My story: I love being a Realtor and aspire to be the best in the world, after realizing that 80% of buyers and sellers are starting with the internet to find a Realtor, and after seeing homegain.com taking many of the leads and charging Realtors 30% of our commission for those leads, and after hearing the story of that Realtor from Idaho in the NY Times who invested over $100,000 on domain names and is getting 1,000 solid leads per year, I decided to be one of the people in the forefront buying virtual property in this new frontier. I researched the most frequently used keywords and phrases in our industry and purchased everyone I could (over 1,000 domains). At this point, I am overwhelmed, I did not intend to sell any of them, but if the domain can go to a good home and at the right price, then parting will be sweet sorrow. I will sell many of these names in the price range between $10 to $10,000. Some I will not sell unless the offer is enough to make me say "yahoo". I am willing to lease or partner with some names as well. Good luck and A.B.C. (Always Be Closing :-)

http://www.RealEstateDomainForSale.com

Looks like spam to me.

Hi Terry in VA,

I actually have a lot of VA domain names;

VAlease.com
VAlots.com
VApropertymanagement.com
VAsmarthomes.com
VAvirtualtours.com
Virginia-condominiums.com
Virginia-condos.com
Virginia-townhouses.com
VA-homes-for-sale.com
VA-houses.com
VA-real-estate.net
VAcommercialproperties.com
VAcommercialrealestate.com
VAcommercialrealty.com

I hope I've assured you that I am not some spammer, I am a real Realtor with real domains ready to make some real sales.

best regards

Mike G from CT

http://www.RealEstateDomainForSale.com

Shameless PLUG!

Hey Scott D.

I had planned to do big biz in FL, but just never got around to it and it doesn't seem to be happening any time soon, so I have a bunch of FL and Flat Fee names for you too.

Florida domains for sale

FL-condominiums.com
FL-townhouses.com
FL-beachfront.com
florida-mansions.com
FLrealestatelistings.com
FLtownhouses.com
housesinFL.com
condos-in-florida.com
fort-lauderdale-houses.com
housesinbocaraton.com
housesinfortlauderdale.com
housesinmiamibeach.com
miami-beach-houses.com
real-estate-in-Florida.org
windemere-real-estate.com
fl-commercial-real-estate.com
flvirtualtours.com
orlando-houses-for-sale.com

Flat fee domains for sale;

discountflatfeerealestate.com
flat-fee.info
flatfeediscountbroker.com
flatfeediscountrealtor.com
flatfeediscountrealty.com
flatfeeild.com
flatfeemlslisting.org
nationwideflatfee.com

best regards

Mike G from CT

http://www.RealEstateDomainForSale.com

Problem for you: Domains that contain the dash character are virtually worthless. It's been scientifically proven that nobody can remember them. I wouldn't want them if you were giving them away for free.

So, how exactly do you price these hot domains that you have?

Mike G,
We`ll let Paul Oaks decide if this is spam or not. He`s very fair. In my humble opinion, your spam doesn`t belong here.

But Scott, he has even more domains he registered for $8 to try to sell to you for anywhere from $10 to $10,000!!!

Hi navarac,

I always had the experience that domains with dashes are liked by search engines.

Your right that they might not be remembered, but if it's ranked on top in search engines (which many domains with dashes are), and a buyer or seller contacts you from them, then you got a lead and at that point, who cares if that buyer remembers what your domain name was? I bought many of the names with search engine placement in mind. (but not time constraints in mind :-)

best regards

Mike G from CT

http://www.RealEstateDomainForSale.com

ScoFla,
I`m happy for Mike. Spending thousands on the purchase of domain names may or may not be a good idea or investment... It`s only when I read comments such as:
At this point, I am overwhelmed, I did not intend to sell any of them, but if the domain can go to a good home and at the right price, then parting will be sweet sorrow. I will sell many of these names in the price range between $10 to $10,000.
It`s spam, and it doesn`t belong here in the Agents and Brokers Forum...

Hi again Scott D.

is there some sort of spam exam a person has to take to make a post here?

I purchased many of these names years ago and because of my current situation, the fellow Realtors in this forum have the chance to buy a name more desireable than floridalistforlessrealty.com

best regards

Mike G from CT

http://www.RealEstateDomainForSale.com

Hmmm, sarcasm doesn't travel well on forum posts sometimes

Hi ScoFla,

regarding the prices and having purchased them at retail price, wasn't realtor.com at one time purchased for $8? and now it's a multi million dollar site.

as well as forsalebyowner.com was once purchased for the retail price of $8, then resold for $800,000 and is now a multi million dollar site.

Why? that is like trying to buy Microsoft stocks today and complaining that it used to be a penny stock.

domain names are a growning force in real estate, almost too much, and I hope it does not put a lot of us out of business like the stock websites put a lot of stock brokers out of business. Traders did not want to pay a stock broker $6,000 to make a big trade when they can do the same on scottstrade.com for $6

best regards

Mike G in CT

http://www.RealEstateDomainForSale.com

Mike G,
I`m curious. What is your actual Real Estate web site?As you`re aware my site are for the purpose of selling Real Property.
Do you actually sell real property or just domain names?
I look forward to seeing your site.

