Broker/Owner of Star Realty Hopkinton, a non-franchise boutique brokerage firm specializing in residential real estate sales in and around Hopkinton, MA.
Kathleen Buckley Broker-Owner STAR REALTY Hopkinton @kvbuckley "RPR's position has been that it will sell only "derivative" analytics products, such as Realtor valuation model (RVM) property valuations, to third parties." So let me get this straight: I, the licensed agent, pay to participate in MLS. If I so choose, I pay Realtor® dues as well. My MLS agrees to give data to RPR for free in exchange for a product only members of NAR can use. If I do choose to use the product and inject my insight and expertise (for free) to generate an RVM for a particular property, RPR will then *sell* that value-added product to third parties? Am I the only broker who sees something seriously wrong with this picture?
Kathleen Buckley Broker-Owner STAR REALTY Hopkinton @kvbuckley How about we stop paying MLS and let Google pay us to index our listings?
Kathleen Buckley Broker-Owner STAR REALTY Hopkinton @kvbuckley Excellent article Rob. Thank you for incessantly pushing us in the industry to think and improve, to get the most out of ourselves and our tools.
