A World Full of Prospects
CONNECTING WITH PROSPECTS WORLDWIDE RICK TOBIN
A World Full of Prospects
Per the internet analysis group named We are Social, there are an estimated 3 billion active internet users worldwide out of an estimated population base of 7.2 billion on Earth. An estimated 2.1 billion of the world’ s residents are reported to have at least one Social Media account. An even larger number of 3.65 billion mobile users are reported to access the internet at least occasionally by way of tablets or smart devices( e. g., iPads, iPods, smartphones, etc.). So, there are literally billions of the Earth’ s residents who are online daily, weekly, or monthly, and could be a potential reader of a real estate agent’ s blog or an investor’ s posting about their latest“ Fix and Flip” deal for sale.
Foreign investors are actively purchasing both residential and commercial real estate all across the United States. Some of the steadiest and wealthiest buyers of U. S. real estate originate from countries such as Canada, Mexico, China, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Germany, Great Britain, India, and Russia. In order to find these foreign prospects, agents and sellers of U. S. properties need to know where to search for them online.
Many Asian and European investors like to invest in western U. S. region properties found in California, Oregon, and Washington. They also have a healthy appetite for residential and commercial properties in Texas, Florida, Boston, Chicago, and New York. U. S. based agents and sellers who effectively market towards foreign prospects need to first know about the names of the more popular social networks outside U. S. borders. Americans need to also realize that many of the most popular U. S. social networks sites are banned in places like China and elsewhere such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, so their residents may not be able to read or view posts from agents’ or investors’ blogs or sites.