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<\/p>\nThis week all the elected and paid leaders of the REALTOR\u00ae organization will be headed to Washington DC for organizational meetings and visits with Congress.\u00a0 For all of you NAR malcontents, this would be a perfect time to carry out the hostile take-over of your local and state association of REALTORS\u00ae.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
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The agenda for the NAR Mid-Year Meeting features two items that I have written about in the past \u2013 the announced Upgrade to REALTOR.com\u2019s standard services and the project formerly known as \u201cthe gateway.\u201d\u00a0 Here are a couple of quick updates:<\/p>\n
Last week, REALTOR.com released a beta site (http:\/\/beta.realtor.com<\/a>) and the following statement:<\/p>\n The new \u201cBeta\u201d REALTOR.com\u00ae <\/sup>website will continue to be enhanced over the next several months.\u00a0 Early this summer, the new site will replace the current site and will include many new free benefits for your members.\u00a0 <\/em>One important FREE benefit on the new REALTOR.com\u00ae <\/sup>site is the ability to display up to 4 photos on all basic listings.\u00a0 <\/strong>Since we already receive multiple photos in the data that you currently provide to REALTOR.com\u00ae<\/sup>, there is no action required on your part to provide this new and exciting benefit for your members.\u00a0 <\/strong>Property photos will continue to be updated as long as the listing remains on the market and is on REALTOR.com\u00ae<\/sup>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n The Gateway\u2026Real Estate Channel\u2026or Library\/Archive<\/strong><\/p>\n The project that is so big and far reaching that NAR is having trouble finding a name to fit will be a major topic of discussion in DC.\u00a0 For those who have not heard of this, the project originally used the working title \u201cGateway<\/a>\u201d and was basically a mash-up all property data in the country.\u00a0 Then, just a little over a month ago, the name was changed to the \u201cReal Estate Channel<\/a>\u201d and now it is being referred to as a library or archive of data.\u00a0 More importantly, NAR has issued a white paper<\/a> on the..ah\u2026whatchamacallit program that clearly outlines the intent.\u00a0 A few key points for those who do not wish to click thru to read the white paper: 1) it is NOT an MLS and there will be no offer of compensation or Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This week all the elected and paid leaders of the REALTOR\u00ae organization will be headed to Washington DC for organizational meetings and visits with Congress.\u00a0 For all of you NAR malcontents, this would be a perfect time to carry out the hostile take-over of your local and state association of REALTORS\u00ae.\u00a0 The agenda for the […]<\/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":[5,19],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3088","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-real-estate","7":"category-technology","9":"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":3088,"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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