I have been kicking around an idea and need to do some research.
I would like to see if anyone who is currently in the real estate field
would be willing to give me some feedback and constructive
criticism.
Would there be any interest in a service that helped local real estate
agents improve their online presence for their properties? The service could be as simple as
going out to take pictures of properties when the agent is too busy to do it
themselves, updating existing websites with pictures and info for the property,
or as extensive as creating an individualized website for the agent that would
allow them to upload and update their own site or doing a monthly fee to keep it
updated for them.
My reason for this thought is that recently, I have moved to the
Dallas/Ft. Worth area, and was looking at houses for rent. Going the typical route of looking
online, I got an idea of what was out there and went about my search that
route.
One of the things I noticed though as I drove
through the neighborhoods I was interested in was that many of the agents and
property management signs in the yards had only phone numbers on them or a
website listed that was no longer active. The only way to find out any
information on the property was to call the agent and wait on a
response.
Further research showed me two things, many agents
have no online presence at all, the houses for rent are listed nowhere online,
and many times when the properties are listed there are no pictures or very
limited information listed for the property. I found five companies with this
issue alone today in just a one mile stretch of looking. I have always been interested in the
field of real estate, and I thought this might make an interesting endeavor for
extra income, or who knows what possible avenues the idea might eventually
take.
