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> Remeber that Realtor.com is an advertising vehicle for 1,000,000
> Realtors to find buyers for their 2.5 million in unsold inventory. It
> was never designed for you (the public) to easily find a home without
> a Realtor.....Do you want your industry to design a website to replace
> your job? As professionals we pay thousand to belong to MLS, which
> allows us to find and search, in ALL the ways you want.
Are you saying the only value a Realtor brings to the table is in being
able to do MLS searches? I feel a Realtor does a lot more than that. I
have a great Realtor, but I also like performing my own searches which
I then send to my Realtor.
If any Realtor feels threatened by the public being able to perform
full property searches, perhaps it's best to look for another
profession. I doubt any good Realtor would feel that way, since there's
no replacement for a trained professional who can lead one through the
process of purchasing a home all the way through closing. Property
searches seem only to be a small part of that process.
On the other hand, the Internet is changing a lot. Used to be the case
that life insurance was an industry where there were a lot of
inefficiencies - where consumers had little access to pricing. With
rate search web sites, life insurance has become more of a commodity
and that's been terrific for the consumer. Perhaps not so great for
insurance agents.
However, I do not see Realtors going the way of term life insurance
agents any time soon.
Best wishes to you.
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Re: Realtor.com = awful search capability. Any alternatives?
