Websites like YouTube have become so influential it was even been named part of "Time Magazine's" Person of the Year for 2006. Now many home-sellers hope it will have the same influence and get their home off the housing block. However some experts say it may not have that kind of pull.

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Cape Coral - You cannot go to a neighborhood now-a-days without seeing rows of "for sale" signs and homes sitting vacant for months. For many homeowners like David Barbera of Cape Coral looking to sell, the future seems grim.

"It's horrible!," said David Barbera.

Barbera has tried three realtor over the past 18 months. Now he is on his own.

"When you're trying to get the house to sale and now that the market is low it's just bad," said Barbera.

Many sellers are finding it tough to sell their home the traditionally way. So they are turning to the Internet as a way to get buyers to look at their property.

Both realtors and home owners are turning to the Internet and attracting
prospective buyers with eye-catching virtual tours.

"I guarantee you it's not going to sell a home," said Brett Ellis of Remax Ellis Team.

Ellis, whose been a realtor for over 20-years, uses YouTube to help his clients navigate the complexities of buying and selling. However, Ellis says a person who does not see homes in person, will not spend time watching any of the thousands of virtual tours either.

"Once people have narrowed it down from a predetermined criteria and
said this is what I want and get it down to a manageable level, than they may go out and look at some video. But there's no substitute," said Ellis.

However, Barbera is hopeful his home will sell soon with the help of the Internet.

"If it's going to help sell my home we might as well," said Barbera

Ellis and other realtors are already using YouTube to advertise. He also says pretty soon you will see sellers turning to cell phones to get the word out on properties. Ellis says in two to three years, sellerswill be able to send videos and property information to prospective buyers.