September 20, 2007
Apparently we should be an MLS takeover target
No firm plans to sell out to an MLS or the National Association of Realtors as of today. We are always flattered when we’re lumped into a group of companies that have invested exponentially more money than us and have exponentially more employees working for them.
Before we get started in earnest, I want you to take a look at this map-based MLS search interface. Estately.com is my current pet, in no small measure because it integrates all kinds of neighborhood and transit information into its visual representation of MLS data. There are other cool tools out there: Windermere has a very sexy map-based search. RE/Max has a national MLS system, and Keller-Williams can’t be far behind in that regard. Even so, the market leaders for all of these very cool tools are third-party start-ups like Zillow.com and Trulia.com.
So this is a long lead in to an apology to our regular visitors: we haven’t been cranking out the sexy new features recently. Two man shops like us (heck, even ten man shops) cannot even look in the wrong direction for fear of getting distracted and wasting time. We might have glanced out of the corner of our eyes, but we refocused and now I can happily say that new things are on the way. Soon…
September 23rd, 2007 at 6:09 am
No fear here, you still have your support and all good things in time. Keep the concept alive and great things are sure to follow!
September 28th, 2007 at 6:40 am
Galen make any money yet?
September 28th, 2007 at 6:40 am
Galen make any money yet?
September 28th, 2007 at 9:40 am
Dan, we are indeed making money - I’ve been meaning to blog about our progress so far. Since launching agent match we have matched a bunch of people with great agents and we’ve received great feedback from the users who have tried agent match. Users have really liked the agents we recommend and the knowledge that they get to choose when they get in touch with the agents we recommend.
We would obviously like to help more people find great agents - we’re working on stuff to make that happen.