{"id":14358,"date":"2011-03-29T08:44:38","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T15:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=14358"},"modified":"2011-03-29T08:56:01","modified_gmt":"2011-03-29T15:56:01","slug":"is-it-really-just-the-mls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/14358\/is-it-really-just-the-mls\/","title":{"rendered":"Is It Really Just The MLS?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=14354\">Greg&#8217;s post <\/a> a few minutes ago lit me up.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m pretty sure that just like Greg a majority of NAR members pay their dues each year for just one reason: To get access to the local MLS system.<\/p>\n<p> If this is really true, then forcing changes at NAR or killing the organization altogether is likely as simple as building a really solid National Listing system that both pros and consumers would be comfortable with.  Of course, the technology already exists and is out there. Adoption is another story, but nothing a souped up modern marketing plan couldn&#8217;t overcome.<\/p>\n<p>But maybe let&#8217;s not get ahead of ourselves?  First&#8230; let&#8217;s see for sure whether or not most pros equate NAR dues with little more than MLS access?<\/p>\n<p><center><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.widgetserver.com\/syndication\/subscriber\/InsertWidget.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\">if (WIDGETBOX) WIDGETBOX.renderWidget('9f4f8dcf-e720-4fa4-b957-4bd3b150e3ca');<\/script><noscript>Get the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.widgetbox.com\/i\/9f4f8dcf-e720-4fa4-b957-4bd3b150e3ca\">Poll Creator Pro<\/a> widget and many other <a href=\"http:\/\/www.widgetbox.com\/\">great free widgets<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.widgetbox.com\">Widgetbox<\/a>! Not seeing a widget? (<a href=\"http:\/\/docs.widgetbox.com\/using-widgets\/installing-widgets\/why-cant-i-see-my-widget\/\">More info<\/a>)<\/noscript><\/center><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re connected with a fair number of current NAR members and you want to help get a sizable sample for this poll, please feel free to <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Interesting Poll For Real Estate Agents! http:\/\/goo.gl\/ZRuXr\"> tweet this<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http:\/\/goo.gl\/ZRuXr&#038;t=no\">put it on facebook<\/a>, or copy the widget to your website.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks!<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Screen-shot-2011-03-29-at-11.55.17-AM.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Screen shot 2011-03-29 at 11.55.17 AM\" width=\"402\" height=\"172\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Screen-shot-2011-03-29-at-11.55.17-AM.png 402w, https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Screen-shot-2011-03-29-at-11.55.17-AM-300x128.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greg&#8217;s post a few minutes ago lit me up. I&#8217;m pretty sure that just like Greg a majority of NAR members pay their dues each year for just one reason: To get access to the local MLS system. If this is really true, then forcing changes at NAR or killing the organization altogether is likely [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14358","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-supplanting-the-nar","8":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2148,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2148\/pmar-oar-nar-david-barry-and-the-essential-elements-of-non-reform\/","url_meta":{"origin":14358,"position":0},"title":"PMAR, OAR, NAR, David Barry and the Essential Elements of non-Reform","author":"Jeff Kempe","date":"November 1, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"The confluence of events: Last week I received a lead from our lead generation system.\u00a0 I had only a name and email address: \u00a0she wanted info on three listings, then two more, then the next day seven more, each emailed separately.\u00a0 There was no contact number, only her email address,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Disintermediation&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Disintermediation","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/disintermediation\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3862,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3862\/the-mls-50-manifesto-everyone-working-in-hi-tech-real-estate-must-oppose-this-vicious-plan-with-every-fiber-in-your-being\/","url_meta":{"origin":14358,"position":1},"title":"The &#8220;MLS 5.0&#8221; Manifesto: Everyone working in hi-tech real estate must oppose this vicious plan with every fiber in your being","author":"Greg Swann","date":"August 12, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Oh that the Roman people had but one neck, that I might cut it off at a blow!\" --CaligulaHere is the naked essence of Saul Klein's so-called \"MLS 5.0\" proposal:The MLS of the future will bring a marketing service and benefit to the industry by being the single point of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Egoism in Action&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Egoism in Action","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/egoism-in-action\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8628,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/8628\/truzilla-idx-na-rcom\/","url_meta":{"origin":14358,"position":2},"title":"Truzilla IDX = N\/A R.Com?","author":"Ryan Hartman","date":"May 28, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"When I was looking into whether or not Realtor.com was publishing scrapable rss feeds based on searches a few weeks ago, I also took a look to see if Trulia was doing the same thing. 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