I'm with Barbara Todaro on this one! She has the best recommendation there is!

There are so many capable folks with the skills to accomplish this task in AR. Barbara Todaro gives a good place to start.

do yourself a favor and make one phone call.... Nestor & Katerina Gasset (katerina) .....do it right the first time....it's too important to do it half-assed and not get the results that you need.....Katerina will make sure you get what you need and more!!!        (561) 502-1577  cell......

you can thank me later!!!!!!!!!!!

Wordpress.org of course. Great theme like this one: http://KaterinaGasset.com/BestThemeEver

You can learn how to set up your wordpress website for free here: 

http://katerinagasset.com/how-to-start-your-blog/

I have a free step by step tutorial on that link on how to get started. 

You can do this for a very low cost if you want to DIY. 

Of course, if you want to have it designed and set up for you- you can text me at 561-502-1577 and we will schedule a time to discuss the best options for you. 

I think you need to spend some time getting seo help. We have 1.4 million websites for realtors. We have more realtors in CA than buyers+ sellers by a factor of 1 to 10.... Just about everyone has a website..

Wordpress for sure and I would keep on my same hosting (hostgator) so it wouldn't cost any extra in hosting.  I am abt to do this in next month or so.

I would decide which kind of template style you would like. Then I would go WP only. You could host it yourself which is really cheap from $2.95 to $8.00 per month.

Hire a pro to help you so you can save your sanity. I myself have written 2 posts about building my own WP site myself explaining my time in intensive care!  Katerina Gasset on AR knows what realtors need.  

You'll also need an IDX with it so people can search obviously.

OR .... you can do a budget basic plan thru Placester.

Hi Tony and Suzanne, 

We build real estate websites on our own custom platform and also provide hosting services so you're welcome to contact us with any questions. By the way, we also enable you to manage your site (or sites) via our CRM should you like it so basically you have a single platform for everything. 

Here's where to find out more: AgentDrive.com - Real estate website & hosting

Here's also a quick example of one of our C21 clients site: Century 21 Property Link 

Thanks and either way keep up the great work!

I researched different sites and went with Real Geeks.

Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers 

I've been with iHouse for many years and love the ease of managing my own website.  They include the IDX, have many content options that auto update and more.  Their templates are customizable and their staff is very helpful.

https://www.ihouseweb.com/

Wordpress.

For simple template websites, visit GoDaddy or HostGator.

From all the responses on this subject all over AR over the last years I would do a Wordpress site.

Hi Tony & Suzanne - I've built three and I love the flexibility and ease of Wordpress. With hosting, we have switched to a host with massively-protected servers - twice previously, we had malware inserted into our site and only discovered it when our site totally disappeared from Google searches. The big guys we were with couldn't or wouldn't help us find and correct it. http://internetmediaconsultants.com/ did (and they do Wordpress design too, especially the parts that are difficult, like CSS, plus they're an IDXBroker vendor and can help with painless integration, and they're good people).

I have one on Real Estate Webmasters.  They have a large and very patient tech support staff.  They make it easy and have a better product that what I could put together.

I have always believed in having my own independent of brokerage web site that i can control.

Wordpress is a good start-up. However, if I had the money, I would outsource this as there is so much going on and needing to get done.

For me, Wordpress was the easiest to setup and manage.  I run on GoDaddy, but there are other vendors out there as well.

Tony,

The creation of a great 'whiz bang' website is the easy part.

However, as a business person, defining the role and purpose of the website in your business, is essential. Skip this step and you will buy what 'they' are selling.

For instance, I needed a website that had real computational capability. Five vendors said, "No Problem" and created a "whiz bang" that could not add subtract, multiply or divide.

80 percent of the effort in creating a website is in defining the purpose and function, 10% in creating, 10% in testing. Don't skip the important part.

If you need a validation website. any vendor will do.
A real estate search property website, most templated sites will do.
A blogging website. You  can build a Wordpress yourself.
Lead capture, conversion, escalater, re-targeting, now you need specialization to maintain the funnel, keep it optimized and the ROI high.

A good consultant will explore, "Can you do what you are already doing, but better aligned to accomplish the goal you have written down."

Currently I'm looking for a WebVR developer. It seems they exist only in the dark web. However the EXP folks you directed me towards have been helpful.

If I were directing a newbie agent who has a validation website with the broker, I would advise they need only landing pages and a FaceBook ads campaign. Toss in a Wordpress blog if they care to spend time blogging which is NOT where I would suggest they spend their time.

I dont know that I would spend much time on a static website, I prefer the constantly changing blog.