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I think it depends on the agent. Some can maintain professionalism on both sides and often there is flexibility on commission to save seller $$$. I've done a few deals with some of my properties and it's really helped out on both sides - again totally depends on agent. -- Mike Sparr Goomzee.com "Connecting buyers and sellers"

Gahlord, Very good arguments indeed but one thing to keep in mind is that in mobile, America typically follows trends that occur elsewhere in the world. Japan has near saturation already with QR Codes and it's picking up throughout Asia and Europe. I helped bring technologies in mobile worldwide during my days at Nokia in Helsinki and was texting a soda machine in my office to purchase drinks 10 years ago and we're just now seeing similar interactions here in the US. About 5 years ago at Goomzee we began offering REALTORs text message at-property lead capture and at the time about 35% of Americans used text. Now over 90% use text. QR Codes are following a similar trajectory so it will take time for mass adoption and soon I'll share some things we're doing to help REALTORs speed things up. To date, if an agent wants to incorporate mobile into their marketing strategy, they need both text message and QR codes and cannot rely on QR alone. At Goomzee we integrated text, QR, mobile IDX into one solution so mobile web pages automatically built for properties and consumer can text or scan to get info. Furthermore, we register the device using a patent-pending process and deliver leads for all QR scans, just as we do with text message requests. In a few weeks I plan to announce another free tool we'll provide REALTORs to solve some issues you mentioned here (keeping the platform) so if you want a first look, email me at mike [at] goomzee [dot] com and I'll keep you in the loop. Thanks for shedding light on "the buzz". -- Mike Sparr Goomzee.com "Connecting buyers and sellers"

Apologies for typos.. Typing from phone while on plane to texas. -- Mike Sparr Goomzee.com "Connecting buyers and sellers"