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A Search Form appears in the center of the main Rela Estate Listings page as well as on the Home Page at the top of the right hand column. These FAQs discuss the parts of the search form selections and tips on how they work.
GENERAL: Making multiple selections within any of the drop-down selector lists by pressing the Shift key is not presently supported.
LISTING TYPE. Selections include All Types, Sale, Rent, or Lease. Note that leased properties are generally commercial, while rented properties are residential (even though you may sign an apartment lease). You can choose only one type selection at a time. However, recall that one of these selections is All Types, which is admittedly not all that useful.
CATEGORY: These selections narrow your search to categories such Homes, FSBO's, Homes, Apartments, Commercial, and others. These are all fairly self explanatory, except to note that if you are looking for a residential rental, they may not all be listed under Apartments. There may be homes, condos, and other residential properties for rent.
You can choose only one Category at a time. However, recall that one of these selections is All Categories, which in this case can be useful. For example, apartment hunters can choose the For Rent type, All Categories, and then narrow the selection to a given County and Town/City (see below).
COUNTY and TOWN/CITY: The County and City/Town selectors are "chained", which simply means that the Town/City selections are programmed to change with the County selection. Therefore, you must make the County selection first so that the corresponding towns and cities in that county will appear in theTown/City drop-down list.
If you select "All Counties," then no Town/City choices will appear (logically, choosing All Counties also chooses all the towns and cities in those counties). You can also choose a County and then Select all Towns/Cities to search a single county.
START A NEW SEARCH: A new search requires resetting and returning to the form. There are a three way to do this, depnding on where you are: 1) Click on the Search Form link in the Listings Menu; 2) Click on the Main Menu "Real Estate Listings" tab at the top of the page; 3) Use the search form on the Home page.
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