They just started doing it and I've been signed up so I called and they still gave me one for free even though I've been buying their leads for a while now.

Hey guys, I am newly licensed and looking for some advice on what CRM is best for this business. If you could, please include the cost of the CRM in your review. Thanks for yalls help!

Im a realtor with a tech background and i created a FSBO marketplace that i launched last month to help those that wish to list by owner, i am looking to allow agents to list properties on there as well to market to direct buyers who are un-represented. The platform has a dynamic checklist to walk buyers through closing once offer is accepted on the marketplace (sourcing attorneys, home inspectors, and instructions on whats next)

looking for some realtors with active listings to try out or give me feedback if they would use this. the platform is free to list, you only pay flat fee if you close using the platform. Agent fees will be waived for any beta users for 6 months. I also do market properties to buyers and investors.

I’ve built a tool that displays all homes listed on the MLS and overlays their rent information and calculates your P&L based on your lending inputs to help you find profitable rental properties in bulk.

The tool also allows you to scan and filter down to profitable properties. Would love to collect feedback from anyone interested in testing it.

DMs are open!

I am not happy with any of the home affordability calculators out there. I tested every one I could find from rocket mortgage, Zillow, nerd wallet, bank rate, all the major banks, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, etc…

Here are the biggest issues that made me hate them

1. Too many inputs (confusing)
2. Not enough accuracy for income and debt inputs
3. Interest rates and pmi rates were a fixed value
4. Interest rate had to be manually added by user
5. Taxes & insurance didn’t automatically estimate

So I set off the last week to build one better, and I need your honest feedback. I want to know your thoughts. I need to know if it actually is helpful for people.

I implemented a few key things:

1. Location based tax and insurance rates
2. Accurate interest rates based on current national averages
3. Dynamic interest rate & pmi rates baed on loan to value & credit score
4. A simpler user input screen that is easier to understand but allows more customization on income and debts.

If you’re interested in stress testing it for me and providing your feedback let me know in the comments! TIA

I was in real estate agent and mlo for half a decade while I was in college.

Got a few deals done.

I moved into software development.

I've been wanting to get back into real estate... but I'm married now and can't not make money to support my spouse...

I recently found out that some people are spending a couple thousand bucks a month in Zillow leads.

That's fine and dandy, but I have an idea I want to build out that is intended to replace paying for 3rd party leads over time.

I'd like to be able to find a full-time real estate agent or broker that to be my first user.

Ideally, they are:
- In California (where I am, preferably LA)
- Closes 9+ deals a year (working with a busy, full time professionals can provide better feedback)
- Currently pays for leads (to better track how fast the app can surpass the ROI for paid leads)
- door knocks
- is a real estate/loan officer team

I'm a real estate broker in Mobile and was curious if anyone has worked with a lead generation company called Qazzo? I'm looking for the good, the bad and the ugly

I've noticed that many of you are struggling with a ton of tasks

managing property viewing

responding to inquiries

I'm exploring the idea of building software that helps you automate routine tasks so your lives get easier. and also with the purpose of helping you focus on what's important: networking and negotiation.

here's what I'm thinking of

Scheduling Property Viewings.

Ai-powered chatbots.

progress tracking.

task prioritization.

the whole goal is to help you out (of course this post must seem quite spammy, or even salesy )but I just want to build up something that actually helps you. so you can free up some time to focus on high value activities like negotiation, client relationships...

Would this kind of tool be useful for you? If so, which of these features would you find most helpful? Also, is there anything else you'd love to see included?

Looking forward to your thoughts!

It is easier than ever to share digital flyers / PDFs or links to your listing website.

Do you still use printed brochures? Curious why/ why not?

First post here, welcome to RUNCOMPS! It's a tool I've built up over some years now, born from the agony of underwriting thousands of residential properties for acquisitions, and trying to pass that ability to others.

https://preview.redd.it/pz8a60n7e67e1.png?width=1181&format=png&auto=webp&s=dfce6ebdceb6fdf9b22995a477fe99e6b107b792

It started as a Python CLI program analyzing .csv files and was really bad. Then it became a Python PyWebIO app and was very mid. Now... just look at it.

I cried just seeing it for the first time, but that might have been right after I fixed all the compilation errors:

1-min: https://youtu.be/GJMugJRckZ8

5-min: https://youtu.be/4OwkEz3oN20

It only has Los Angeles & Ventura County data (for now, all of CA coming soon), try it out though, pretty interesting market we are in and it has some good visualizations.

Let me know what you think, would love to discuss any part about it, especially how to make it something you'd like to use!

