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Noah Smith, West LA Real Estate Virtual Networks & Systems (Wilshire Capital INC)

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Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

I use eEdge, and it is tied into my placester website, but in the end more of my leads come straight from the Active Rain contact box.

Jan 31, 2018 08:49 AM
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Annette Lawrence , Palm Harbor, FL 727-420-4041
ReMax Realtec Group - Palm Harbor, FL
Making FLORIDA Real Estate EZ

 Noah,

Your profile suggests you are in the business of providing 'sevices' to real estate agents and perhaps brokers.

The question suggests you are looking for access to MLS data without paying for it by paying the MLS for the feed. 

The question you need to ask is where does the MLS send the information, how do franchises control (or not control) the listings on their websites and finally the reality THEY ALL SEND IT TO THE EVIL EMPIRE. 

The actions of 'THEY ALL' make much of what I percieve you are doing mostly irrelevant.

The appearance of Top Producer on your list suggests you are stuck in a legacy mindset.  That compels me to ask,,and I'm serious....what are you tying to achieve? 

Creating a suite to market to agents?
Create a suite for you to use in your real estate agent business?
Or simply to circumvent the MLS IDX fees?

Jan 31, 2018 07:45 AM
Rainmaker
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Anthony Acosta - ALLATLANTAcondos.com
Harry Norman, REALTORS® - Atlanta, GA
Associate Broker

WordPress and IDX Broker for me.

Jan 31, 2018 05:44 PM
Rainmaker
7,835,266
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

I used Top Producer for many years until I retired.

Jan 31, 2018 08:03 AM
Rainmaker
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Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
REALTOR®, Broker

From that list I would say Top Producer

Jan 31, 2018 07:30 AM
Rainmaker
4,800,082
Gabe Sanders
Real Estate of Florida specializing in Martin County Residential Homes, Condos and Land Sales - Stuart, FL
Stuart Florida Real Estate

This is beyond my abilities.

Feb 01, 2018 05:48 AM
Rainmaker
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Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers
Serving the Greater Phoenix and Scottsdale Metropolitan Area - Scottsdale, AZ
Haven Express @ Keller Williams Arizona Realty

Parked and reading...

Feb 01, 2018 05:27 AM
Rainmaker
4,434,127
Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

Good luck.

Feb 01, 2018 04:04 AM
Rainmaker
1,622,432
Inna Ivchenko
Barcode Properties - Encino, CA
Realtor® • GRI • HAFA • PSC Calabasas CA

 I subscribed to your blog, do share your findings with us.

Welcome to the Rain.

Jan 31, 2018 10:22 PM
Rainmaker
4,319,419
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
Andover, MA: Andover Luxury Homes For Sale

Noah Smith - you have a great system for sure.

Good luck.

Jan 31, 2018 08:03 PM
Rainmaker
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Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties
Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN
The Dedicated Clarksville TN Realtor-(931)320-6730

I use Market Leader for the IDX and CRM.

Jan 31, 2018 07:41 PM
Rainmaker
5,005,333
Dorie Dillard Austin TX
Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899 - Austin, TX
NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones

Wordpress is my answer.

Jan 31, 2018 06:35 PM
Rainmaker
3,986,258
William Feela
WHISPERING PINES REALTY - North Branch, MN
Realtor, Whispering Pines Realty 651-674-5999 No.

I used top producer but I made my own and it works the way I want

Jan 31, 2018 06:06 PM
Rainmaker
5,772,575
Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Wordpres

Jan 31, 2018 02:51 PM
Rainmaker
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Paul S. Henderson, REALTOR®, CRS
Fathom Realty Washington LLC - Tacoma, WA
South Puget Sound Washington Agent/Broker!

Sorry - Not familiar with this product...

Jan 31, 2018 02:32 PM
Rainmaker
577,750
Gloria Valvasori, Accredited Senior Agent
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS REAL ESTATE SIGNATURE SERVICE - Mississauga, ON
REAL Experience | REAL Commitment | REAL Results!

