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Chris Locke

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Rainer
145,453
Andrzej Niemyjski
Realty One Group - Sun City West, AZ

The single most important thing right now is mobile and the user experience of your site on their phones

Aug 06, 2016 02:21 PM
Ambassador
2,364,185
Carol Williams
Although I'm retired, I love sharing my knowledge and learning from other real estate industry professionals. - Wenatchee, WA
Retired Agent / Broker / Prop. Mgr, Wenatchee, WA

All of the above.   That is like asking whether the steering wheel, brakes, gear shift or the engine is most important in your car.  It all works together.  You need it all.  

Aug 06, 2016 01:55 PM
Ambassador
2,717,898
Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate
Fred Griffin Real Estate - Tallahassee, FL
Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker

About me. 

  They can search Zillow or Realtor.com for listings.  They need to find a Broker that will represent their best interests.

Aug 06, 2016 12:06 PM
Rainmaker
5,585,039
Barbara Todaro
Retired...Mentoring Newbies - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

I say ditto to what Fred Griffin said....

Aug 07, 2016 12:03 AM
Rainmaker
1,875,168
Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
Real Estate Broker Retired

Prop search right in front - get what people want most.

About page - it's all about what you can do for them.

Your worthless without good mobile interaction.

No one mentioned that 'good stuff' in the upper 1/3rd of the page/fold to get better interaction. Don't make people scroll endlessly to search for homes or anything else.

Aug 06, 2016 10:05 PM
Rainmaker
4,322,295
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Burlington, MA
Metro Boston Homes For Sale

Chris Locke - mobile search, search for homes and I still feel there's a lot to do on my site.

Aug 06, 2016 03:47 PM
Rainmaker
5,774,106
Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Chris,

The most important is EASE OF USE.  Everything else will be secondary, if it is too complicated, too cluttered, and have flashing announcements.  A

Aug 06, 2016 02:45 PM
Rainmaker
3,988,144
Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties
Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN
The Dedicated Clarksville TN Realtor-(931)320-6730

I have a couple of hundred community pages and and esasy to use IDX feed. It works.

Aug 06, 2016 12:28 PM
Rainmaker
1,546,224
Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

Ease of use, mobile access, my listings, about me and the company.

Useless: search feature

Somewhat useful: blog

Aug 07, 2016 04:59 AM
Rainmaker
1,014,238
Jennifer Mackay
Counts Real Estate Group, Inc. - Panama City, FL
Your Bay County Florida Realtor 850.774.6582

Easy to use and a good idx layout - there are quite a few more items that need to be included - more so for you than your customers

Aug 06, 2016 11:46 PM
Rainmaker
1,280,948
Donna Foerster
HomeSmart Realty Group - Parker, CO
Metro Denver Real Estate Assistant

Great answers...I don't really have anything to add. I am going to subscribe to the answers. It will help me improve our website! Thanks for asking the question!

Aug 09, 2016 12:41 PM
Ambassador
3,447,516
Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

Lots of great responses here.  I feel it is whatever the end user is looking for that causes the phone to ring. That could be many things. 

Aug 07, 2016 06:02 AM
Ambassador
6,766,565
Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

Good question Chris, I look forward to learning from the answers here.

Aug 07, 2016 01:59 AM
Rainmaker
5,292,059
Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!"

Easy to use for sure and speed of it!

Aug 07, 2016 01:43 AM
Rainmaker
1,618,024
Harry F. D'Elia III
WEDO Real Estate and Beyond, LLC - Phoenix, AZ
Investor , Mentor, GRI, Radio, CIPS, REOs, ABR

I would have to say my IDX feature to people can view real estate and capture the leads.

Aug 07, 2016 12:42 AM
Rainer
232,119
Jessie Cochran
Counts Real Estate Group, Inc. - Panama City, FL
Panama City Realty Group

There are a lot of features you need - some for you and some for your customers.

Looks like you have a few good answers, for websites, click on anyones name and follow their website links

Good luck

Aug 07, 2016 12:05 AM
Rainmaker
4,434,277
Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

All of the above.

Aug 06, 2016 10:51 PM
Rainmaker
5,388,691
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Real Estate Broker

IDX search. At the end of the day, this is why the public goes to agent sites--to look at and for homes.

Aug 06, 2016 10:10 PM
Rainmaker
3,074,716
Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers
Serving the Greater Phoenix and Scottsdale Metropolitan Area - Scottsdale, AZ
Coldwell Banker Realty

Andrzej Niemyjski  nailed this one!

Aug 06, 2016 10:00 PM
Rainmaker
8,237,262
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Mobile search has become very important. 

Aug 06, 2016 09:58 PM
Rainmaker
4,273,331
Paul S. Henderson, REALTOR®, CRS
Fathom Realty Washington LLC - Tacoma, WA
South Puget Sound Washington Agent/Broker!

Mobile search!

Aug 06, 2016 02:54 PM
Rainer
321,664
Melissa Jackson REALTOR
Trinity Premier Properties - Azle, TX
Helping You Make The Right Move

All of the above are great features.  Mobile websites are very important as well as search capabilities.

Aug 06, 2016 02:34 PM
Rainmaker
2,820,193
Debbie Gartner
The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY
The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

I would think all are important, but esp IDX and lead capture.

I'm not a realtor, but I'll take this free opporty for a link.  I hope this article will rank a bit better.  How to reduce and prevent scratches in hardwood floors.

 

Aug 06, 2016 11:49 AM
Rainmaker
2,448,781
Lise Howe
Keller Williams Capital Properties - Washington, DC
Assoc. Broker in DC, MD, VA and attorney in DC

IDX

Aug 06, 2016 11:26 AM
Ambassador
3,764,541
Patricia Kennedy
RLAH@properties - Washington, DC
Home in the Capital

Easy search capability, both a general one and a section for popular neighborhoods.

Aug 06, 2016 11:18 AM