Whether in your own community, your state or somewhere else in the country, a national property information database envisioned by a National Association of Realtors advisory group would be a welcome addition to the information we could provide our clients.   Accessible to varying degrees by consumers, agents, brokers, appraisers and government agencies, this system has the potential to include information on all types of properties, allowing Realtors to provide added value to their clients.  

I envision the ability to provide my buyer clients out of area information on listings that are not in my own MLS but are close enough that the general public assumes I have that information.   Armed with that information I can recommend properties to them and put them in touch with a Realtor I feel comfortable referring.   For my Seller clients, this would be an additional opportunity to get their home in front of millions of potential buyers.

In this age of information, we as agents benefit from providing as much information online as possible.   By allowing the Buyer to shop online, we are free to do what we do best--research the market and get value-added information to our buyers about neighborhoods, taxes, schools, and the history of the property they are interested in.  Contrary to popular belief, we are not giving up priority information, we are allowing our buyers to help us serve them with more efficient use of our time.

What do you think?