I use iHomeFiinder IDX and really like it.. and the way it displays on my site.

Jan 31, 2018 09:31 AM
Rainmaker
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
Real Estate Broker Retired

You need to up your tech talking to this bunch. Get a IDX that you like then. IMHO Top Producer sucks & has for the last 20 years. You can do so much better than that lame company.

Jan 31, 2018 09:28 AM
Rainmaker
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Mary Yonkers
Alan Kells School of Real Estate/Howard Hanna Real Estate - Erie, PA
Erie/PA Real Estate Instructor

As an agent, I used Top Producer for years.  

Jan 31, 2018 09:23 AM
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Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate
Fred Griffin Real Estate - Tallahassee, FL
Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker

   Does your State Association offer IDX?  Is it free?  Is it any good?

Jan 31, 2018 09:19 AM
Rainmaker
5,215,773
Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Chicago, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

Stopping by for the opinion of others more savvy than me!

Jan 31, 2018 08:52 AM
Rainmaker
5,583,278
Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

many in my office have used Top Producer in the past....not sure what they use now.... 

Jan 31, 2018 08:40 AM
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Noah Smith
Wilshire Capital INC - Los Angeles, CA
West LA Real Estate Virtual Networks & Systems

Annete,

Yes my profile does suggest that I am in the business of providing Services to Real Estate Agents. As far as circumventing MLS IDX, this is a terrible idea, although relatively irrelevant to my main question, which is suggestions and discussion on system combos to maximize ROI and Lead Capture Volume.  

 

Here is the Goal broken down: keeping full automation in mind:

1. Maximize Lead Capture through SEO, SEM SMM, all online platform

2. Full automation Routing of leads from all sources into middle router and CRM 

3. No limitations to the scalability of anything

 

What do you use for your CRM Annete? Have you ever used Top Producer?

Jan 31, 2018 08:22 AM
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Steve Penner
Royal LePage Dynamic RE / Pro Ledger Bookkeeping Software - Winnipeg, MB
REALTOR® / Pro Ledger Online (owner)

.. ixact contact has worked well... and integrates nicely with a agent website, which is part of the deal

Jan 31, 2018 08:03 AM
Rainmaker
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Joe Pryor
The Virtual Real Estate Team - Oklahoma City, OK
REALTOR® - Oklahoma Investment Properties

Personally I don't think it is terrible to pay for an IDX feed even though it does not have the importance it used to have. 

Jan 31, 2018 07:42 AM
Rainmaker
1,598,452
Valeria Mola
SIB Realty - Miami, Sunny Isles Beach - Sunny Isles Beach, FL
305-607-0709 SIB Realty Condos for Sale and Rent

IDX provides our Miami Realtor Association.

Jan 03, 2019 10:09 PM
Rainmaker
2,071,025
Evelina Tsigelnitskaya
SIB Realty - Sunny Isles Beach, FL

RETS from our MLS

Jan 03, 2019 08:51 PM
Rainmaker
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Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

I do use Top Producer.

Feb 02, 2018 02:18 PM
Rainmaker
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Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

I'm actually with you on this Noah.  I spent much time on this too.  With FlexMLS we can do an iframe with the MLS data, but that doesn't work well with Google.  Best I could find was doing a manual export of a query and importing it into my wordpress database.  Time consuming.  I looked into Perl to automate some of this or scrape it, but I just don't have the time to learn it.

 

Not a fan of the $150 for the MLS setup and whatever the IDX vendor wants to charge.  Was not a fan of the hosted ones either.

Feb 01, 2018 09:20 AM
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Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

WordPress with IDX Broker plugin 

 

Feb 01, 2018 08:27 AM
Rainmaker
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Michael J. Perry
KW Elite - Lancaster, PA
Lancaster, PA Relo Specialist

yo've got some good answers

Jan 31, 2018 08:25 AM