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Realtors Property Resource® (RPR), began in 2008 as one of NAR’s Second Century Initiatives RPR’s goal was to create an online real estate library that will provide NAR’S REALTOR® members with valuable data on every property in the United States.
This initiative is based on the collaborative efforts of REALTORS® and the real estate community, including Brokers, MLSs and Associations. RPR’s core mission is to reinforce the REALTOR’S® value in the market place by keeping them ahead of the technology curve and better able to serve today’s’ technology empowered consumer.
RPR, LLC was incorporated in November of 2009. RPR, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary corporation of the National Association of REALTORS®, and has no stockholders, no partners and no outside investors. It is funded by NAR’s Second Century Initiatives reserves, and all technologies, databases, systems and any future return on NAR’s investments belong to NAR’s members.
RPR will provide NAR’s REALTOR® members access to a national database of robust information which will give REALTORS® the greatest access to nationwide property information needed to best serve their clients and customers. RPR is a parcel centric system which will aggregate all available data sets and attach them to a property, including tax assessment and public record information, notice of default, REO, foreclosure and pre-foreclosure data, MLS/CIE-provided information, zoning, liens, permits, school districts, flood plain maps, demographics and much more.
BENEFITS & HIGHLIGHTS
RPR™ is an exclusive benefit to REALTOR® members of NAR. RPR will have no public or consumer access, and will not allow any feeds to third parties. Advanced reporting features will allow the REALTOR® to create custom reports to provide to clients and customers, keeping the REALTOR® in the center of the transaction, armed with tremendous information and analytics, all in one place.
With this new resource REALTORS® will have unparalleled access to data that will give you a competitive edge with your clients. At its base are over 147 million property records, built from public record and assessment information. Then layers of data have been added such as zoning, permits, and mortgage and lien data, schools and the largest database of foreclosure information in the industry. REALTOR® members of participating MLSs will also have their localized MLS active and off-market data integrated with these robust national data sets.
The RPR™ is not a national MLS, and will carry no offers of cooperation and compensation.
Can’t wait to see the demo!
Glad to hear it Myra! Thanks for stopping by!
This is the single-most exciting member benefit I have seen in many years as a member.
RPR Industry Relations is “hitting the road” and we will be attending and presenting at many state winter meetings, including FL, MO, MI, NY, KY, SC, VA, TX, so look for us. We’ll be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we’ll look forward to seeing you there!
I’m looking forward to this service. I’m a broker/owner for the State of New York. When you thing it will be available?
When is the Michigan date?
Nicely done Reggie! I hope the RPR is accepted and implemented quickly, this is state of the art, great technology right when we need it most.
I am looking forward to this!
This may be a really dumb question, but how do i subscribe in my Google Reader? There is no subscribe button.
Hi Stephanie, Here is our RSS Feed: http://blog.narrpr.com/feed
Since I connected on Facebook will it automatically post to my wall?
NAR is comparing this product to Realtor.com, yet NAR sold realtor.com, the result of which was less agent control at greater agent expense.
Is this product going to remain cost neutral for agents or increase their fees and dues? If I’m required to pay for it, I don’t need access to data from Nebraska if I work in VT.
I wouldn’t compare RPR to Realtor.com. RPR is a wholly owned subsidiary of NAR. RPR will be a member benefit and will not require increased fees or expenses to use.
The thing that will concern agents in VT most is that there is no strong County government to compile the data. Some of the towns are still running on stacks of maps and some binders keeping the majority of the information. Has anyone looked at how this will be addressed to give the most complete look at the information from VT?
Somewhere between wishing to be witty and naturally sarcastic, but perhaps the governmental agencies in VT should consider that computers are not a passing fad.
that’s what makes VT wonderful.
Fantastic!!!
We can’t wait until it goes live.
I question two things about the RPR. What specific details of prior transactions are going to be available? Will this include SOLD Data? Secondly, when you refer to MLS provided information what exactly does that entail?
How will our MLS Data be protected from hackers? I am concerned that some of our most valuable data will be compromised and may erode the basis of our trade. We need to protect our regional data.
