Just looking for some opinions on my currently under constructions webste:
www.downriver-realestate.info
It is a Point2Agent site and yes i know a lot of people are not too fond of the .info but considering i somehow made it to the first page for a few different search terms on MSN in less than a month i figure it'll do for now. Mainly looking for input on the layout. thanks in advance

I wouldn't have the same menu both on the left and at the bottom.

Actually, it's a good idea to have those menu items at the bottom of the page as well as along the side. The difference is that the menu items on the side are graphics and the items at the bottom are text. A search engine spider is much more likely to understand the text links rather than the graphical links, so it will be able to find it's way into the rest of your website through those links.

I find the site of little value... no MLS search, no featured properties, no real information to speak of, and not even a contact page that I could find?

I sincerely doubt the website can actually generate a lead...

Greg, it's still under construction, the MLS search will be there soon along with a few more cities, and a few other things, i'm looking for ideas on the layout

Here's a website that catches my eye. Maybe you can cherry-pick a few ideas from there. Good luck with your site

http://www.johnmcmonigle.com/

Hello
I have a point2agent website also. You may want to add featured homes about your company on the front page verus news links. YOu can add additional tab for news.
Instead of breakign down into so many places you can use a local map or MLS to bring up the pages as needed.

Example: Create hidden page for Flat Rock. When a person click on the map you can bring up hot links like local information, listings and other information.

May be add some more color the red and white is too bland after couple mins.

You got a good start and I know it takes a while before you get everything you want on the website.

Good Luck

When I first loaded up the page, my eye was attracted to the red bar under all your links... and there wasn't anything there. It was a weird sensation.

I feel like there's too much space between your two columns. I think you might benefit if you could move them closer together, or move the right column (featured listing, contact info, etc) over to the right.

I agree, too much space. Personally I like having just a single column, but that's just me.

Personally I think it looks cookie cutter. Nothing really grabs my attention at all. The menus are nice and the featured properties on the home page work well. But the first impression is that its just a cookie cutter site.