OC Renter can you find out what Zip Realty considers as active inventory in San Diego county. That is, what zip codes do they use? Furthermore, can you find out if all of the listings on Zip are taken from the county MLS.
Let’s say you are selling a home and ask a Zip guy to be your agent. Why would you only want your home to be on Zip and not the local MLS?
It does not make sense to me. Does it make sense to anyone here who would consider selling a home?
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When you sign a listing agreement with a Realtor in San Diego County, most of us, I dare say all of us use the Exclusive Listing Agreement from CAR. On that agreement the MLS is discussed saying that if your home is on the MLS it will be farmed out to 3rd party providers.
The bottom line is that it makes no sense for either third party providers on the MLS to have exclusivity over listings. That is the entire goal of the IDX and the 3rd party providers.
It is my opinion that there is not some sort of conspiracy here. It is my opinion that for some reason we are not making an apples to apples comparison and with some amount of research we can find out the difference.
