Comments on: PropertyMaps.com Seeks to be National MLS Built by Independent Brokers http://agbeat.com/real-estate-technology-new-media/propertymaps-com-seeks-to-be-national-mls-built-by-independent-brokers/ 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: Ryan http://agbeat.com/real-estate-technology-new-media/propertymaps-com-seeks-to-be-national-mls-built-by-independent-brokers/#comment-36355 Ryan Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:00:47 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=15204#comment-36355 Still waiting for a PropertyMaps callback, sigh. Assuming they are toast. Still waiting for a PropertyMaps callback, sigh. Assuming they are toast.

]]> By: Ben Miller http://agbeat.com/real-estate-technology-new-media/propertymaps-com-seeks-to-be-national-mls-built-by-independent-brokers/#comment-36202 Ben Miller Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:18:26 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=15204#comment-36202 Can I double down my Google bet??? Thanks for sharing Ryan Can I double down my Google bet??? Thanks for sharing Ryan

]]> By: Ryan http://agbeat.com/real-estate-technology-new-media/propertymaps-com-seeks-to-be-national-mls-built-by-independent-brokers/#comment-36040 Ryan Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:05:13 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=15204#comment-36040 Upon reading this I grew interested in PropertyMaps - which I'd never heard of. Went to their site to check them out. They boast a really bitching (sounding) CRM product. I called to learn more and the company phone number has been disconnected. Further digging .... I went to their Press Release section - and their most recent was June 2008-ish - whoa. So I call the PR contact but her number has been 'changed'. I call the new number and someone promptly disconnects the call immediately after answering! I call back and suddenly I'm talking to the PR person. Yippee! Happy ending? Not really. I'm very curtly informed there has been a change in ownership. I need to email my request to her - at her Gmail account! "But," I protest. "I don't really have a request. I want to learn more about your CRM product." :) Just thought I'd share my funny story! Ryan Upon reading this I grew interested in PropertyMaps – which I’d never heard of. Went to their site to check them out. They boast a really bitching (sounding) CRM product.

I called to learn more and the company phone number has been disconnected. Further digging …. I went to their Press Release section – and their most recent was June 2008-ish – whoa. So I call the PR contact but her number has been ‘changed’. I call the new number and someone promptly disconnects the call immediately after answering! I call back and suddenly I’m talking to the PR person. Yippee! Happy ending? Not really. I’m very curtly informed there has been a change in ownership. I need to email my request to her – at her Gmail account!

“But,” I protest. “I don’t really have a request. I want to learn more about your CRM product.”

:) Just thought I’d share my funny story!

Ryan

]]> By: Ben Miller http://agbeat.com/real-estate-technology-new-media/propertymaps-com-seeks-to-be-national-mls-built-by-independent-brokers/#comment-35941 Ben Miller Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:17:26 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=15204#comment-35941 Hi Peter, You are starting to get at the heart of what I was saying. MLS provides agents with a medium... for a fee. Google can come in and provide a unified, national medium for FREE, and more importantly, they have the brand and market share to make it work. At least that is where the signs are pointing at this point. My point was that it will be hard for someone like PropertyMaps to compete with that let alone MLS. Joe's point reinforces that. This won't affect someone like Realtor.com. They can just port the listings hosted by Google along with MLS until the winner emerges. I'm putting my money on Google. Hi Peter,
You are starting to get at the heart of what I was saying. MLS provides agents with a medium… for a fee. Google can come in and provide a unified, national medium for FREE, and more importantly, they have the brand and market share to make it work. At least that is where the signs are pointing at this point. My point was that it will be hard for someone like PropertyMaps to compete with that let alone MLS. Joe’s point reinforces that. This won’t affect someone like Realtor.com. They can just port the listings hosted by Google along with MLS until the winner emerges. I’m putting my money on Google.

