Comments on: Realtor.com Worried About Dollars, Not Sense http://agbeat.com/editorials/real-estate/realtorcom-worried-about-dollars-not-sense/ News, insights, tools, and inspiration for business owners and professionals Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:13:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark Antonowsky http://agbeat.com/editorials/real-estate/realtorcom-worried-about-dollars-not-sense/#comment-32592 Mark Antonowsky Sun, 10 May 2009 12:53:41 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=2149#comment-32592 I agree completely with Bill Inman! I’ve been boycotting realtor.com for about 5 years now. To think our own trade group website, given the importance of the internet to real estate, would operate the way it does i.e., blackmail agents to pay extra to have our listings contain OUR contact info, when any other IDX, zillow, yahoo, trulia, etc provides that info without charge, while selling and displaying banner advertising along with our listing content, is despicable! Realtor.com, to put it simply, sucks. I agree completely with Bill Inman! I’ve been boycotting realtor.com for about 5 years now. To think our own trade group website, given the importance of the internet to real estate, would operate the way it does i.e., blackmail agents to pay extra to have our listings contain OUR contact info, when any other IDX, zillow, yahoo, trulia, etc provides that info without charge, while selling and displaying banner advertising along with our listing content, is despicable! Realtor.com, to put it simply, sucks.

]]> By: Kaw Manyur http://agbeat.com/editorials/real-estate/realtorcom-worried-about-dollars-not-sense/#comment-22736 Kaw Manyur Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:58:42 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=2149#comment-22736 Realtor.com is a joke, and always been... it shows what kind of "professionals" run it (down)... Realtor.com is a joke, and always been… it shows what kind of “professionals” run it (down)…

]]> By: Bill Inman http://agbeat.com/editorials/real-estate/realtorcom-worried-about-dollars-not-sense/#comment-14792 Bill Inman Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:06:06 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=2149#comment-14792 I have had issues with realtor.com for years. As the "Official web site of the National Association of Realtors" it does not provide a service for me a NAR member. Any service to include a simple Realtor search excludes every Realtor that does not pay up. The information that allows them to exist is information I have acquired and put into my local MLS, and then I am expected to pay realtor.com for my information to be displayed and links back to me. Realtor.com charges more than any other web site for their services and they have more third party advertisements than any other web site I have seen. We (Realtors) have rolled over and played dead for years and have allowed OUR associations to take advantage of us...we pay large dues for an association that is to work for us, not us for "them"...nobody will respect us until we respect ourselves. I have had issues with realtor.com for years. As the “Official web site of the National Association of Realtors” it does not provide a service for me a NAR member. Any service to include a simple Realtor search excludes every Realtor that does not pay up. The information that allows them to exist is information I have acquired and put into my local MLS, and then I am expected to pay realtor.com for my information to be displayed and links back to me. Realtor.com charges more than any other web site for their services and they have more third party advertisements than any other web site I have seen. We (Realtors) have rolled over and played dead for years and have allowed OUR associations to take advantage of us…we pay large dues for an association that is to work for us, not us for “them”…nobody will respect us until we respect ourselves.

]]> By: Braxton Beyer http://agbeat.com/editorials/real-estate/realtorcom-worried-about-dollars-not-sense/#comment-14045 Braxton Beyer Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:47:44 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=2149#comment-14045 NAR is absolutely ridiculous. They are a good lobbying group and that is about it. Everything they try to offer consumers or agents just gets in the way. NAR is absolutely ridiculous. They are a good lobbying group and that is about it. Everything they try to offer consumers or agents just gets in the way.

]]> By: Eric Blackwell http://agbeat.com/editorials/real-estate/realtorcom-worried-about-dollars-not-sense/#comment-11811 Eric Blackwell Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:21:24 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=2149#comment-11811 Too funny! And it could be any value from .01 to $1MM , Howie... Open the next case! Yikes! Your value went down ;-( Sad truth is though that people DO rely on these fictional figures to their detriment. Would make a GREAT cartoon for a blog post, though. Hey Russ....hehe Thanks for cracking me up, Bill! Too funny! And it could be any value from .01 to $1MM , Howie…

Open the next case! Yikes! Your value went down ;-(

Sad truth is though that people DO rely on these fictional figures to their detriment.

Would make a GREAT cartoon for a blog post, though. Hey Russ….hehe

Thanks for cracking me up, Bill!

