I signed up for some classes through an online school www.usarealestatelicense.com and I was given a link to redeem a free website. It is http://www.realestatepromoter.com/cgi-bin/freepromo.pl?aid=57 and it works without going to their site or buying anything. I just thought I would point it out to anyone who is looking to get a cheap website. Mine is up and running now at www.praedohomes.com. It looks pretty good and has some good features including a mortgage calculator and email leads.

The initial setup cost me $0.00 and my monthly recurring is only $29.95.

Sounds to me like that free website costs 360.00 a year. You should report the instructor of your class for being deceptive. Also how in the world do you get a site without going to their site?

When I have gone out and looked at the websites so far it ranges from $200-2000 to get a decent one done. I checked this out pretty well and it looks like the website from www.realestatepromoter.com normally costs $800. By using the above link you get the website for no upfront cost and all you have to pay for is the hosting. I also got my first month of hosting for free included.

As far as getting the site without visiting the schools site, what I meant was, you do not have to go through them to get it. You can just copy and paste that link and it takes you to the webpage signup. The link looks like an affiliate link as the website company and the real estate school are totally seperate people.

Does this work the same as Point2?

Patty,

I have never used the Point2 service before. From looking at their website it seems that they have some similar features and functionality with lead generation and other features. I use their real estate center website and have the featured properties, talking properties and call me now functions. (I signed up with the PBNext My Agent Phone service to get the talking properties.)

As far as pricing goes, I got the website built for free, and my first month of hosting free. They also do not have any contracts so it is just a month to month service.

If you do want a genuinely free website for real estate agents without any hosting charges there is a great option available.

RealEstate.NET is in beta testing and if you signup before they do there official release you don't have to pay for your membership, all they ask is that you keep an eye on there system, and perhaps make suggestions for improvement.
When you signup you can also get a realestate.net sub-domain name and e-mail address so it is work checking out.
Example:
If you register your username as demo then your website's default address will be: http://demo.realestate.net
also you get the professional e-mail address of demo@realestate.net

I can see this service being just as big as point2 given a little time. The website setup process is a little tricky but this will be updated with version one I am sure.

Point2 has the best collection of features I've seen. You can sign up for a free site here:

http://agent.point2.com/selfreg/ColdwellBankerJohnstonSelfReg.asp

but it's really worth upgrading and paying for the extra features. the customizable drip campaigns are really starting to convert leads into clients for us. the site is very search engine friendly too!

The only problem I have with the realestate.net program is that I would have a sub-domain. I have my own domain name that I can take with me if I decide to build a custom site etc.

With realestate.net you can connect your own domain names, just have to change a setting on your name to go to the realestate.net IP address, the technical information is within the members area.
RealEstate.NET will also be offering a full custom website service as part of their version 1 release.

By custom do you mean a full custom template site, or a fully custom website with all custom design?

All I can say is that we will be offering a custom design service far greater then other existing providers. We have built our system from scratch with the intentions of being able to provide a new level of custom design.

I cannot go into detail at the moment but RealEstate.NET is aiming to be a full service: custom website design studio, template based website provider with all valid members capable of participating in the public portal for listings and lead gen at no extra cost.

Just a reminder, if you signup pre version 1, you have a better chance at getting your preferred username/email and not have to pay for a standard membership. (As a bonus for testing early, so feel free to tell people about it)

You can also get a free site @ www.rapidlistings.com
I have one and get ALOT of hits on it....

Angie