]]> By: Peter Greer http://agbeat.com/real-estate-technology-new-media/propertymaps-com-seeks-to-be-national-mls-built-by-independent-brokers/#comment-35911 Peter Greer Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:31:46 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=15204#comment-35911 They are missing the point of an MLS. MLSs provide agents with a medium for which to market thier properties and also to find properties for buyers. It has nothing to do with large and small brokerage. Most MLSs have provitions for IDX and now with the DOJ and NAR agreement VOWs (virtual web sites) are starting to open up. There is no advantage to the average agent in this concept with the exception of giving them one more web site to increase exposure. My independent compamny already exposes listings to over a hundred sites. They are missing the point of an MLS. MLSs provide agents with a medium for which to market thier properties and also to find properties for buyers. It has nothing to do with large and small brokerage. Most MLSs have provitions for IDX and now with the DOJ and NAR agreement VOWs (virtual web sites) are starting to open up. There is no advantage to the average agent in this concept with the exception of giving them one more web site to increase exposure. My independent compamny already exposes listings to over a hundred sites.

]]> By: AgentGenius http://agbeat.com/real-estate-technology-new-media/propertymaps-com-seeks-to-be-national-mls-built-by-independent-brokers/#comment-82968 AgentGenius Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:06:08 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=15204#comment-82968 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">#agnow Don't think they stand a chance. If you compare realtor.com and propertymaps.com on compete.com - you're lo... http://cli.gs/GNNTs</span></span> #agnow Don’t think they stand a chance. If you compare realtor.com and propertymaps.com on compete.com – you’re lo… http://cli.gs/GNNTs

]]> By: AgentGenius http://agbeat.com/real-estate-technology-new-media/propertymaps-com-seeks-to-be-national-mls-built-by-independent-brokers/#comment-82969 AgentGenius Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:29:57 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=15204#comment-82969 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">#agnow Ben & Benn, I think this is a novel idea that does not stand a chance of succeeding. If you plug ... http://cli.gs/U9v0D</span></span> #agnow Ben & Benn,

I think this is a novel idea that does not stand a chance of succeeding.

If you plug … http://cli.gs/U9v0D

]]> By: AgentGenius http://agbeat.com/real-estate-technology-new-media/propertymaps-com-seeks-to-be-national-mls-built-by-independent-brokers/#comment-82970 AgentGenius Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:02:01 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=15204#comment-82970 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">#agnow Thanks for the link, Benn. I think this is a very interesting and almost inevitable development, and I was ... http://cli.gs/6qXmz</span></span> #agnow Thanks for the link, Benn. I think this is a very interesting and almost inevitable development, and I was … http://cli.gs/6qXmz

]]> By: Joe Loomer http://agbeat.com/real-estate-technology-new-media/propertymaps-com-seeks-to-be-national-mls-built-by-independent-brokers/#comment-35833 Joe Loomer Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:29:54 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=15204#comment-35833 Ben & Benn, I think this is a novel idea that does not stand a chance of succeeding. If you plug both domain names in to compete.com to see how they match up, you're looking at Realtor.com getting over seven million visitors per month vs. propertymaps' nineteen thousand. That's a huge mountain to climb. Navy Chief, Navy Pride Ben & Benn,

I think this is a novel idea that does not stand a chance of succeeding.

If you plug both domain names in to compete.com to see how they match up, you’re looking at Realtor.com getting over seven million visitors per month vs. propertymaps’ nineteen thousand. That’s a huge mountain to climb.

Navy Chief, Navy Pride

]]> By: Joe Loomer http://agbeat.com/real-estate-technology-new-media/propertymaps-com-seeks-to-be-national-mls-built-by-independent-brokers/#comment-35832 Joe Loomer Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:27:24 +0000 http://agentgenius.com/?p=15204#comment-35832 Don't think they stand a chance. If you compare realtor.com and propertymaps.com on compete.com - you're looking at over seven million visitors last month vs. just over nineteen thousand. How are they going to climb that mountain? Navy Chief, Navy Pride Don’t think they stand a chance. If you compare realtor.com and propertymaps.com on compete.com – you’re looking at over seven million visitors last month vs. just over nineteen thousand. How are they going to climb that mountain?

Navy Chief, Navy Pride

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