I'm a real estate broker and Realtor in Austin, Texas. I like to play with my dogs, hang out at the great music venues here in Austin, and enjoy the wonderful weather in Austin.
This is the coolest thing RPR has done. I applaud RPR for opening up the agreement for members far and wide to see. The intense secrecy was winning the company any allies. I'm looking forward to more open debate. Thanks Joe http://www.affinityproperties.com/wordpress/ http://www.joecline.com/blog/
Questions... >>> Will it be available to the public? >>> At this time, it’s not a publicly available site. So at some time it might be?? >>> Whose paying for RPR? >>> It's payed for through reserves being held by the NAR. So it's being paid for by members, but it's free? >>> I can see this would add lots of value to an NAR membership. >>> Yes, and this is potentially a huge cost saver for Realtors and brokers. What does it save costs on? Public records are publicly available here in Texas. I can get tax data online, school data all over, parcels, flood, easement, and other data in GIS systems, and they are all provided by the government. FREE. This RPR thing just doesn't seem like an effective use of resources. I wrote a longer post about it on my http://www.affinityproperties.com/wordpress/ blog if you're interested in one REALTOR's questions about the usefulness of such a product. Joe
Aside from all this... Why do I, as an agent in central Texas need, or care about accurate valuation or data about property in Montana? I'm not licensed there. I don't sell there. And NAR Code of Ethics Article 11 says I can't because I'm not competent in the workings of real estate in Montana.
