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Realtor.com and WorldProperties.com

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Real Estate Agent with Downing-Frye Realty, Bonita Springs, FL 676419

 

Do you have "enhanced listings" on http://www.realtor.com/?  (Annual cost will vary depending on how many listings you have at the time of signing up.)

If so, you probably don't know you can have all of your listings posted on http://www.worldproperties.com/ for FREE !

WorldProperties.com is a website sponsored by NAR and similar international real estate organizations.  Realtor.com supplies the property descriptions to WorldProperties.com (it actually frames the Realtor.com webpage but only shows those listings which have been authorized to appear on WorldProperties.com by the listing agent.)  The listings of properties around the world are provided by the other international real estate organizations like NAR.

The catch is, they don't tell you that you have to CALL http://www.realtor.com/ customer service and ask them to authorize your listings to appear on http://www.worldproperties.com/   It takes 24 hours for them to appear.   My guess is huge amount of Realtor.com customers have no idea this additional  benefit is available to them!  My guess is they [Realtor.com] doesn't want to receive phone calls from all of their customers every time they get a new listing!

Unfortunately they don't have a setting for all of your listings to automatically appear on http://www.worldproperties.com/    So each time you get a new listing you need to call customer service (once it appears on the Realtor.com website) and authorize them to post it on WorldProperties.com

This is another listing tool you can use!  Tell any prospective seller their home will appear on WorldProperties.com and to check to see if the other agent(s) mention this in their listing  presentation.  Again, 99.9% of the other agents won't even know about the availability of this valuable service.

The toll-free number for Realtor.com customer service is 800-878-4166   Then choose option #1.  Their hours are 9AM to 9PM (EST.)

Hope this helps you and your sellers!

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Comments(48)

Kaushik Sirkar
Call Realty, Inc. - Chandler, AZ
Had no idea...thanks for the heads up!!
Jan 07, 2007 04:02 AM
Ryan Monroe
Keller Williams World Class, Realtors - Fort Myers Beach, FL
E-Pro Fort Myers to Estero Homes

Thank you very much for the information I will look in this ASAP!

Jan 07, 2007 04:06 AM
Jim & Maria Hart
Brand Name Real Estate - Charleston, SC
Charleston, SC Real Estate
Thank you so much.  Just like almost everyone else here so far, we've never heard of worldproperties.com either.  Very useful info!
Jan 07, 2007 04:29 AM
Netta Blackwood
La Rosa Realty - Kissimmee, FL
REO/BPO Expert
Chris, thanks so much for sharing this valuable information with us.  I'll put it to good use.
Jan 07, 2007 07:13 AM
Chris Griffith
Downing-Frye Realty, Bonita Springs, FL - Bonita Springs, FL
Bonita Springs Listing Specialist - Agent
http://www.absolutedirectory.com/
Jan 07, 2007 07:51 AM
Christy Powers
Keller Williams Coastal Area Partners - Pooler, GA
Pooler, Savannah Real Estate Agent
That would be a great idea to have a blog of links. It would make it easy to find any and all information when needed.
Jan 07, 2007 10:31 AM
Chris Griffith
Downing-Frye Realty, Bonita Springs, FL - Bonita Springs, FL
Bonita Springs Listing Specialist - Agent
It would, but it doesn't look like a whole lot of people are in to sharing them.  :)
Jan 07, 2007 10:43 AM
Diane Rice
Rice Prprty Mgmnt & Rlty, LLC, South Holland, IL - Lansing, IL
SFR, SRES, CNC
Chris, THANK YOU!   I have a compiled list of "FREE rental listing sites" i'm willing to share with all.  Let me know when and where you want them posted IF you want them included.
Jan 07, 2007 11:16 AM
Maggie Dokic /Indialantic | 321-252-8696
Magdalena Dokic - Indialantic, FL
Selling the beach in Florida's space coast
WOW.  I think R.com's phones will be ringing big time tomorrow morning =)  Chris, thanks so much for this invaluable info.  Add me to the list of agents who were in the dark about this!  I checked my own listings on WorldProperties site and they were not there.  I did notice that one of the bigger brokerage houses dominated the listings, so they're obviously aware of this perk and have been adding their listings all along.  You just busted their monopoly singlehandedly Girl!  It's good to see there are still some good eggs around.  Thanks again.
Jan 07, 2007 11:18 AM
Tim Maitski
Atlanta Communities Real Estate Brokerage - Atlanta, GA
Truth, Excellence and a Good Deal
Does this site actually get any traffic?  I never heard of it. I did a search for homes in Atlanta and it pulled up just one home.  Maybe I did something wrong but I tried every way that I could think of.  On Realtor.com you get traffic reports every month.  Is there anything like that for this site?  Having a listing on a website is no big deal unless you can show that it gets targetted traffic.  Otherwise, what's the big deal? 
Jan 07, 2007 11:50 AM
Kay Van Kampen
RE/MAX Broker, RE/MAX - Springfield, MO
Realtor®, Springfield Mo Real Estate
Thank you Chris.  With the amount of money we spend every year with Realtor.com, I'm surprised they don't let us know.  Great post.  Tim has a good point - it would be great if it does get a target traffic report.
Jan 07, 2007 12:12 PM
Kay Van Kampen
RE/MAX Broker, RE/MAX - Springfield, MO
Realtor®, Springfield Mo Real Estate
Thank you Chris.  With the amount of money we spend every year with Realtor.com, I'm surprised they don't let us know.  Great post.  Tim has a good point - it would be great if it does get a target traffic report.
Jan 07, 2007 12:14 PM
Doug Lindstrom
eXp Realty - Loveland, CO
I have an account with Realtor.com. Is it really worth it to begin with and since agents don't seem to know about worldproperties.com, how will the public ever find it?
Jan 07, 2007 12:18 PM
David Love
David Alan Love, Realtors - Merced, CA
CRS,GRI,SRES,CDPE