Link: https://app.runcomps.org (totally free, not made for phones/small devices)

Hello fellow real estate professionals,

I’m curious about your thoughts on integrating digital business cards into your industry. Unlike traditional paper cards, digital versions can be easily updated, shared via smartphones, and may offer a more sustainable option. Do you think adopting digital business cards could enhance your networking and client interactions? Have any of you already made the switch? I’d love to hear about your experiences and whether you find them beneficial.

Hi guys,

I meant to post this yesterday but got a bit busy. First I'd like to thank everyone for the excellent advice I got on my previous post. I'm really grateful. So to recap I made a submission about 2 days ago on this sub where I discussed my struggles with gaining insight from a dataset I acquired which detailed over 10 million properties within the state of Florida.

After receiving some pretty decent advice from the community I went back to the drawing board and took a look at PropWire while focusing my attention on Orlando, FL for testing purposes.

I acquired three datasets from PropWire focusing on Single-Family Homes within Orlando, FL:

1. MLS Active (1552 properties)
2. MLS Pending (504 properties)
3. Pre-Foreclosures (598 properties)

I had Gemini AI write a simple script in Python (using Pandas) to filter out Pre-Foreclosure properties that were neither in the MLS Active or the MLS Pending datasets.

And with that I had a list of all Off-Market Single Family Homes within Orlando, FL that are flagged as Pre-Foreclosure of which there were 583.

A final issue remained which was Skip Tracing. I came across FastPeopleSeach (VPN required for Non-US residents) and tried an initial search using Owner Names which did not go well. However using Property Addresses worked very well and I always found the Owner within the list of suggestions.

I had already done an initial skip trace on some property owners using Google and LinkedIn. So I was able to verify the accuracy of FastPeopleSeach and it was pretty accurate to be honest.

However a manual solution isn't very scalable and some degree of automation would go a long way. I tried writing a browser automation using python and splinter but CloudFlare was not taking any prisoners 😂.

For now the only clear solution is to manually skip trace owner profiles, save the response html files offline and have an automated scraper run though all those offline html files and save the information within a database. Then proceed to use that data for either a cold calling or emailing campaign.

I'm still hoping to find a scalable & cost-effective solution. But until then, this is the progress so far. Thanks everyone.

Cheers

I am bit lost would appreciate help. I am trying to cheaply get access to MLS data through an api, ingest or database..mainly looking for active listings data. I know I can get this without being a realtor but can't find a proper place. Some APIs I saw were $10k or something like that.

Hey everyone! We got a lot of great feedback last month when we introduced our property data API here. One of the major issues we encountered with other APIs was their strict formatting requirements—if your owner name or address wasn’t formatted exactly as the API expected, you wouldn’t get any results.

To solve that, we’ve introduced flexible address searching by incorporating various abbreviations and formats, ensuring that minor differences won’t prevent you from finding the data you need.

We’re most excited about launching V1 of our premium owner search, which integrates Apache Lucene to help you find the closest matches to the owner names you’re searching for. This makes it much easier to track down the correct records.

Our free tier includes 25 API calls that can return up to 500 parcels per call, giving you plenty of data at no cost. Here’s a tip: if you’re unsure how the county assessor lists an owner’s name, use the premium search first to identify the correct name. Then, use the regular search to quickly iterate through all the properties they own.

We’d love for you to give it a try and send us any comments or suggestions. Our goal is to provide the best property data and make it as easy as possible to access (without breaking the bank)

https://docs.realie.ai/api-reference/premium/premium-owner-search

I’m looking into offering a lease-to-own option and I’m wondering what extra steps I should take to make sure the tenants are reliable. Do you screen differently for these types of deals? Would love to hear your tips, and if you know any good platforms to help with the screening process, that would be awesome!

This may not help the newbie agents in the group but I built a home management tool for realtors to gift to new home buyers so realtors can more easily stay in contact with their customers and homeowners can more easily manage their home. This is more of a longer term retention/lead gen tool but I'd love to get your thoughts on if you might find something like this useful and what kinds of things you'd like to share with your clients ongoing. https://www.homestock.ai/real-estate-agent-sign-up

Doing a review of my business in 2024 and writing down new goals for 2025 and researching what I'd need to do to accomplish those. I came across Elite Listings mentioned on a couple sites and a Facebook group. Seems like it could be a helpful service. I know I could figure out how to continuously optimize Facebook ads and remember to send out more direct mail on my own time. . . but to be honest, I'd rather spend that time talking to people and working my network.

Anyone used their service yet? Or any other service similar to this that does some of the typical farming tasks for you?

https://www.casabrix.com

Hi everyone! I’m a software developer, and I was so fed up with my most recent apartment search in Chicago that I built a tool to hopefully make things a little easier for buyers/renters.

Casabrix is basically a spreadsheet that integrates with maps, and has an easy-to-use mobile view (plus a Chrome extension to scrape Apartments.com or Zillow listings).

Obviously you all are on the other side of the fence as the target audience for this.

