Q: I hear a lot about advertising on craigslist. Would this be a valid venue to advertise my property in Langley?

A: On May 18, there were 49 advertisement for real estate listings for sale on craigslist in Langley by both owners and realtors.

There were more than 200 for Vancouver. That is about par for the course every day! Obviously it can work.

You will always get your best price from maximum exposure, and while that comes through the MLS service and advertisements in the local real estate papers, the new free services like craigslist.com and kijiji.ca have also a place. Now, they may be free, but they are different.

Like twitter.com posts, they scroll down continuously … the more that are posted the quicker they move to the bottom and out of sight. You will have to repost ads at least daily and you may have to learn some tricks to keep you in front of viewers.