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Participants of the Real Estate Standards Organization Agree on Syndication Standard for Distributing Real Estate Listings
Sunday, April 27th, 2008Many people have already posted on this bit of news, namely Myron Adams (RESO Exec Director) here, Michael Wurzer on FBS Blog, Inman News, Masters Report, BloodhoundBlog, and more. But I will try to post the information here with links to more information where appropriate:
Philadelphia, April 11, 2008 - Members of the Real Estate Standards […]
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Prudential Has Even More Up Their Sleeve…
Friday, March 21st, 2008What a week for Prudential Real Estate, I guess scheduling a National Convention in New Orleans has spurred some sort of Revolutionary thought process or perhaps Bourbon St has “relaxed” the decision makers to the point where they have a new found understanding of Web 2.0. No matter what the reason, anyone working under “The […]
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“Count your blessings” or “Pursue perfection”?
Saturday, March 8th, 2008About a month ago, the Houston Association of Realtors released a revamped [consumer-oriented] website. I tried to cover this release as objectively as I could, trying to point out the positives and the negatives from a REALTOR’s standpoint. In an effort to get the point of view of other fellow agents I posted something about […]
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Open Letter To Yahoo!, Google, Trulia, and Zillow, Encouraging Data Standards
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008As part of the newly elected Board of Directors of the Real Estate Standards Organization (RESO), I have accepted the challenge along with the other 9 Board members to construct a real estate data standard that can be beneficial for all parties involved: Agents, Brokers, MLSs, and the multitude of vendors serving all aspects.
Michael […]
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Basic IDX Questions, Answered
Monday, December 17th, 2007The other day, Drew Meyers pointed me to a post in the Zillow forums where someone was asking some very interesting (and seemingly common) questions about IDX. The individual wanted to know what IDX essentially is and whether or not someone could create a program that could easily search across all real estate listings on […]
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Rateplug Nifty for Agents, Lenders
Thursday, September 20th, 2007The Austin Board of REALTORS® has been investing in some very cool technologies lately. We’re currently transitioning over to MLXchange, which is pretty awesome because it has features that include contact management, agent websites, client gateway pages, etc.
So we’re on the same page, Client Gateways are simple sites that you can easily set up for […]
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Access Homes and MLS Using Your TREO
Thursday, September 13th, 2007First, I have to say that I’m not the biggest fan of the Treo as a PDA. As a Mac user, I’ve sworn my heart to the new Apple iPod touch. I just couldn’t bear to switch to the iPhone due to the super-slow AT&T network.
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That said, I do like the integration of my […]
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Challenging the MLS Data Access Assumption
Saturday, September 8th, 2007I read a post today by Michael Wurzer titled “Is Data Free? Is There No Free Lunch?” at the FBS Blog. By the way, this is phenomenal blog if you have an interest in MLS-related topics. I am not completely sure what FlexMLS does, but their clients are MLS’s. Considering their clientele, […]
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