Hi All,

I need some help and hopefully I'm posting to the rigth forum.

At this time, I'm using the free version of point2agent

However, I'm finding that I'm not able to customize it too well. So, if I wanted to add loan information, investing information, weather, or even non-RE related info, it would be impossible to do.

Are there websites that are relativelly inexpensive, yet, would allow me to change content frequently with ease?

I'm thinking of homestead.com but don't know/are not aware of any agents using that. It is about $10/mo.

Also, I'd be interested in having banners on my website, so that I could make some cash on the side :-)

Thanks,
VK

I have a point2agent website. I upgraded to the middle one for $29.95 a month. I can add pages as I need, or delete them. I think if you do the most expensive package, you can have banners on there.

Even with the free P2A site you can customize just about everything. Take a look in your control panel and get familiar with the tools [ ]

You can find the most powerful and most flexible real estate web sites at http://open-realty.org. You can do everything you want with open-realty and much more. It's free, but regardless of price, there is nothing out there that can compare.

Open-relty is a good solution especially if you have some experience in PHP coding.

"Cheapest web site with highest flexibility" - it's prbably the one you build from scratch - it can be as cheap as you want and flexible as you can If you're looking into a greate tool - the prices won't be low since people invested a lot of time and money to build and test it for you.

Have you tried AdvancedAccess? They may give you a presentation over the phone or something.. check it out, you might like it.

Hello,
always have mixed feelings with the term 'cheap'.
Most people do not want a 'cheap' car or 'cheap' business cards.
Think the relation between price and what is offers and what is required is the only important criteria.

We make realty software that is not free.
It did take a pretty long time to develop.

Interesting! You appear to be saying that 'value' is a function of 'price'. I think value has to the worker's or programmer's orientation as much as it has to do with price. My personal experience has taken me from running a successful business with close to 100 employees to an executive director of a small 2 person non-profit organization. In the former the employees where mostly driven by a "profit" incentive, in the latter the employees and the volunteers are driven by what I will call a "self-worth" incentive. Of course, there is always a blending of the two. What does this have to do with software? The same principles come into play with proprietary vs open-source. I have not seen a better or more advanced real estate listing management program than open-realty regardless of price. The many people who contribute to open-realty do so for personal or "self-worth" reasons. The price of open-realty may be free or 'cheap' but it certainly does not lack advantages and features.

Hello,
I did put the 'cheap' in quotes. And this 'cheap' and free are two completely different things.
What I meant to say is that I am having a problem with the somewhat popular hunt for gold for the price of tin. And if these hunters find out that they actually got tin for the money they complain.
Money is just one part of possible motivation, satisfaction with what you are doing is certainly the more important part on the long run.

I have free script and script for a few bucks and packages in the 3 to 5 figure range.
Some are for nothing but satisfaction, some for a symbolic return and the others to make a living.

But I do not think any are 'cheap' the way I mean it. And I do not put Open Realty into this particular 'cheap' corner

It's like selling your house, do you want to pay for an agent or do you want to FSBO?

MANY high priced progs are open source modified to close the doors. Now it is really the price of dependancy. Who's realizing the value?

Simple code is an idea rendered through some language. Assembling ideas into a commercial venture is hardly a software engineers function or capacity. ALL the tools to perform the mechanics behind the ideals are publicly available. The real value in my mind is having someone stitch them together to model your ideals, whilst maintaining the ideals in a financial sense.

Forget the cash on the side/banner thing.

This may be considered spam, but it does directly answer the original question...

I invite you to try http://www.web611.com for a free trial.

You get unlimited everything... and the REALLY cool thing is you get unlimited Property Websites.

For every listing you enter, it becomes it OWN website that you can advertise much easier. sample: http://68sobrante.nowoffered.com You can also buy a domain name like www.68sobrante.com and point it to the nowoffered.com website. It's pretty cool...

Then within a month or so, you'll be able to get automatic feedback on your listings... You or your seller can input the agents info that just showed your listing, and the system will request feedback from the showing agent. The feedback creates reports the sellers can see, which really takes the burden (and blam) of you.

$19.95 is the price... but enter "greg" as the referrer and you can have all this for $12.95 per month, no setup fees. But wait, if you order before midnight...

If you are looking for flexability with your real estate website with similar features to Point2Agent I recommend looking at www.linkurealty.com.

It's not very flexible this morning.

Yeh, that is almost funny. And please linkusystems, start setting up you linku link in your signature. You have posted about 4 new posts with your links in them. The signature feature exists for a reason.

There are much better ways to advertise than

"hey visit my site"

You can participate in conversations here and add something of value. When you have your site in your sig, people will come to you if they like what you say. Simple as that.

Mike

Hi:

I think it really depends upon how much work you are willing to do yourself. You should be able to find several excellent Web hosting solutions with real estate templates for $5-$8 monthly. Check my site for a free ebook that describes one such solution for Realtors.

The more involved you get in the design, evolution and marketing of your Website, the more online success you will enjoy.

Good luck, Al.