My industry has been helped by the internet. Buyers and sellers now have the access to research selling and purchasing a home online and using the affiliated Realtor associated with the listing. The days of driving the buyer to the home location are long gone. Thorough virtual tours and photography are available online, buyers can get a good idea without physically seeing the home if it might be right for them. When they find something they think they might like they contact a Realtor to further the investigation.