If there is an extra charge for this information I question how often I would be looking at another State or even another County. The public information such as tax info,schools,etc. I have no problem with since it is public anyway. Lets be careful with MLS Data and think twice about what we give away.
Yes, RPR will include sold data licensed from the MLS. We will display the complete history record from that MLS, including photos and virtual tours if available. For more details watch this video (http://blog.narrpr.com/product/rpr-demo-ms), the history of a property record is explored about 12 minutes and 45 seconds in.
In terms of security, the RPR application will use best practices such as strong passwords, user activity logging, and anti-screenscrape technologies. Also RPR is hosted in a best-of-class data center, protecting against intrusion, denial-of-service attacks, and other malicious exploits.
Sounds interesting! Can’t wait to see more.
This is great news to have one source for all this info. While this data is available thru some of the County’s website, some counties are not up to speed with technology. Also disorganized MLS’s that do not populate from Tax Records will better see the extend and cause of their lack of discipline. Great News
GREAT POINT.
From what I have read so far I’m excited with this new technology and look forward to learning more when RPR Industry Relations “hits the road”
Can not wait to give it a test run when it is live.
Will the RPR be offering banner ads to help pay for the site, much like Realtor.com is currently doing?
Hi Kelly – No, RPR will not be offering banner ads to help pay for the site. However RPR will be offered to NAR members as a member benefit. Revenue for RPR is based on the sales of analytics, or aggregated information. No listing-level information will be sold or distributed.
The avm will put the REALTOR/Appraiser members out of business, my NAR group which I have been a member of since 1983 is pushing me out of business.
DOES not sound like you have ALL members in mind
I’d be surprised if the AVM does that much damage to you. It is about as useful as Zillow’s Zestimates, IE there is a huge “your mileage may vary” which has to be attached to any AVM. In our market, Western PA, I’ve seen about 1/2 of AVMs as pretty much spot on, but 1/3 are too high, and the balance are way too low. We have to leave that page out with some clients/properties – or be prepared to explain why the AVM is reporting $200k on a $300 property.
How can we find out rpr’s timetable – don’t expect to have
all the data on day one- but when might
we expect fields to be populated?
It matters for mls’s as we renew contracts
with current data providers.
Very inquisitive about how you plan to
buy/secure/capture data from non-automated
rural areas – specifically tax info
Thank you
Bring it on. When will we have this to use? How close is it?
I liked what I heard at the NYS Association update. A central database will enhance our abilities to work with the public in a more efficient manner. The only issue I see is the data that is derived from the MLS’s quite often is not the best that an agent can provide. Everyone needs to get in the habit of providing correct info pertinent to the property. Quite often an gent will fill in a required field with anything that the field will take e.g.9999. With so many different MLS’s across the country this may prove to be the biggest challenge.
This is not a good product for the REALTOR/Appraisers. Because NAR is selling the data to the public.
The NEW STATE APPRAISER GROUP is against this product, because you are selling it to the public, it if was kept within membership it is a great tool
Rebecca, thank you for taking the time to express your concern. I wanted to clarify that RPR is not going to sell your data or any of the listing-level information for that matter. It will remain on RPR secure servers. The RPR business model is based on the sales of analytics created off the data. And to your second point, it’s important for us to meet the needs of the appraiser members. Which is why we have appraiser members on the board actively seeking sharing advice.
I too share this concern. I’ve been a Realtor member for 15 years and an appraiser for 10. I feel my own organization is making moves to put me out of business, all the while taking our dues. Will RPR or will RPR not be selling any AVM products? Will RPR be available to affiliate members such as lenders who’ve never been a part of the MLS prior? If not, how will this be paid for? Thanks for your clarification.
Looks fascinating and an excellent resource. As a real estate professional this will enable me to give information to clients that will not be easily accessible to them. Look forward to the receiving additional information.
