteria, so if you choose to sort by community, you will get the best deals in that community first.

If you look at the bottom portion of each thumbnail you will see the Homekeys estimated value for each listing. As you can see, the first property is 54% below market value. The price of the house is $50,000, while the estimated value is $107,598. The next listing is 48% below value, the one after that is 39%, and so on and so on. For more on how the estimated value is calculated, watch the video, “How to Interpret the Estimated Values”.

You can find basic information about every listing on its thumbnail. To view more detailed information, click the Property Details Tab, located above the search map. This page will give you the listing and county record information. To view pictures of the property click the Pictures Tab. Simply rollover the thumbnail images on the right to view them.