{"id":3048,"date":"2008-05-02T13:36:03","date_gmt":"2008-05-02T20:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=3048"},"modified":"2008-05-02T14:22:53","modified_gmt":"2008-05-02T21:22:53","slug":"realtorcom-to-provide-upgrades-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3048\/realtorcom-to-provide-upgrades-for-all\/","title":{"rendered":"REALTOR.com to Provide Upgrades for All"},"content":{"rendered":"

Later this month, REALTOR.com<\/a> will be announcing that many of the Premium Services for agents (services that Premium Subscribers pay for) will soon be available to all REALTORS\u00ae.\u00a0 Services like multiple pictures, for instance, will be available on all listings.\u00a0 This will provide sellers with better exposure of their property. <\/p>\n

This change is actually a major philosophical shift for the largest, most popular real estate site on the web.\u00a0 Essentially, they will be turning premium services into the new standard services and then developing new premium services.\u00a0 If successful, the pace of innovation at REALTOR.com should pick up and the site may be morphed from a member nuisance, to a member service.\u00a0 It is too soon to tell if this change will help REALTOR.com keep up with newer sites like Zillow<\/a> and Trulia<\/a>, but this is a positive start to a much needed change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Later this month, REALTOR.com will be announcing that many of the Premium Services for agents (services that Premium Subscribers pay for) will soon be available to all REALTORS\u00ae.\u00a0 Services like multiple pictures, for instance, will be available on all listings.\u00a0 This will provide sellers with better exposure of their property. This change is actually a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"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":[13,5,19,25],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3048","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-casual-friday","7":"category-real-estate","8":"category-technology","9":"category-zillowcom","11":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5604,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/5604\/nar-responds-to-fsbogate\/","url_meta":{"origin":3048,"position":0},"title":"NAR Responds to FSBOGate","author":"Dave Phillips","date":"November 14, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"With a friend\/partner you trust, but verify.\u00a0 Since Realtor.com is not seen around here as a friend, many of you adopted a new slogan: Don't trust and don't verify.\u00a0 I make it a rule to never believe anything that doesn't seem to make sense.\u00a0 The NAR\/R.com response... 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