Our MLS (as likely does yours) currently has members who are employees of the major banks and work as review appraisers. They already provide unfettered access to our regional data base to the major lenders. This tool, financed by the sale of analytics is not likey to have significant value to your intended market as they will have all data and analytics available through their employees anyway. If an AVM tool is provided, will it comply with USPAP requirements as appraiser/members must to publish a value? What will this do to BPO’s
I will really love it if it is accessible with my iphone/google phone, ipad,MAC
I am in agreement with sentiment expressed by others relating to additional costs and realtor.org. I continue to be baffled and outraged by the perceptions of realtor.org and its relationship to me via my national association. I think a very fine line separates ethical considerations in the way realtor.org functions in its representation of NAR and NAR members. NAR members pay dues ungrudgingly to NAR. The way realtor.org functions leads me to expect that they are an arm of NAR but my dues do not allow me to belong to the club. I keep searching realtor.org for my name and it never turns up. What does that say to the public? OF as much importance, what does that say to me? I hope NAR manages the new resource more accessible.
I understand your concern and RPR will not charge members for access, enhancements, advertising, or services related to the system.
Hi Reggie,
Thanks for taking the time to reply to questions. Mine is about the appraiser members as well.
Currently, appraisers are considered the “gold standard” for property valuations. In a recent Inman article, it was stated “RPR executives say RVMs will become the “gold standard” for property valuations, and that lenders, government agencies and Wall Street investors have already expressed interest in purchasing data from the company”.
If one of the goals RPR executives have is to replace appraisers as the “gold standard” (there can be only one “gold standard), how does this strategy benefit appraiser members? If it does displace appraisers and hurts members business, will appraisers be offered retraining in other fields?
Thank you so much in advance for your reply!
Hello Mike – You bet, and back to you…thanks for taking the time to comment. The term, “Gold Standard in Property Valuations” applies to automated property valuations. The goal of the RPR is to reinforce core competences for NAR members, which included NAR’s Realtor and Appraiser members through providing tool sets which enhance their value in the marketplace with both buyers and sellers in setting market price and in connection to the transaction by relieving potential friction in property valuations.
That was an outstanding example of corporate-speak which does not answer the question.
WOW! I am super excited about this!
When do we sign up?
Would this replace the MLS?
Keep me updated.
Margo.
Hi Margo – No this will not replace your MLS.
[...] further digging into RPR I discovered this tidbit (emphasis added): Members who register with a valid NRDS ID can access non-proprietary, non-MLS/CIE [...]
It can’t happen fast enough. Sharing information is what this “Age” is all about.
Living on the east coast I will be able to do a BPO on the west coast and with credible results. Are we becoming Nationalized Service Providers?
One stop tool this sounds great ,can’t wait !! and great NAR member benifit …it pays to belong !
Great dialogue and great feature/product/service. It will be neat to examine the possibilities!
Looking forward to seeing/hearing more. Sounds like a very useful tool.
This will be a great addition for providing our Buyers with premier service levels.
This looks really great can’t wait to see and hear more also. It will be another added benefit for out buyers. Keep up the good work we definitely appreciate all you do for us and for making our jobs a little easier.
ok lets go really slow here see please re-read the above posts back to mid feb. now if you on the east cosast can do a bpo for a subj on the west coast, then the bpo company in india can buy this data and do all of them for a few cents, it is called outsourcing in the electronic and garment industry.reason we have near dble digit unemployment also go to move.com and firstamerican.com they now offer the same thing and AND firstamerican will share the revenue stream with the members who provide data. also again reread this, it is your data your sharing so it can be shared with you and anyone else. mls data is the only thing with value. associations of realtors are generally money losers, cause your just paying dues to meet once a month,week,quarter or whatever. the mls lays the golden eggs. give this up without compensation and what do you have, a lot of memories of the good ole days when you own the data.
Hi Randy – The comment you mention above about BPO’s is not correct. Let’s talk this through…to participate in a BPO you must be licensed in that state. The true value to a bank of a BPO is the signature of the licensed Broker from that local area where the subject property exists. After all the bank is ordering a BPO because they want the opinion of a local professional versus an automated valuation.
so what, i know one company which is licensed in all 48 states and is a member of mls in each state, so with rpr he can become a bpo mill. or lets say the bpo company wants to do them, with your business model they buy the info it rpr makes no sense unless you want the other mls info without becoming a member of that mls.
