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Rainmaker
4,800,082
Gabe Sanders
Real Estate of Florida specializing in Martin County Residential Homes, Condos and Land Sales - Stuart, FL
Stuart Florida Real Estate

Absolutely not.

Sep 22, 2015 04:28 AM
Rainmaker
3,986,258
William Feela
WHISPERING PINES REALTY - North Branch, MN
Realtor, Whispering Pines Realty 651-674-5999 No.

NO!!!!!

Sep 22, 2015 12:23 AM
Rainmaker
1,466,207
Michael Setunsky
Woodbridge, VA
Your Commercial Real Estate Link to Northern VA

Winston Heverly No!!

Sep 21, 2015 11:33 PM
Rainmaker
1,543,634
Thomas J. Nelson, REALTOR ® e-Pro CRS RCS-D Vets
Big Block Realty 858.232.8722 - La Jolla, CA
CEO of Vision Drive Realty - Coastal San Diego

Winston, thank you for the platform; my answer is No. But, the real question is why do agents even buy leads? They are creating their own demise and here's why:

The conversion rate of an Internet lead is less than 2%. Because most leads are only online inquiries to offers and are resold to more than one agent.

If agents would just market to their closed business, current clients & network for referrals; Internet lead companies would die a quick death. The agent that relies on Internet leads is heading into a day where the lead provider dictates the commission. Did you know about 70% do rely on them according to NAR?

Don't believe me? Ask almost every major Hotel chain that fell victim to Internet leads. It happened to them. Chains like Marriott said "no" to leads and escaped that. They are still affected of course, their industry is forever changed. Ours is next folks. Those that buy and rely on leads are creating the slow death to why they got into to this industry to begin with...independence. Yep, soon there will be an app for that Realtor; or rather, in place of that Realtor.

Sep 21, 2015 11:13 PM
Rainmaker
1,513,143
Raymond E. Camp
Ontario, NY

At the price we pay a definite no!

Sep 21, 2015 10:44 PM
Rainmaker
115,432
Jeanne Feenick
NextHome Premier - Basking Ridge, NJ
The Agent you choose REALLY does make a difference

I agree - NO, NO, NO.

 

 

Sep 21, 2015 10:26 PM
Rainmaker
3,416,038
Scott Godzyk
Godzyk Real Estate Services - Manchester, NH
One of the Manchester NH's area Leading Agents

NO!!! that would be against everything the MLS stands for. 

Sep 21, 2015 10:24 PM
Rainmaker
784,786
The Woodland Team of Texas
The Woodland Companies - Austin, TX
Land Specialists

A foolish choice that would likely end the mls.

Feb 25, 2019 08:20 PM
Ambassador
6,393,154
Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

Not a good idea.

Sep 05, 2018 07:22 PM
Rainmaker
631,962
Vern Eaton
Askov, MN
Realtor 651-674-7449

Bad idea

Sep 22, 2015 11:53 PM
Rainmaker
1,157,785
FN LN
Toronto, ON

No.

Sep 22, 2015 01:43 PM
Rainmaker
969,888
Frank Rubi
Frank Rubi Real Estate, LLC - Metairie, LA
FrankRubiRealEstate.com

NO!

Sep 22, 2015 10:13 AM
Rainmaker
5,868,482
Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

Our Denver MLS sends the listing agent all the leads for our own listings, never selling them! 

Sep 22, 2015 09:29 AM
Rainer
67,369
Evelyn M Epperson
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage - Johns Creek, GA
A Tradition Of [Excellence, Trust & Service]

 No, not at all.  We are taking our business and adding our listing to their site and MLS should not be selling our listing to other websites.

Sep 22, 2015 08:53 AM
Rainmaker
1,725,996
Sandy Padula & Norm Padula, JD, GRI
HomeSmart Realty West & Florida Realty Investments - , CA
Presence, Persistence & Perseverance

NO!

Sep 22, 2015 08:36 AM