I will wait for Glenn’s thread to appear – so that this discussion can remain relevant to this topic. The landscape is changing very fast as I see it with the online exploration of new markets most diverse from the traditional property portals. This is just now emerging within the last few weeks.

Cheers

Thanks for the update – but why not shut the site down until you are ready to launch? If I look at Mosman houses (you have 33) prices are all over the place like a dogs breakfast and I noticed mistakes on every page.

Just like when PBL owned it – customer service is out the kitchen window.

Good luck

My comment about the $$ factor is more out of interest in how your organisation will go changing consumer habits.

You may have a better portal and be offering free listings, but habits are hard to break. Unless people know the site is new and improved, their favourites bar is not going to change quickly. Deep pockets also are a referral in keeping the lights on long enough to get that incremental traction.

That all said however, I will be certainly amending my favourites list to include your site.

The battle isnt always won by deep pockets. I hope you are all cheering this project on! The agents will not lose from my efforts.

The interface is changing as fast as we can manage it. Every week we will be releasing changes – the timeline is flexible. I have kept my cards close to my chest, as everyone has an eye on us. Sorry the article is a little lightweight and feelgood, but they say – forewarned is forearmed – so I prefer my competitors unwarned.

Unfortunately i will be keeping the electricity on Robert, anyone with outdated info can simply call for a manual password and update their stock directly and we have renewed the loader system – its working fine, ( the changeover didnt help continuity its true) but realistically focus is on getting the site right before we go chasing more agents. At the end of the day – agents are responsible for accuracy of listings – how would I know if they are old? I think thats a reasonable duty of care for agents to manage their listings on a free site.

Everyone is waiting – and there are tests afoot to prove my concepts, I will know the results over the next few months.

Its been a big job migrating the entire system from PBL in SA to us in Sydney. However am very happy with progress, and hoping to pick up speed very soon.

Once again, my thanks to the honest and constructive opinions of everyone. The renovation is in progress!

I did get my own mag in the mail so did not have to rely on the crumb covered version from Robert.

I have responded to your initial question but have done it as a new post which is up for approval and should be up over the weekend or Monday at the latest.

If you are here somewhere, I don’t want to bore anyone/everyone/ all of the loyal r/e bloggers but ! Could you please give me your ideas/thoughts of the best real estate portal at this very moment in time and then add some……some of your thoughts on all of them/ the R/E PORTALS.

Now this would be good to know, even though it may be very critical to them. The R/E Portals theat us as fools/the payer/agents as if we are all dough dough Birds . NNNNOWWW !!!!! IF SOMEONE WAS TO BUILD SUCH AN R/E PORTAL, WOULD.. US/WE, MY R/E FRIENDS?/ENERMIES/COMPETITORS, SUPPORT SUCH A REAL ESTATE PORTAL, EVEN IF SUCH A PORTAL WAS ACCURATE WITH DIRECT HITS TO THE VERY PROPERTY YOU ARE SEARCHING FOR , WITH UP TO DATE PROPERTIES….. I DONT THINK SO.
BUT IF IT COULD HAPPEN.
WHAT SHOULD SUCH A SITE HAVE TO DO? TO GET MAJOR SUPPORT FROM US THE THICK HEAD USERS!!!!!

Given the couple of comments on it, I am very much looking forward to reading the myhome article.

I know its only the second edition but how is everyone finding the AREB magazine in general?

Its free, that is a good start for the agents. It doesnt have major franchise ownership, another plus. So providing the user interface is improved, it should be a good portal.

The real question is… how to get eye balls. How deep are your pockets?? That is the real question. Some people know MyHome and will continue to visit, but without the distribution channels, and taking into account people’s habits, unless they can get the message out far and wide, better than before and under new management, its going to be tough.

Myhome remains as accurate as a NSW government budget projection. It will be very difficult for myhome to be treated seriously when the oxygen to the business (agents) find it a laughing stock as it remains riddled with inaccuracies.