Not sure I appreciate the benefit of another national database. What if I am an owner and do not want my listing used in this database? Can I opt out?
How will this work or affect states with “closed records”. it is my understanding that states like KS does not allow tax data or sold data on properties to be distributed/shared. Our county records do not poputlate into our MLS system (but the other 5 counties surrounding us and partcipating in the same MLS does provide their records to the MLS). It is county dependent
Sounds like a great tool. I am looking forward to it. Will I still have to pay high membership dues to our local associations since all the information will be on RPR?
I’m trying my best, but cannot determine a use for real estate agents or brokers.
What am I missing???
Lenn
I asked my MLS, San Diego’s Sandicor, to sign up, and they referred me to my Assocation, SDAR. The tech had never heard of RPR. I told him that the MLS must sign up. RPR team, please contact the MLSs to ask them to sign up. How can the Sandicor team have never heard of you??
From May 2010 Realtor magazine
RPR is an exclusive benefit for NAR members. The public can get the reports only if their Realtor gives it to them. Any NAR member can access RPR, even if their MLS is not a member; just log in with your NRDS ID. If your MLS participates, the MLS data overlays the property data.
RPR is not an MLS system: you cannot input listings nor is it a place to offer cooperation. Q: would you ever need to log into the MLS, or can you stop paying dues to your association and just use RPR?
Looking forward to the Demo. Great write up in the latest Realtor magazine.
This sounds like another great tool. Currently in Staten Island New York we are using Property Shark for tax information (we used to have realquest). However, I still had to scatter through other sites to get all information needed. Will RPR have current mortgage information (like what realquest was good for)?
Sounds great! Can’t wait to see it go live.
We have just been informed that our MLS will be a beta site. I’m intrigued to see this, but I also wonder: How long before a buyer/seller calls Uncle Fred in Alaska and he does a long distance OPV AND then wants a referral fee?
Will information on sold listings be available to the public? Will this information be sold to anyone? If so, how much will the MLS service providing their listings receive? Listing and sales information have real value. RPR is worthless without data, so the question is: How much will they pay for that data? What will this system provide to Realtors that their local MLS does not? We’ve been sold out with realtor.com. I’d hate to see us sold down the river on this too. As you had said, this data is for Realtors only and all you have to do to access this data if you want to do appraisals etc from India is become a member of NAR. I am VERY skeptical of the value of this to the bricks and mortar Realtors who are out there every day actually listing and selling homes.
Don
My question involves sold data – some states and agreements with buyers/sellers do not allow for sharing of sold data – will this allow for exclusion of that type of data?
Also, I agree with prior commentary regarding what I jokingly call the milking of industry participants. My interpretation of the information in the article is that industry participants will provide the information but to gain source material industry participants will have to purchase the information – is that correct?
Our boards and membership groups really need to focus more on the members than growing the membership organization and their bottom line.
Local boards, state boards, and NAR itself is geared toward in town properties – for working rural areas like the one I do business in, mls and other “member benefits” do not apply or do not fit our property types and activity.
I would love to see format changes to give better information to brokers/agents, consumers, etc. for rural areas to give us more bang for our buck and better opportunities – anything in the pipe line from that angle? Just wondering.
It’s about time a service like this is will be available to RE agents nationwide! We are supposed to be the Professionals, and yet this sort of data has been available to many of my large investor clients through private and expensive 3rd party resources. This arrangement has always served to diminish an agent’s value, unless we were willing to pay exorbitant database fees, or spend half our day doing research on public sites.
I think this service, from what I understand so far, is what most agents have been waiting for, whether they realize it now or not. Personally, I wish the service was up and running TODAY..!
