My advice is to contact an MLS broker and have them do the heavy lifting for the MLS side. Find some agency that lists their top sales person on the web site and call up ask for that person by name and interview them.
Ask specific computer related questions. When we were looking in another part of FL my wife received a customized email with links to the MLS site every day.
Get a TV resident broker because they will have better connections.
Zillow on our iPhones was great during our search but had no VLS homes.
We rented a gas golf cart and drove through our target neighborhoods for hours. When we were out with a villages agent and drove by an MLS listing we made a note of it and called the MLS broker later.
Keep a notebook when you visit houses and take lots of pictures.
I took 20-30 pictures of each house we looked at. I tried to start with the address numbers and street signs so they would be identifiable from just the pictures.
Good luck
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