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Annette,
As this falls into the wheel-house of my expertise - I would strongly recommend that anyone who is having a tough time deciding on which of these routes to take, to focus on building a website first. A website is able (currently) to reach a much broader audience than an app can & will provide your business (when built & optimized correctly) with a lead generating resource unlike anything an app can produce (while standing alone). Focus on getting a custom website built for you/your business first, optimizing that website for top SEO standards, & producing high-quality, unique content for your sites visitors (& for SERPs).
After you've established a prominent, content (industry relevant & informative) rich website which provides your visitors with the informative & unique information that you have to offer them - then start exploring the option of having an app built. An app tied to a business with a prominent website that ranks well, will provide a TON of more value to your business that having a stand alone app created for you. That being said, I love the idea of a motivated Realtor having both for their business (but again, the website should be prioritized first over an app).
-T.J. / The Royalty One Mortgage Team
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Michael Thacker - Re/M...
Louisville, KY
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Inna Ivchenko
Encino, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Anita Clark
Warner Robins, GA
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Ashley Hawks
Henderson, NV
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Royalty One Mortgage
Henderson, NV
1,506,773
Website. It is more universal and can be seen on a desktop or mobile. Personally, one of the local restaurants is changing to an app for their loyalty program. I'm probably going to stop using it since the last thing I need on my phone is yet another app! I have 134 of them (including the system apps). Talk about overload! Plus I hardly ever use most of them, but can't get away from them because of their use with rescues.
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Michael Thacker - Re/M...
Louisville, KY
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Inna Ivchenko
Encino, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Ashley Hawks
Henderson, NV
5,772,593
Website. It is the first impression, it is the first place people go to check you out even if a friend referred you. And website sites done right work very well on mobile devices. One of our clients had a an app which we helped design so that it would resemble her website. It was hardly used, and it cost her a lot of $$$. A
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Michael Thacker - Re/M...
Louisville, KY
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Tony and Suzanne Marri...
Scottsdale, AZ
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
3,988,013
I will invest in the thing that will get ranked and indexed and that is a good website with pages and pages of good and valuable data.
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Michael Thacker - Re/M...
Louisville, KY
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Inna Ivchenko
Encino, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
6,423,260
I like my app, but I would never pay for one, everyone already has too much crap on their phones and they are not willing to anything more.
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
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Inna Ivchenko
Encino, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
5,583,328
my vote is for websites.... when I had multiple subdivisions going full force, I had three websites.... a sellers, buyers and niche (new homes)... worked well.... that was during the period when the market tanked and builders were hanging by their fingernails....
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Michael Thacker - Re/M...
Louisville, KY
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
913,818
I would focus on, and invest in website first.
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Michael Thacker - Re/M...
Louisville, KY
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
1,847,621
Every app so far created has gone bust or they don't want to upgrade maintain it. I'm sure that would be costly also. The features just seem to fade away so quickly to the next thing ...
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Inna Ivchenko
Encino, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
1,728,656
Unless we can see a clear path to an ROI, neither one works.
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Inna Ivchenko
Encino, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
3,350,439
Website for me. We need a device for an app to run on. Most apps will run on a website,phone, ipad, tablet, etc. I'm not as concerned about tracking as I am about focusing on dedicated service to my clients.
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
2,684,769
430,772
Website, but I do believe the app would be a huge benefit. So much stuff is mobile based and I think it will continue that direction.
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
716,874
Website - but make sure it is mobile friendly.
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
5,244,229
1,712,876
4,905,762
For us neither. Direct mail is what makes our phone ring.
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
4,966,025
4,319,773
Annette Lawrence , Palm Harbor, FL 727-420-4041 - Still, Websites rule! And add APPs to it!
150,466
991,652
IMO website beats app hands down - there are thousands upon thousands of useless apps but real estate websites that provide valuable information... Priceless!
1,625,153
I have an app only now, but I want to get a personal website again adding there a blog.
4,434,177
599,734
Web site. I don't think an app is as capable and apps tend to get lost or deleted.
4,800,132
I think a responsive website will do more, provided that you spend the effort on establishing it.
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5,115,873
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