Author Archives: rdrummer

Z: The New Scarlet Letter

Posted on October 25, 2012 by rdrummer

Z Zillow recently introduced a “Pre-sale” category on their home search page. “Pre-sales” meaning homes that are either bank-owned (REO) or in some stage of foreclosure. Zillow’s stated reason for adding this data is to “open up more choice and … Continue reading →

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Should Zillow pay MLSs for listing data?

Posted on May 7, 2012 by rdrummer

“You know what’s cool?  A billion dollars.” Sean Parker from The Social Network. Zillow is a Billion-dollar company.  A Billion dollars.  That’s about 800% more than all of NAR’s MLSs combined, if you use the per-agent value used by ARMLS ($4M) … Continue reading →

Posted in CMLS, MLS, Revenue Sharing, Zillow | 17 Comments

iMapp® and DiscoverMLS Announce Strategic Technology Partnership

Posted on April 20, 2012 by rdrummer

TAMPA, FL — April 20, 2012 — iMapp® and DiscoverMLS today announced a new initiative that creates a low-cost, yet robust, fully-featured and integrated MLS/Tax Mapping System available to REALTORS® everywhere: Discover/iMapp. “From the moment we first saw the DiscoverMLS … Continue reading →

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Zillow’s Dirty Little Secret

Posted on April 18, 2012 by rdrummer

Zillow recently announced AgentHub, a Trojan Horse free CRM tool for agents and Zillow’s Director of Industry Outreach, Jay Thompson, was the first to sing its praises as “handy”, “important” and “helpful”. Jay didn’t mention Zillow’s dirty little secret: AgentHub’s Terms of Use. … Continue reading →

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Why yes, iMapp runs just fine on the Kindle Fire…and iPads…and just about everything else.

Posted on November 15, 2011 by rdrummer

Every time a new mobile device is launched, iMapp makes sure that our users will have a great experience.  iMapp can be accessed from your iPhone, iPad, Android phone or tablet, Barnes and Noble Nook Color and now, the Amazon … Continue reading →

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