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Jim Duncan

Jim Duncan

Realtor, writer, community involver in Charlottesville & Crozet, Virginia, USA
JasonSandquist: 25 Link Building Tactics to Improve Blog Search Engine Rankings - Online Marketing Blog http://ow.ly/AwcT - http://twitter.com/JasonSa...
JasonSandquist: 25 Link Building Tactics to Improve Blog Search Engine Rankings - Online Marketing Blog http://ow.ly/AwcT - Jim Duncan
jburslem: RT @mikesimonsen: Lots of people asked for my reaction to NAR's big RPR announcement. Here it is. http://bit.ly/3lPjXW - http://twitter.com/jbursle...
jburslem: RT @mikesimonsen: Lots of people asked for my reaction to NAR's big RPR announcement. Here it is. http://bit.ly/3lPjXW - Jim Duncan
jrdorkin: BiggerPockets Blog: Grow Your Real Estate Network; Get Involved Locally http://bit.ly/3i1YcE - http://twitter.com/jrdorki...
jrdorkin: BiggerPockets Blog: Grow Your Real Estate Network; Get Involved Locally http://bit.ly/3i1YcE - Jim Duncan
mvjensen: Anything that resembles a National MLS is a waste of time! Real Estate is local... #nar09 #nardiego - http://twitter.com/mvjense...
mvjensen: Anything that resembles a National MLS is a waste of time! Real Estate is local... #nar09 #nardiego - Jim Duncan
Thinking of wearing shorts to show houses today. It's ridiculously nice outside.
Revising my "Future of the MLS" presentation for NARDiego this week. #RPR has changed everything
@jrdorkin No idea. Maybe pushing to their sites more?
@PhxREguy @jrdorkin But, for the high quality/value sites, I still click through. Darn it.
@superninjarobot Correct. Only a few teaser lines in the feed and the full information on site.
@cvillenewscom There is far too much micromanagement in the bill. I'm not saying reform's not needed, but to specify treatment is absurd
The Factory 360-degree Virtual Tour - http://ext.dynamiteinc.com/factory...
RT @robhahn: Congratulations, America! You're well on your way to becoming Norway: http://online.wsj.com/article...!
I'm noticing that more of the feeds I read are moving to partial feeds. Bother.
Realtor Property Resource and Houselogic.com - http://www.realcentralva.com/2009...
Crozet Twitter Updates – Brief Notes for 2009-11-08 - http://www.realcrozetva.com/2009...
First thought on Houselogic.com - It's trying to be a Mint.com for homeowners.
In Staunton for kid's soccer game. Nice downtown.
1000wattmarc: @jeffreydouglass Thx Jeff. Real estate's history is filled w/gloom, doom & end of times commentary. Sensational, yes. But rarely accurate - http://twitter.com/1000wat...
1000wattmarc: @jeffreydouglass Thx Jeff. Real estate's history is filled w/gloom, doom & end of times commentary. Sensational, yes. But rarely accurate - Jim Duncan
GetOpenSpace: Dont forget about @getopenspace NEW weekend hours, Sat/Sun: 12-6pm; we're OPEN & the perfect escape on a busy Sat to get a little work done! - http://twitter.com/GetOpen...
GetOpenSpace: Dont forget about @getopenspace NEW weekend hours, Sat/Sun: 12-6pm; we're OPEN & the perfect escape on a busy Sat to get a little work done! - Jim Duncan
NAR/RPR + Cyberhomes = - http://agentgenius.com/g-rants...
"Jim – If the data is sold back to the local MLS, what would be the advantage of continuing to use the MLS? I have everything I need straight from the source (RPR) in terms of data. The MLS in effect becomes a middle man between me and RPR, yet I have direct access to RPR. I fail to see how this can be a good thing for any MLS. My understanding is that the data will be coming from Realtor to MLS to RPR. The non-Realtor question is one I’m working through. This absolutely is a value-add that seems to imperial the non-Realtors. Hell, people pay for RealtyTrac, why wouldn’t they become a Realtor (which is easy and will hopefully soon be harder*) so that they can access what could be the best property database available? Surely Move would have something in their contract that keeps NAR from building a public facing website off of this. At least I would think they would. I don’t think we’ll see the death of Realtor.com because of this. I’d like to, but I don’t think it’s going to happen...." - Jim Duncan
Love the Crozet Mudhouse. Riding my bike to meet buyer clients.
Coaching soccer this morning in Crozet. Love it.
"Suppose the MLS has to cut its fees to $20/month; what does that do to the various people who have jobs working at the MLS? What does that do to the various Association Executives who are drawing a salary from the Association, funded by the MLS? Perhaps the greatest enemy will be staff intent on furthering their (perhaps now obsolete) existence. That, combined with my guesstimation that fewer than 15% of Realtors care/understand/pay attention to this means that the evolutionary path may be slow." - Jim Duncan
"The “offers of compensation and cooperation” is significant, sure. I can think of no reason why NAR could not make that a rule as well. Of course, NAR has sworn up and down not to do such a thing to forestall the fear of the national MLS. However, the “offers of compensation” as nice as that is, is unnecessary to create a national MLS in all but name: case in point = Loopnet. This was one of the key points from the very beginning of the RPR’s conception – it was imperative that neither of these be offered. That said, I’ve heard minor waffling over the years … Inman ‘07 While the Gateway is not intended to be a national MLS, it could become one if that’s what participants want it to be, said Gary Thomas, a Southern California RE/MAX broker who leads the advisory group. That said, the tools offered by the RPR blow away anything and everything offered by my MLS. If nothing else, the RPR could render public (Associations’) MLS sites irrelevant. If Realtors get feeds through the MLS that..." - Jim Duncan
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