Have anyone used realestate.com or any other internet leads generating company. I called them regarding their agent service and they sounds good but before I'm trap into a contract with them I would like your opinion on them. In order to used them I have to sign up for a 12 months contract which is a bit long but if it works and I can generating the money to pay then that will be good. Also, if you know of a good lead generating company, please let me know. I'm trying to generating some leads and although I have a website I still have to do extensive marketing online to get people to my website and they to generating those leads which can be very time consuming and expensive, I'm thinking maybe if I used a good lead generating company then it will be better.. what do you think? Your help will be very appreciated.

I have heard of a lot of agents using HouseValues.com, but to be honest with you, I have heard mixed stories - some love it, some hate it.

I had a realtor client that used HouseHunt.com to generate leads, and it was horrible. I hated it, and so did he. The leads he got were from people that weren’t really that serious, they were just looking around. They were 12 months or more away from purchasing. The worst part was he was locked into a 12 month contract. (I am a real estate virtual assistant by the way) Be very careful with the year long contracts. There is a reason they want you to sign up for that long. I think that is how they make their money. I worked with him during the last 6 months of his contract, and I didn't see one lead work out.

I also have an agent that a use EAgent.com and it synchronizes with TopProducer.com She seems to have pretty good success with it. I do CMA’s for another agent that uses Eagent. He just started using it, and he gets about 10 requests for CMA’s a month, but we don’t know how well they are going to pan out yet. Of course it does matter what area you are in. It says that you are in Atlanta. I haven’t worked with an agent from Atlanta, but it seems like you should get a decent amount of leads from a lead generation site.

Sorry, I haven’t given you very many “pros” but I am just sharing what I have seen in my experience. The best advice I can offer you is: If you can help it, really try not to get locked into a 12 month contract with one of these companies. When they say that you can’t break it without penalty, they mean it. It is impossible to get out of. Try to start out with one that has a shorter contract term to start out with.

Realtor.com is a partner with eNeighborhoods.com. They have a package where you can get a start up kit and 60 days of membership for $99.00. I think after 60 days you can just stop everything if you don’t like it. Eneighborhoods has a lead generation system in it, and I have heard good things about it here is the link from realtor.com
http://www.eneighborhoods.com/2007Success/index.asp (I don’t get any type of reward for this; I just like helping realtors get quality products. It burns me up to see agents taken advantage of, so I try to steer them away from ones I know have been bad.)

Realtor.com has also teamed up with Lowe’s to create a free marketing program for realtors. I just found out about this recently. Here is the link for that:
http://www.realtor.org/realtor_benefits/benefits_partners/lowe_s.html

I hope that some of this helps. Lead generation systems can be tricky. Like I said, just try to steer clear of the super long contracts.

Thanks for the link to the Lowe's information. I'm going to send it out to my farm area and see how that works.

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No, I haven't used that website yet but if you are looking for lead generating website that will NOT cost you a thing then you should probably visit our site.

What she said!