Can anyone give me advice on whether I should join HouseValues.com? It is a lot of money a month, for me, but does anyone think it is money well spent on your business? What are the pros and cons?
Any insight would be awesome!
Thanks! Vicki
Can anyone give me advice on whether I should join HouseValues.com? It is a lot of money a month, for me, but does anyone think it is money well spent on your business? What are the pros and cons?
Any insight would be awesome!
Thanks! Vicki
Good morning Vicki,
I tried both the HouseValues and JustListed products. Yes, they are not cheap. But if they produce results above the monthly costs we would all flock to them or a similar product. My opinion is that the system was quite well thought out and implimented. They had a good coaching series and the contact management back-end was very good.
It seemed that there were many leads with bogus information and this resulted in the number of leads falling well below the gauranteed levels. This occurred during a very strong market. No way of knowing how it would perform in a weaker market.
I finally ended my contract about a year later after no resulting business. I felt that I followed the program but it just did not yield any actual results. My opinion at this point is that you will be far ahead by investing any money in improving your sales skills and in your personal website.
Vicki...In my first year with Housevalues, I got one sale. That one sale was enough to cover the cost for the year. I INCREASED MY LEADS this year and have gotten zero,zip, nada in sales. I can't wait for my contract to expire so I can eliminate that monthly expense and time!
I say no...
Vicki -- I had no quality leads. None. I can think of 101 ways to better spend your money.
I see you are in Ohio, so I would suggest that you think twice.
However, I believe that it is an excellent source of buyer and seller leads for agents and brokers in the Maryland and Northern Virginia market.
I encourage all agents and brokers in Maryland and Northern Virginia to use the service for multiple zip codes.
I tried the HouseValues product homepages.com, and cancelled it as soon as they would let me out of the contract. (They actually let me cancel about two months early without a buy-out fee).
I'd say no. definitely not worth the money.
Back in August of 2006 Linda Slocum wrote an excellent post about this topic. Please excuse the outbound link, but it is relevant to this conversation: http://activerain.com/blogsview/HouseValues-HomeGain-LendingTree-and-RealEstate-com-Beware-the-Real-Estate-Parasites?3846
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