Thanks for the tip. In California, we are expecting a large influx of Chinese investors in the coming years and this could be helpful. Why all the secrecy from NAR?

Jan 07, 2007 12:59 PM
Chris Griffith
Downing-Frye Realty, Bonita Springs, FL - Bonita Springs, FL
Bonita Springs Listing Specialist - Agent
Worldproperties.com is found through ICREA, the International Consortium of Real Estate Agents.  You can get involved by taking a CIPS class.  Tony Macaluso teaches them.  His link is above.
Jan 07, 2007 01:15 PM
M. Suzi Woods (Gravenstuk)
NOW Sharing the life and spice of the GC one day at a time - Grand Canyon, AZ
Suzi Woods, Prior Independent REBroker in MS
Way to Blog! Very giving and thoughtful of you to share this info. Thanks!
Jan 07, 2007 01:50 PM
Nicole McGrath
Peoria, AZ
Your Real Estate Assistant
Thanks so much for the info Chris! All of our listings are enhanced, but we were not aware of this additional service. We'll be contacting Realtor.com right away to request that each of our current listings be added to www.WorldProperties.com. Thanks Again!
Jan 08, 2007 02:01 AM
Chris Griffith
Downing-Frye Realty, Bonita Springs, FL - Bonita Springs, FL
Bonita Springs Listing Specialist - Agent

I spoke with the Realtor.com rep today and he claims we still need to call to have to "Featured Homes" listed in Worldproperties.com  I explained to him I have a listing that is in World and I didn't call to have it put there and he had no explanation. 

I corrected the number to add your listings to worldproperties.com and added "option 1" at the realtor.com rep's direction so you don't have to listen to the menu options.

Happy Selling! 

 

 

Jan 08, 2007 07:48 AM
Chris Griffith
Downing-Frye Realty, Bonita Springs, FL - Bonita Springs, FL
Bonita Springs Listing Specialist - Agent

Realtor.com now offers additional photos and video that can be added.  If you have an advanced account you should check into it.

Sep 05, 2007 04:08 AM
Chris Griffith
Downing-Frye Realty, Bonita Springs, FL - Bonita Springs, FL
Bonita Springs Listing Specialist - Agent

Thank you for stopping in.

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