So my question is this: would any of you on the professional side of real estate find value in a tool such as this?

I presume there are existing professional tools for realtors, but I'm curious if there's anything I could add that would make this useful for your community.

Hi all. I'm planning to do some cold calling prospecting and am considering these two options. Was going to get Neighborhood Search for circle prospecting and meeting people, and then today I showed my manager the Mojo website and he seemed very enthusiastic about their Pre-foreclosure lists and having me reach out to assist people in that situation.

Can anyone tell me their experience with the platform? Is there a decent amount of leads from the Pre-FC section (I'm in a smaller, rural county) or is there another way to just get those lists from county or title companies?

Thank you :)

So I've seen countless apps and services that are rental management that collect rents via ACH or credit card - I even saw one that can collect cash through chime account..... literally dozens of services but none of them can collect through Zelle or Venmo.

My tenants like to pay with Zelle or Venmo and I want the ability to at least have the rental management software I choose be able to either collect through Zelle or Venmo or at least automatically track those payments. Why is there no such integration? Is it because they won't allow access or API?

Hi guys, I recently acquired a dataset of over 10 million properties within the state of Florida (most states provided this data publicly and it is regularly updated annually) and I been tinkering with it for a while trying to solve the problem of lead generation as I see it.

My interest focused on single family residential properties of which there are over 4 million in the state of Florida. The dataset provided a significant amount of information from property owner name and addresses to market value of the property, legal status, details about recent purchase transactions on the property and more.

In my attempt at solving the problem of lead generation I aimed at finding some answers to a few questions using this data:

1. Identifying Foreclosures using the data directly (This failed or I'm just not smart enough 😂)
2. Acquiring Tax Records (through browser automation) using information such as Parcel Id, Owner Name & Property Address to compile a large volume of tax records (over 10,000 within 24Hrs) which could help me solve problem 1. (Also failed since most the websites for this have restrictions on automation and for the restrictions I could bypass turns out there are measures to deal with that as well 😂 )
3. Acquiring contact information and social media profiles of property owners. (Also failed due to rate limits by social media providers and I kind of gave up because platforms like White-Pages have already solved this problem)

So now here I am with my wit and will. I can acquire more data such as this from more states. But here's the thing I've realized there are only a few problems I can solve.

1. If I was asked to narrow down my view and say get a list of all properties within a specified market value within the city of Orlando, FL for instance, that would be easy. In fact it wouldn't be much of a challenge even at a state level.
2. If the request required all properties that have been on the market over the last 5, 10, 15 or 20 years that would also be easy to acquire.
3. If the request required only single family, multi family or even commercial properties city-wide or state-wide that would be another easy thing to do.
4. If the request was for the tax records of up to a 1000 properties, that would take me about 3 days to compile, plus I would use AI to also filter out the any foreclosures or potential pre-foreclosures.

I can a lot more this data but I have not been able to figure out how to turn this into a business. Is there potential here? I believe there is. But what would people be looking for with such a dataset.

I could really use any opinions on this as I am at my wits end of what to do with this and I really need some advice or opinions on how this type of data can be of use to someone within the real estate industry.

I had realtor.com leads. My subscription has finished and the lead was no longer assigned to me. However, we ended up moving forward and listing the property as I've been in contact with the seller. Do I still need to pay realtor.commute referral fee?

Thinking about making some tooling public where you can upload a list and we can skiptrace, but also call all the numbers over the period of a day to confirm if someone picks up, and if they are the owners using AI dialers. Any initial thoughts?

Booking a real estate photographer for a physical photo shoot can be time-consuming and costly.

With us you can just upload the pictures taken from your phone and our software will generate professional pictures of your listing saving you time and money.

If anyone is interested I can dm them a the site and they can upload three photos to check the product out.

Just trying to add some efficiency in the real estate industry

Hi all, I run PropFlip which as of now is a marketplace for wholesalers to list their contracted properties to get in touch with cash buyers. I am working on a big overhaul to include a joint venture board (find, join, and create joint ventures) and a lending board (Lenders can promote their lending company).

I am working on the JV board and would appreciate your feedback. As of now, someone posting to the JV board has the options to add the following to their post:

- Company or jv name

- Email to be contacted at

- Description (max 200 characters)

- A dropdown list of property types you work with (Land, Commercial, Mixed-use, Single family, Multi-family)

- States you work in

Is there any other important info you would like to be able to add to these kinds of posts? Any and all feedback would be greatly appreciated. I want this to be a useful tool for you all

Has anyone paid to sponsor a sold.com zipcode? The offer I have is $55/month to sponsor one zip code.

I currently have two rental properties and I'm thinking about adding a third. For those of you with more properties, how do you manage it all? What systems or tools do you use to keep everything running smoothly? Would love to hear your tips!