Our good friend Brian Larson posted an excellent piece yesterday, on RPR, that shared the insights of a MLS CEO. I highly recommend you read this and add it to your growing list of information and questions about RPR.
The law offices of Larson/Sobotka have written a very good article on their blog about the NAR policy that limits the actions of an MLS to redistribute or repurpose broker (participant) data without the consent of the broker. Larson writes: “If your MLS is affiliated with NAR and subject to NAR policy, it is bound by NAR Statement of MLS Policy 7.85: Use of listings and listing information by MLSs for purposes other than the defined purposes of MLS requires participants consent. Such consent cannot be required as a condition of obtaining or maintaining MLS participatory rights. MLSs may presume such [...]
As you may know from the August Press Release, RE Technology will soon be launching in MRIS, MRED and MLSListings.com. RE Technology was created to allow an MLS to deliver a directory of technology vendors, product reviews, and product news to keep their members informed about the best tools and services available today. If you are a technology vendor, be sure to join the more than 400 companies who have registered for the free directory here. If you are an MLS or REALTOR Association - you may offer RE Technology subscriptions to your members too. Just send a note or [...]
It is time once again for the annual REAL Trends 500 Survey. If your brokerage firm closed more than 500 transaction sides in 2009, you qualify to participate in this year's ranking. Making this prestigious list can be a great marketing tool for your firm. It's a great honor to be featured with the most progressive and successful firms in the industry. The REAL TRENDS 500 Survey highlights the companies that sold the most homes and the most dollar volume in the past 12 months. The deadline to submit an application is FEBRUARY 28th, 2010 so don't miss out! All [...]
Vendor Alley is opening a jobs board, but until that is live, we are teaming together with other bloggers to announce job openings in our industry. There has never been a better time to attract talent into real estate technology. If you know anyone that is looking for work who knows saleforce.com - be sure to send them over to LPS for a confidential interview. Description The LPS Real Estate Group is looking for a Senior Customer Relationship Management Evangelist to join a dynamic technology organization. This key position will involve working closely with senior management and technology staff in [...]
Brian Larson commented on another set of great questions yesterday from John Rees on MLS Tesseract, that John posted on his Strategic MLS blog that look at legal considerations to consider when evaluating the RPR opportunity. We encourage all MLSs to read John’s questions and to include them in their discussions and evaluations. Click to see the entire article from John Rees Another question that came up as a result of my RPR Report from Ron Stephen, Executive Vice President of RealtyWEB.NET MLS in Jacksonville, FL was the potential impact RPR […]
MarketLinx, Inc., provider of information technology to the residential real estate industry and a member of The First American Corporation (NYSE: FAF) family of companies, announced today that it has partnered with RealtyBid.com to offer an integrated online real estate auction tool to its MLXchangeTM, TEMPO® and InnoViaTM multiple listing service (MLS) customers. Through the agreement, MarketLinx MLS users can easily upload listing data and photos to RealtyBid.com and start an online auction with just a few mouse clicks. […]
Since the announcement made by NAR on the formation of RPR and their public rollout at the NAR conference in San Diego, RPR and their proposed business model has been a major topic of conversation in MLSs across the U.S. Some MLSs seem to think this is an idea long overdue while others have expressed “no interest” while most seem to be somewhere in between with a “wait and see” attitude. c planning session we facilitated for a major MLS the topic of RPR participation was, of course, discussed. Our approach to the discussion, as with any business issue, is [...]
It looks to me like the Inman Conference in August of 2007 accurately marked the shift from Newspaper advertising to print advertising in Real Estate. Way to go Brad! I think you may have placed the thorny crown upon the king that gave you life as a writer (Although I think that the Chron still does very well compared to their peers in other cities). Nevertheless, so it was that real estate began to spend more dollars advertising online, and so it continues today. But there is a bright light in this story. Take a careful look at what [...]
A few months ago I wrote a paper about Edutizing that talks about how to transform your online marketing approach away from traditional advertising to Edutizing. Edutizing allows you to share your insights and local knowledge as a way to attract new customers instead of bombarding potential customer with “me-isms” that we see so many times in real estate advertising. Krisstina Wise, partner in the Goodlife Team and noted memeber of the AFIRE network(Awesome Females in Real Estate) has created a great method for using local market statistics as a method for building readership to her blog while positioning her [...]
Here is an early screen shot of the upcoming WAV Group iphone app. This stuff is so easy to develop it is silly not to!
IMAPP, a leading provider of public records and property data software, today announced a new service with the potential to generate non-dues revenue for their MLS customers. According to a press release issued today by IMAPP: IMAPP’s new premium information product allows Multiple Listing Services (MLS) the option to maintain control over their data and generate revenue from their listings. Beginning immediately, IMAPP clients can elect to combine their data with IMAPP’s products and market to a new audience. Today most brokers publish their listing data to multiple sites including Zillow, Trulia and Realtor.com. These companies and many others are trying [...]