What we are trying to ay is that the people using this forum don't like getting pitches from people that have never posted here before. That is considered spam and not well received.

Hi Scot D,

ah, an actual spam exam question :-)

well, I hope I pass...

http://www.houses-in-connecticut.com/

for the record, one big house sale and I would keep all my names, but even if I did, who has the time to build 1,000 sites?

best regards

Mike G from CT

http://www.RealEstateDomainForSale.com

Scofla,
New topic. Where is your area of concentration? We sell in Dade,Broward,Palm Beach,Lee,Orange, Marion,Matin and Port St.Lucie counties.

Mike,
You out of Danbury? That area has seen some tremendous growth during the last 10 years.
I have a Summer Home in Candlewood.

Hi ScoFla,

I posted here in the past, under the username Ghounem I believe, or at least surfed here a lot, met a nice realtor here from CA when I was just starting out who gave me some good advice to listen to Roger Butcher tapes.

As far as not being well received, I thought you just didn't have your coffee yet since it's only 9AM here in CT.

Personelly, I would LOVE it if someone was selling a bunch of real estate domains that they bought years ago, I would feel like a old lady at a yard sale :-)

But time is not on my side, so like the yard sale person, the attic tresures got to go.

best regards

Mike G from CT

http://www.RealEstateDomainForSale.com

Scott D, Wow, yes, we have a summer home on Candlewood lake too, past 10 years yes, past 10 months no :-) It might be a good time to sell, want to list with me ;-)

Mike G from CT

http://www.RealEstateDomainForSale.com

ps, I am also willing to sell a bulk amount of names, it has actually helped me get listings to show the clients my loooonnngggg list of names, good thing they actually did not check to see that some of them are still under construction :-O

http://www.RealEstateDomainForSale.com

Mike,
I grew up in Brewster NY. My wife and i spend two weeks each summer up there with our childern. We love the fishing and boating that Candlewood offers.
Good Luck in your attempt to draw interest to your domain names. I wish you the best.

Hello Mike G from CT

I am also from CT Stamford.
Now I see you have a ton of Ct domain names..

Well why not have the whole State Of Connecticut
as a portal?
Now I have something for you Mike G

Enjoy your trip to Sunny Florida:)

Go to http://www.ConnecticutHomeFinders.com

Hi Scott D.

I grew up fishing @ Calf Pature beach in Norwalk CT, feel free to drop a line when your in the area, I'll show you some good fishing spots there.

best regards

MG

Hi Accessamerica,

nice site, and good choice to move to FL, I heard homes there were getting bought and sold 3 times in one day, that must have been a realtor's heaven.

best regards

MG

http://www.RealEstateDomainForSale.com

Funny thing here MG
I was born in Norwalk CT, lived off RT-7
I always went to Calf Pasture beach and Compo Beach Westport.
small world huh.

Oh as you can see I am now in FL and Re directed some domains names to my site.
I get a ton of leads from NY and CT everyday from those states..
If you are ever in New York visit
http://www.NewYorkHomeFinders.com

Hey, I serve the Tallahassee/ Leon county area, along with the Wakulla, Jefferson, Gadsden county area.

Hi Accessamerica

Norwalk is my favorite, I prefer it over Danbury because of the salt water, but Danbury is more affordable :-) Your CT and NY domains are bringing a lot of leads to your FL sites?

I used to love the winters here but FL is looking better every year :-)

best regards

MG

http://www.RealEstateDomainForSale.com

The Orlando Market has slowed a bit, we have condo conversions up to our eyeballs 16,000 units for sale here and counting..
baby boomers and snowbirds buying here.
"I heard homes there were getting bought and sold 3 times"
Those days are over with MG.
How is the market in CT

Actually, this is not spam I do not believe. Spam would typically amount to bulk emailing your goods/services to a number of people. While this poster seems annoying and seems to think that going toe to toe with the forum members may prove effective, he is really not "spamming". I belong to some music forums, barbecue forums, real estate forums. There is always a hit and run guy/girl stopping to peddle his/her wares much to the annoyance of many of the members. This is the same scene with a different actor. he won't stay long....

Yes about 30% of my business comes from the north east, I also get a good bit of international England. because of Mickey Mouse and then some.

Hi Smgardner,

Thank you for your "not spam" vote, but I am still preplexed as to how any modern realtor would think that real estate domains for sale bought years ago would be annoying?

It makes me wonder that if someone here tried to sell homes.com years ago, would he have been called spam and annoying?

best regards

MG

http://RealEstateDomainForSale.com

Hi Accessamerica,

that's excellent, I am happy for you and glad those sites are paying for themselves 1,000 times over. As for the CT market, no more multiple bids here, still some buyers but now they are taking their sweet time at our gas expense :-/

best regards

MG

http://www.RealEstateDomainForSale.com

I think Mike is being very entrepreneurial (did I spell that right?). He should be applauded for thinking ahead. Why put him down for a good idea? Sour grapes?

the bottom line is people not remembering the name isn't good, however, search engines putting them in the first page when you search for them is huge...SEO (search engine optimization) is vital to any successful website.