Real estate has changed. Local real estate offices no longer own the inventory of homes for sale the way they did prior to the Internet. Buyers don't go to real estate offices to find available homes... they go to the Internet. The dynamics of how buyers search for and eventually buy homes has changed, but most brokers list and market homes the same old way. Why? The answer is simple. They make a lot more money doing it the old way even though this outdated approach works to the disadvantage of today's home sellers.