I've heard pretty heated discussion from some Realtors regarding protecting their listings but I just don't see why there is the need.

No, I'm not talking about letting other Realtors take away your listings.

I'm talking about making consumers enter their pedigree in order for them to see their listings.

I let consumers have all the IDX listings that they want without even giving me their name on www.MLSPlease.com and other websites like www.MoveToLawrence.com.

With websites like Realtor.com, Google, AOL, Yahoo, Point2Agent, etc. giving them away; why shouldn't we?

I had one Realtor tell me he wanted to control which websites have access to his listings so they don't go on a website that has ads that detract from the listing.  While this is another issue, it still kind of falls in this category of giving our listings away to be displayed on multiple websites; including our own.

I don't see how sellers would list with Realtors who tie up and limit the display of their homes to consumers.

What say you?

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Rob (FREE 2-10 Home Warranty with every home you buy or sell through me!!)
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