I never said it was easy, I’m just saying it’s doable. Just like developing such a system would not be easy technologically speaking, but it’s doable. What if a real estate company such as prudential had a deal w/ Yahoo & Zillow, to create a site that has all the info ZipRealty and Zillow have, as well as other more in depth information about the area you’re interested in at a click of a mouse. People will be able to do their own research in the area they want in the middle of the nite or when ever they feel comfortable. Knowing all the data a real estate agent have is right in front of you with out anyone there to bother you. Then when you’re ready to buy/sell, you can contact that prudential agent, and they’ll just handle all the process for a flat fee. Like many said, an a la cart type of service. So you’re not skipping any step that you’re not comfortable doing yourself.
Most great sites and products were not easy to create or maintain. But it’s definitely doable if you really want to. So yes, sdrealtor, I agree that there are many things that make this not an easy task to do. However, it’s inevitable that the internet revolution will take over the real estate industry just like other. You can either embrace it or die trying to fight it like the RIAA.
