| Home scouting can be a pretty lucrative business and | | | | sound a little better when you say it but house scouting |
| it doesn't really require much skill to get started. For | | | | and home scouting are the same exact thing. You |
| starters, like most businesses today, you will need the | | | | probably knew that though since you're human and |
| essential tools like a car to get around to the various | | | | have basic human intelligence skills no matter what |
| different properties, a cell phone to keep in contact | | | | level your brain actually operates on! |
| with the office (if you're working for one) and a laptop | | | | Before I drift too far off topic let's stay on the topic of |
| computer to input and recall the various information | | | | home scouting. As a scout your job is to find the |
| that you'll stumble upon while you're out in the field. | | | | properties that meet the criteria that you or the |
| There are many different ways to do things, more | | | | agencies you're working for are looking for. These |
| than one way to skin to a cat so to say. | | | | could be homes that are in foreclosure, going to be in |
| The same applies for home scouting. Most people will | | | | foreclosure, abandoned houses, and etc. It really |
| choose to work for an agency while others will get the | | | | depends on your area, demographics and what the |
| information they need and tackle things on their own. | | | | housing marketing is like in that area. The job it's self is |
| Though this way is a little more detailed and | | | | pretty straight forward but it can get boring or |
| independent you will still work with a third party that will | | | | repetitive at times but this is no reason to avoid a job |
| be purchasing the data you collect and process. No | | | | or self-venture in scouting. Scouting homes can work |
| matter which way you choose, know that they're both | | | | for many different people and this is probably the |
| pretty similar in context and only small runway actions | | | | reason it's been getting so popular. The fact that the |
| will typically change. | | | | housing market is where it is today probably helps |
| Meaning you will or won't have to call in to make | | | | contribute to that as well. |
| reports, track things for the company or personal | | | | There is nothing complicated about home scouting, it's |
| purposes and that sort of thing. Sometimes it's good to | | | | exactly as it sounds. Sure there will be changes and |
| get started with an agency learn the ropes and get | | | | variations to how you operate and different people will |
| acquainted and then start things on your own with | | | | be looking for different things based on your area's |
| your personal twists and ideas. Some people even get | | | | demographics and economical statistics but the job |
| as advanced as to hooking up a GPS rig to their car | | | | itself entails basic data gathering and processing skills, |
| and computer and running the entire software based | | | | that's it. When you first hear the term you probably get |
| operation, from the capturing, clarifying, processing and | | | | an idea as to what needs to be done. 9/10 people |
| engaging of the data they collect. Again, there are | | | | probably hit the nail right on the head. You're a home |
| MANY ways to be a successful home scout, you | | | | scout looking for different homes depending or your or |
| should find the one that works best for you and apply | | | | those of your employer. Home scouting is very straight |
| a model you're comfortable with to operate and | | | | forward and should never be placed in a spotlight as |
| function in way that is satisfactory to your needs. | | | | to be a complicated business or something you need |
| Some people call it house scouting, what's the | | | | mass amounts of advanced skills to be successful |
| difference? Nothing, it's the same exact thing, home | | | | with. |
| scouting is the more proper term and does actually | | | | |