Comments on: eNeighborhoods MLS Alliance – pros and cons? http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/07/02/eneighborhoods-mls-alliance-pros-and-cons/ Tracking Charlottesville's Real Estate Market since 2005 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:12:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: yaat http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/07/02/eneighborhoods-mls-alliance-pros-and-cons/comment-page-1/#comment-8355 yaat Mon, 16 Jul 2007 07:42:54 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/07/02/eneighborhoods-mls-alliance-pros-and-cons/#comment-8355 As an individual realtor, I am interested to know how to join mls alliance. As an individual realtor, I am interested to know how to join mls alliance.

]]> By: Jim Duncan http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/07/02/eneighborhoods-mls-alliance-pros-and-cons/comment-page-1/#comment-8351 Jim Duncan Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:43:24 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/07/02/eneighborhoods-mls-alliance-pros-and-cons/#comment-8351 One question I neglected to ask - is it mac compatible? One question I neglected to ask – is it mac compatible?

]]> By: Jim Duncan http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/07/02/eneighborhoods-mls-alliance-pros-and-cons/comment-page-1/#comment-8334 Jim Duncan Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:45:54 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/07/02/eneighborhoods-mls-alliance-pros-and-cons/#comment-8334 Bill - Again, thank you for visiting. Regarding the Alliance - what are the negatives? What are the "warts" that one doesn't know about until 9 months in? Regarding my terming of the "fiasco" - I am wary of a company coming in, gaining data control and the the Realtors seeing their data going to either 1001 different lead generation sites and, also from the public display of the data perspective, not seeing any meaningful innovation. It doesn't sound like this will be the case. You have helped allay some of my fears; I sincerely appreciate your helping me with my "homework;" I couldn't find your first-hand perspective anywhere else. Thank you. Bill –

Again, thank you for visiting.

Regarding the Alliance – what are the negatives? What are the “warts” that one doesn’t know about until 9 months in?

Regarding my terming of the “fiasco” – I am wary of a company coming in, gaining data control and the the Realtors seeing their data going to either 1001 different lead generation sites and, also from the public display of the data perspective, not seeing any meaningful innovation. It doesn’t sound like this will be the case.

You have helped allay some of my fears; I sincerely appreciate your helping me with my “homework;” I couldn’t find your first-hand perspective anywhere else. Thank you.

]]> By: Jim Duncan http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/07/02/eneighborhoods-mls-alliance-pros-and-cons/comment-page-1/#comment-8323 Jim Duncan Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:48:03 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/07/02/eneighborhoods-mls-alliance-pros-and-cons/#comment-8323 Bill - Thanks so much for taking the time to visit and respond. I'm working on a response with more questions. --Jim Bill -

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit and respond.

I’m working on a response with more questions.

–Jim

]]> By: William Dryburgh http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/07/02/eneighborhoods-mls-alliance-pros-and-cons/comment-page-1/#comment-8321 William Dryburgh Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:57:01 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/07/02/eneighborhoods-mls-alliance-pros-and-cons/#comment-8321 Hi Jim I am the CEO of the Florida Gulf Coast Alliance. The Alliance is made up of nine (9) boards. Each one with their owen operating syatem. Now to the questions you asked. All Realtors have access to all of the data (not the general public). I am not sure what you ment by move.com/Realtor.com alliance/fiasco. But if you will do your home work you will find that the system has been working (very well) in Southern California for almost Ten (10) years. Our Alliance has only been up and running for a short time, but given the comments I recieve from the agents it has been a tool for them to use to make money in a tight market. The contract does not allow eNeighborhoods to give the data to any third party. There is NO start up cost and as for how does eNeighborhoods make money....The fees agreed to in the contract times the number of members should give you the answere to that question. I have some 23,000 members in the Florida Gulf Coast Alliance. When your alliance is formed...you will make an agreement For Computerized Internet Access between the parties and signed by all parities. In that agreement (as there is in our section 4)there will be the UNIVERSAL OFFER OF COOPERATION AND COMPENSATION. I can only tell you in our area IT WORKS and works very well. I can see all of the listings in all of the boards at one time....we could not do that before the Alliace....now thats great. I will be glad to answere any question you may have about the alliance....you have my e-mail and if you would like , I can give you my number as well. Good luck Bill Dryburgh CEO Florida Gulf Coast Alliance Hi Jim
I am the CEO of the Florida Gulf Coast Alliance. The Alliance is made up of nine (9) boards. Each one with their owen operating syatem.
Now to the questions you asked.
All Realtors have access to all of the data (not the general public).
I am not sure what you ment by move.com/Realtor.com alliance/fiasco. But if you will do your home work you will find that the system has been working (very well) in Southern California for almost Ten (10) years. Our Alliance has only been up and running for a short time, but given the comments I recieve from the agents it has been a tool for them to use to make money in a tight market.
The contract does not allow eNeighborhoods to give the data to any third party.
There is NO start up cost and as for how does eNeighborhoods make money….The fees agreed to in the contract times the number of members should give you the answere to that question. I have some 23,000 members in the Florida Gulf Coast Alliance.
When your alliance is formed…you will make an agreement For Computerized Internet Access between the parties and signed by all parities. In that agreement (as there is in our section 4)there will be the UNIVERSAL OFFER OF COOPERATION AND COMPENSATION.
I can only tell you in our area IT WORKS and works very well. I can see all of the listings in all of the boards at one time….we could not do that before the Alliace….now thats great.
I will be glad to answere any question you may have about the alliance….you have my e-mail and if you would like , I can give you my number as well.
Good luck
Bill Dryburgh CEO
Florida Gulf Coast Alliance

]]> By: 4MySales http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/07/02/eneighborhoods-mls-alliance-pros-and-cons/comment-page-1/#comment-8320 4MySales Thu, 05 Jul 2007 05:05:49 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/07/02/eneighborhoods-mls-alliance-pros-and-cons/#comment-8320 Linking and combining various MLS's is actually more of a survival tactic for local geographies. Thanks to new tools such as Zillow and Trulia, the consolidation of MLS is the next logical step in order to remain competitive as more and more listing information becomes avaialable online. -4MySales Linking and combining various MLS’s is actually more of a survival tactic for local geographies. Thanks to new tools such as Zillow and Trulia, the consolidation of MLS is the next logical step in order to remain competitive as more and more listing information becomes avaialable online.

-4MySales

]]> By: Louis Cammarosano http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/07/02/eneighborhoods-mls-alliance-pros-and-cons/comment-page-1/#comment-8318 Louis Cammarosano Tue, 03 Jul 2007 18:00:49 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/07/02/eneighborhoods-mls-alliance-pros-and-cons/#comment-8318 I can answer for Homegain-our buyerlink product drives traffic to Realtors who have the right to display MLS data on their web site. The Realtor controls what information is displayed. Here is how the product works http://www.homegain.com/buyerlink/index_html?ht=hp_rnav_agent_enter I can answer for Homegain-our buyerlink product drives traffic to Realtors who have the right to display MLS data on their web site. The Realtor controls what information is displayed.

Here is how the product works
http://www.homegain.com/buyerlink/index_html?ht=hp_rnav_agent_enter

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