And how about some competition, NAR could have a few consumer websites, for example, Realtors.com, RealtorHomes.com, RealtorRealEstate.com or RealtorDirectory.com. NAR members could choose which website they want to patronize with their business. Choice is good.

And would someone please publish this supposed agreement with Move Inc.! My B.S. detector is going crazy. I have a feeling the agreement is not as promoted.

@Mike – Instead of $120 a year in dues for all, how about an opt in annual subscription along the lines of what realestateshows.com does? This would be available for the listing agent only – no company wide broker syndication of all listings. Included in the subscription would be an agent profile page/blog which would also list their active listings and agent specific contact info. No reason for buyer agents to pay for what they never use, but if they wanted the profile, they could still pay the subscription.

Sooner or later there will have to be an industry wide standard for mls data. One click and your listings are syndicated to R.com.

I asked earlier if NAR has a non-compete with Move. Does anyone know the answer? If they dont and NAR cant get Move to get it together, NAR still has R.org. There is no tech reason why you couldn’t have the membership login side and the public facing side with the listings.

Anyone see any glaring holes in this proposal?

Perhaps most bothersome to me of all, though, is that a percentage of the listings showcased on R.com aren’t even from members – they are members of the MLS, but not Realtors at all.

I have never, ever had the sense that Realtor.com was there to serve the needs of the Realtors. I guess that’s the bottom line. Maybe I should adjust that a little: by hiring @tcar, I see a move in the right direction. Hopefully there will be an upswing from here. Todd’s a good guy and I have to believe he will do his best to take care of the members.