If you are looking for a home in today's market, you have a lot of choices of where to and how to search. You can search the Idaho Statesman, the Real Estate Book, Homes and Land, or do an online search.

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Whichever method that you choose, you must keep in mind that anyone of these methods will not provide you with every home that is available. The most accurate and most detailed search that you can do is to search the MLS directly through an MLS IDX feed. This is a way for local real estate agents to show you the Boise area listings through their website whether they are the listing company or not. That means that an agent from X could display listings from Y and vice versa. There are some local companies like Assist 2 Sell and Help U Sell that do not use the MLS everytime to market their listings, so you would have to go directly to them or their website to find those homes not listed elsewhere. They comprise of about 5-6% of the real estate market along with FSBO's (For Sale By Owners).

Searching on a company site is a great way to go with your search. You will have access to a lot of the data that agents have access to, but be careful. There are some Boise real estate sites that do not link to the MLS and may just show their listings on the site. If they do show the MLS data, be aware that their company listings may receive preferred placement and attention on the site. So, if you are on a company website, be prepared to be viewing their listings more heavily than other companies listings.

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A great resource for search will be Realtor.com. It does have a direct link to the MLS and is updated daily. It will give you every home that is on the MLS, but you will not have access to all of the pictures that the MLS provides. You will only see all of the photos on the premium or paid listings.

Searching online is the most complete resource that you will be able to use in your home search. An experienced buyer agent should also have access to other means to find properties that may not be on the MLS.

Happy House Hunting!

Ben Janke is a Idaho real estate broker that has written free real estate guides that you can access by clicking the following link home search