An overwhelming number of potential home buyers learn about homes online but prefer to get the first hand details directly from their Realtor. The 2006 Profile of Buyers and Sellers says that most consumers prefer the traditional method of buying a home, use a Real Estate Agent. This statistic comprises 1.5 million Realtors and Brokers. Most of the people included in the survey state, “they begin looking for houses online, but most often learn about the home they eventually buy from a Realtor.” Even buyers that learn about houses online, use a Realtor to complete the transaction.