In response to the juicy IDX discussion going on over at Agent Genius, I figured I’d take a stab at misappropriating some property data featured over at Realtor.Com.
After 10 minutes, I had 100 of the latest Indianapolis properties listed for sale posted to my website and indexable by google.
Here’s a look at the results: Retechulous.com/Category/NAR-BLOWS
If you have a minute, check out the article over at AG and if you can find a way to get involved, please do so. I guess you could say this little scraping stunt is me contributing in my own obnoxious way. That, and I’m also now looking for a non-NAR Pa broker to hang my license with….
James Boyer says:
Thanks for posting this Ryan, I don’t read Agent Genius to often. Not because it is a bad real estate blog or anything, just that there is only so much time to be reading blogs -vs- actually selling real estate and making a living.
I have to say that we all should be encouraging web savvy Realtors to take possitions on their local MLS boards so that forward thinking people will at least have a voice in the decisions that are made which effect us all.
James Boyer
May 11, 2009 — 6:43 am
Ryan Hartman says:
James,
I guess that’s a better way to approach the problem than my knee-jerk “I’m ditching NAR” reaction 🙂
May 11, 2009 — 7:00 am
Greg Swann says:
Rules always lead to more rules. One person figures out how to break the rule and gets punished for having a brain. But someone else figures out how to violate the spirit of the rule without actually breaking it, and this results in a newer, even-stupider rule. This way, everyone is punished for having a brain. The purpose of every rule deemed malum prohibitum — “wrong” only because the action is forbidden by the rule — is to outlaw the proper functioning of the human mind.
May 11, 2009 — 7:28 am
Paula Henry says:
Ryan – Point made! I wonder what my local board would think now, if I could get them to listen to reason.
Good luck finding a new broker!
May 11, 2009 — 7:04 am
Jay Thompson says:
“That, and I’m also now looking for a non-NAR Pa broker to hang my license with….”
Why not get your Broker’s license? You won’t regret it.
May 11, 2009 — 7:21 am
ryan hartman says:
Jay, I think you’re right. And GS of course has been saying the same thing to us all for a while.
Plus…I liked James’s proposed approach from above. Why not become more involved and change things from within instead of bitching and quitting 🙂
Will likely hang with the local remax for a year or so while picking up those broker credits…
May 11, 2009 — 8:13 am