Comments on: E&0 – Editorial and Opinion http://www.realestateindustrywatch.com Real Estate Industry News & Info - Up to the Minute Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:15:59 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Real Estate In Kerrville http://www.realestateindustrywatch.com/e0-editorial-and-opinion/#comment-1699 Real Estate In Kerrville Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:51:56 +0000 http://realestateindustrywatch.com/?page_id=31#comment-1699 I had 2 different types of these advertisers call me this month. One was landwatch ( I do sell a lot of ranches, acreage and land) and the other was Homes dot com. I get too many of these calls and just don't know what will work, or as Scott is saying, by advertising with them we are just encouraging their sites .Our home sellers see these national sites and wonder why we are not spending money to list their poroperties on thses sites. I had 2 different types of these advertisers call me this month. One was landwatch ( I do sell a lot of ranches, acreage and land) and the other was Homes dot com. I get too many of these calls and just don’t know what will work, or as Scott is saying, by advertising with them we are just encouraging their sites .Our home sellers see these national sites and wonder why we are not spending money to list their poroperties on thses sites.

]]> By: Tempe Real Estate by Steve Trang http://www.realestateindustrywatch.com/e0-editorial-and-opinion/#comment-1615 Tempe Real Estate by Steve Trang Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:53:37 +0000 http://realestateindustrywatch.com/?page_id=31#comment-1615 Sure Trulia and Zillow are becoming the next realtor.com, but really, I'm not worried about them. I'm scared out of my boots of google. Not only do they know everything about us (email, location, personal information we don't share with friends), but they're smarter than all these other companies, too! I had a client that joked they should use a google app instead of a realtor. Not too long, they will push Trulia out (or just buy them), and then invade our space! Forget paying to be on it, they will only make it easier for sellers to fight us on commission. That's a much more expensive proposition. Sure Trulia and Zillow are becoming the next realtor.com, but really, I’m not worried about them. I’m scared out of my boots of google. Not only do they know everything about us (email, location, personal information we don’t share with friends), but they’re smarter than all these other companies, too! I had a client that joked they should use a google app instead of a realtor. Not too long, they will push Trulia out (or just buy them), and then invade our space! Forget paying to be on it, they will only make it easier for sellers to fight us on commission. That’s a much more expensive proposition.

]]> By: Mike Ciucci http://www.realestateindustrywatch.com/e0-editorial-and-opinion/#comment-1517 Mike Ciucci Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:38:07 +0000 http://realestateindustrywatch.com/?page_id=31#comment-1517 Great points. I feel that the fight (for me) against my direct competition (Zillow, Trulia) is becoming more and more difficult. There are so many different ways to market a property for my sellers other than advertise on the "almost accurate" real estate websites such as those two. Thank you for posting this. The more us agents know about the ultimate motives of these big corporate websites, the better. Maybe we all can do our part to offer better information than these websites that don't really offer any accurate, substantial data for consumers. Great points. I feel that the fight (for me) against my direct competition (Zillow, Trulia) is becoming more and more difficult. There are so many different ways to market a property for my sellers other than advertise on the “almost accurate” real estate websites such as those two.

Thank you for posting this. The more us agents know about the ultimate motives of these big corporate websites, the better. Maybe we all can do our part to offer better information than these websites that don’t really offer any accurate, substantial data for consumers.

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