Is It Online Home Search Good Strategy?
My guess is that all depends on what websites you are using to do your search. I have some clients and potential clients called me very excited about a home that they found online only to find out that the home already have been sold not only days before but in some instances for weeks. I know that now days the internet is the greatest tool to use to find any kind of information including homes for sale, so online home search is a great strategy but just make sure the site you are using it is a trusted easy to use with up-to-date information website.
There are some websites out there that we want avoid, those with very outdated information that only get updated once in a while but in the other hand there are some good sites that get updated frequently. Or you can use a great site like http://www.seeonlinehomes.net/ that provides the most recent available homes for sale, this website automatically sweep listings from the Multiple Listing Service every 20 minutes and has the capability of e-mailing you every new listing that meet your criteria, so don't forget to sign up for it.
Or to Schdule an appointme for a personal consultation contact your Cowlitz County real estate professional Venancio Gonzalez a GRI, E-PRO Realtor®, with Windermere Real Estate Allen & Associates, by e-mail or at 360 751 4001.
Venancio Gonzalez - GRI, e-PRO Broker with Windermere Real Estate Allen & Associates, serving Longview, Kelso and surrounding Cowlitz County real estate markets. gonzalezq@windermere.com or (360) 751 4001.

Nice website, and yes of course an online home search is a MUST. That is why 99% of the buyers go onliine for. The better your search the better visited your site. Good luck with yours.
Mykel, thanks for stopping by and Good luck to you as well.