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Selling More Real Estate Using Community Websites

I mentioned yesterday that we're going to be selling off a limited number of our Vancouver based LIVE IN websites. I thought I'd take you through some of the features that are available to users and how the sites work to drive leads and traffic to the real estate agent.

These are particularly effective here in Vancouver where we have RETS server access. In other cities we'd have to get access to the local RETS feed to be able to do the same sort of Auto Loading functionality. It can still be managed manually, but that's a lot more work and who likes that.

If you're in another city and you'd like to run a network like this, talk to your broker about it, we could set up something similar for you in your city, but it would take the co-operation of a brokerage and the desire to invest in the setup, all of which is already done here in Vancouver

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Posted by Riel Roussopoulos - SEO & Web Strategy Expert on 03/11/2009 10:31 PM

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4 Comments on Selling More Real Estate Using Community Websites

MAR

Riel,

My daughter, who is a marketing pconsultant was trying to esplain this concept to me, and I think I finally got it, thanks.

Very interesting.

MAR

Its a great concept.... I kind of do that for important landing pages to my site.

Sounds like a great concept, but a little pricey - and when exactly will it be available for the U.S.? Oh, and will you start on the west coast and work your way to the east, or will it be available to whatever geographical area asks for it?

William.

The main thing is a connection to a local RETS server. We only have access to the local Vancouver RETS server. If you want listings to load in your area... you either have to do it manually.

Or we have to have access to RETS via your local board.

Normally that involves having a broker / agent on side as the partner in that area.

We have no particular order in mind, more of a first come first serve for US cities. We take new clients on in batches so that we don't overload our staff, getting set up takes a little while before everyone is happy and knows the system.

Let me know if you'd like to learn more about the costs of doing it in your city.

Our traditional plans would be a monthly hosting arangement and not a buy outright like the local sites you see. We're doing that as a promotion since they're all set up already.

Riel

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