]]> By: Bill Lublin http://agbeat.com/editorials/real-estate/realtorcom-worried-about-dollars-not-sense/#comment-11810 Bill Lublin Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:57:25 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=2149#comment-11810 Eric - That's exactly the deal - let's do a page called REAL OR NO(T) REAL with avatars of really hot women holding aluminum cases - when you click on each one you get a different valuation on your home, but between each one, you get an offer from an investor to buy before you see the next number- (I <strike>can</strike> want to be the Banker on that show ;-D Eric – That’s exactly the deal – let’s do a page called REAL OR NO(T) REAL with avatars of really hot women holding aluminum cases – when you click on each one you get a different valuation on your home, but between each one, you get an offer from an investor to buy before you see the next number- (I can want to be the Banker on that show
;-D

]]> By: Eric Blackwell http://agbeat.com/editorials/real-estate/realtorcom-worried-about-dollars-not-sense/#comment-11804 Eric Blackwell Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:07:45 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=2149#comment-11804 GREAT idea Bill! I will take that one on...(grin) Why don't WE put them on the same page. We KNOW that they are mostly fiction... A compare your home's value page on a blog with a Zesstimate, Trestimate and a Restmate! (others?) and followed up with a .... Want to know what it's worth for REAL? Call me 555-5555 (hehe) Could be fun! Would generate some buzz as well Thoughts? Eric GREAT idea Bill! I will take that one on…(grin) Why don’t WE put them on the same page. We KNOW that they are mostly fiction…

A compare your home’s value page on a blog with a Zesstimate, Trestimate and a Restmate! (others?) and followed up with a ….

Want to know what it’s worth for REAL? Call me 555-5555 (hehe)

Could be fun! Would generate some buzz as well

Thoughts?

Eric

]]> By: Bill Lublin http://agbeat.com/editorials/real-estate/realtorcom-worried-about-dollars-not-sense/#comment-11803 Bill Lublin Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:01:47 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=2149#comment-11803 @ Mack - My comment about Zillow was that I found it less inaccurate in comparison to another AVM - not that I found it accurate at all - And as any real estate professional would point out again - without seeing the interior there's just no way to know- I would like to saa all of these AVMs go away, I think however that consumer demand will keep them round. I think the best thing that we could see would a number of them on the same page. They would all disagree about the value on the same page, demonstrating to the consumer that they should be getting a real estate professional over to figure it out with them. @ Mack – My comment about Zillow was that I found it less inaccurate in comparison to another AVM – not that I found it accurate at all – And as any real estate professional would point out again – without seeing the interior there’s just no way to know- I would like to saa all of these AVMs go away, I think however that consumer demand will keep them round. I think the best thing that we could see would a number of them on the same page. They would all disagree about the value on the same page, demonstrating to the consumer that they should be getting a real estate professional over to figure it out with them.

]]> By: Mack in Atlanta http://agbeat.com/editorials/real-estate/realtorcom-worried-about-dollars-not-sense/#comment-11779 Mack in Atlanta Sat, 21 Jun 2008 12:13:21 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=2149#comment-11779 @ Dan- You wrote - “To find the specific value of your home and a strategy to make it worth more you should contact and work with a real estate professional in your area. Click Go to locate a REALTOR® near you.” The way I see it R.com will just use this to sell more cities or zip codes for $500 to $1,000 a month. Why should we have to compete with them? @ Dan- You wrote – “To find the specific value of your home and a strategy to make it worth more you should contact and work with a real estate professional in your area. Click Go to locate a REALTOR® near you.” The way I see it R.com will just use this to sell more cities or zip codes for $500 to $1,000 a month. Why should we have to compete with them?

]]> By: Jennifer in Louisville http://agbeat.com/editorials/real-estate/realtorcom-worried-about-dollars-not-sense/#comment-11775 Jennifer in Louisville Sat, 21 Jun 2008 12:02:43 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=2149#comment-11775 The Big R should be advocates for REALTORs, but the persons calling the shots on it aren't leading the way in the real estate profession. They seem to be trying to play catch up by implementing other sites ideas (which by the way - weren't any good to begin with). The Big R should be advocates for REALTORs, but the persons calling the shots on it aren’t leading the way in the real estate profession. They seem to be trying to play catch up by implementing other sites ideas (which by the way – weren’t any good to begin with).

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