HomeStore has a "risky scheme"
(Jim Lee - 09/15/2000 05:11 PM)
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Why The Austin Board/eRealty Lawsuit Isn't Over Yet
Aggregators Are Not Selling Listings
Posted By: RussBergeron - 09/18/2000 12:07 PM
Jim Lee's response to the aggregators (HomeSeekers, Realtor.com, et al) offering complete inventories under the new reciprocity guidelines was misdirected. They are not selling listings - they are offering a large database, updating of that database on a regular basis (some more frequently than others), and a search engine - all easily added to your web site for a very reasonable fee.
Why reinvent the wheel - when it has been invented so many times already. Take advantage of what the aggregators offer and focus on what makes you different from everyone else.