How to Use Home by ShowingTime Text Messaging to Communicate With Buyers and Renters

2. Save your favorite listings.

You can easily save a home that you’re interested in by clicking the heart icon on the listing page or search results. This will add the listing to your Favorites page where you can see a list of homes that you’ve saved and revisit them later. You can also save a search by clicking the Save Search icon in the top right corner. Saved searches will send you emails with any price changes or open house announcements, just Click here for homes.

3. Receive push notifications of new listings.

Once users save a search, they can receive push notifications whenever new properties go up that match their saved criteria. This feature is available for desktop searches and mobile apps.

Using the Frizbit web push notifications platform, you can send your subscribers hyper-personalized messages about homes that match their specific criteria based on their behavior on your site. This includes browsing by a city or area, specific listing categories, price range, and bedroom and bathroom count. All of these parameters are dynamic and able to change as the user interacts with your listings. This is a great way to keep your users engaged with your listings even when they are offline.

4. Schedule a showing.

As a real estate agent, you can use text messaging to easily communicate with potential buyers/renters and schedule showings. Each listing has a unique keyword and number that, when texted to the short code or numbers on your SimpleTexting plan, adds that buyer to your list of interested parties. Once added, they will have access to more details on the property in their Home by ShowingTime profile. They can also use this app to share listings with their team members or clients.