We want consumers to understand the top three things when using the world's most heavily visited real estate websites. These sites are designed for advertising, entertainment, and marketing and to get consumers to visit their websites and use one of their third-party real estate brokers who pay hefty amounts to be featured within their platform. The home you are looking at might be unavailable. All third-party real estate websites get their information from the multiple listing system. At times, it can take up to 48 hours for properties to populate the right way. You might think you are, but you are not interacting with the listing broker or in other words the broker representing the sellers.