A user wrote to us recently suggesting that we might be to real estate what open source is to software. Although we hadn’t thought of it quite that way, and the parallels are indirect, it is a similar type of movement that we’re trying to initiate; simply, another choice for those not wanting to pay large commissions. So, if we are to real estate what open source was to software, I guess that’s not a bad thing. We’re all about busting down walls, and with enough of a following we’ll do just that.
Do we plan to make money at this for sale by owner thing? …you bet! Whoever creates an alternative and reorganizes the FSBO market with any sort of critical mass is going to make a lot of money, we just won’t do it by taking a big cut of the sale price. We have other ideas in mind and they’re in-the-works. Ultimately it’s hard to imagine that the traditional model is not going to experience a true direct competitor and that’s where our model plans to carve niche. Please keep the listings and feedback coming, and we’ll continue to build more tools for you to use
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