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Web Scraping: Real Estate’s Best Kept Secret
Let’s face it, the real estate industry is lagging when it comes to technology. We are still using fax machines (yes, they still exist), we are STILL using paper documents, and the MLS system is a joke. But there is one silver lining in all of this: web scraping.
For those of you who don’t know, web scraping is the practice of extracting data from websites. And while it may sound like a complicated process, it’s actually quite simple. With the help of a few tools and some elbow grease, you can easily scrape data from any website. So why should you bother?
Well, for one, web scraping can save you a ton of time. Let’s say you’re looking for properties in a specific area. You could spend hours combing through listings on the MLS website, or you could use a web scraper to do it for you in a fraction of the time.
Not to mention, web scraping can also help you uncover hidden gems that you would never find with traditional search methods. And with some ingenuity, you can even use web scraping to make money in real estate!
Yes, really.
In this blog post, we’ll explore some of the different ways that web scraping can be used in real estate. By the end of this post, you’ll see just how powerful web scraping can be and how it can help you take your real estate business to the…