I am happy to be one of the Beta Testers in Dutchess County, NY. This will BLOW everyone away. You thought Listing Book was good – this is Greater than Great! The Data, usability, searches, reporting… is the easiest and most complete system I have been on! And it’s FREE!!! Encourage your local MLS’ if they are not signed up! To be continued!
My last post raising the concern that home owners may not like being placed in a national data base without their consent. The point was ignored, but is still a concern to me and others. When a home is listed the owner is not consenting to the sale of his information to RPR.
Additionally, all of the information RPR is gathering is available to those who need it now.Why would I rely on a national data base for my information when I can go right to the source. This scheme makes no sense to me and seems to be the pet project of someone with a lot of influence at NAR, but who has no focus on the those who pay NAR’s dues.
Tyler
I am not convinced that NAR can essentially duplicate all the Title plants in this country at no cost to us Members. Further, only a relatively small percentage of Realtors arrange interstate transactions. Conceptually such a data base would be an invaluable asset, but NAR may not be the proper repository. Title Companies have provided this service for decades and I hope they continue to do so.
Reggie,
Thanks for answering all our questions and addressing concerns. RPR promises a lot and we congratulation our association for the initiative. I am on board.
RPR represents the continued marginalization of the individual REALTOR in a real estate transactiopn by NAR because it further distances the individual REALTOR as being the go to source for real estate information. Just how long do you think it will be before NAR – with agreement from our local MLS Associations – develops additional and alternative revenue streams by making this aggregated library of information available to other entities other than the individual REALTOR? About as long as it took them to allow others to access and display our aggregated Realtor.com information!
REALTORS spend significant time, effort and expense to earn the right to collect and input listing and sale information into the MLS in order to enhance their ability to serve their future clients. Yet, our national and local REALTOR associations continually dream up ways to aggregate and/or manipulate this data into revenue streams that enhance the associations’ coffers but only serve to further marginalize us, the individual REALTOR, as being the local expert who is central to the real estate transaction. What active, individual REALTOR thinks this is a great idea? Please help me understand, that what I believe is NAR’s continued marginalization of the individual REALTOR, is really somehow a great benefit to me and every other individual REALTOR.
Tim, I agree… and disagree. You are right, taking a very good tool away from us can be frustrating. Yet, I believe, “real people” will still need a Realtor no matter even if they can get all the data on the web or elsewhere.
We often forget that we need to be trusted advisors to our clients, not merely salesmen. So let them do more homework, let them feel more in control. A Realtor will still be needed to protect a client in a transaction, to negotiate in his/her best interest, to educate on local market specifics. Our strengths should be our continuous education and knowing our market. We are to gather and transmit knowledge. And some of the things we know as professionals in real estate, details on neighborhoods, “hands on” knowledge neither RPR nor any other network will ever be able to replace.
We create our own value – we can’t be marginalized.
Very Well Said!!! Thank-You!!
I totally agree. I’ve been in real estate since 1975. What can we do about it? Maybe ALL stop paying our dues?
Plenty of folks are, that’s why the dues are increasing for the rest of us.
Tim,
I agree, I just wonder how long it will the owners of RPR to begin to sell this organized data base to other, non Realtor organizations? Can you imagine the value of this platform to a Google-like company, if not Google themselves?
How long will it take for a national real estate company to show up on the screen.
I agree that our industry is changing, and I agree that technology is affecting a great deal of this change. But I am not convinced that all technology is good for our business.
Personally, I don’t want to provide information about another part of the country to my clients, I would rather search out a competent broker to assist them in their home search.
This one is just to smooth to take without a long look at the possible results.
Have the RPR people agreed to keep this information confidential? Have they agreed not to sell out out the whole enterprise. Will NAR be the owner?
Don’t jump in the water before asking yourselves where will this massive amount of information be used? Who really is the end user?
Hi Dennis, Thank you for commenting on the blog. I wanted to point out that we have posted our content licensing agreement used with each MLS. You can see we’ve included specific items to address the concerns you’ve asked here:
(1) Clear definitions of the analytics products that will be produced by RPR, specifically: the “RVM” and address file matching services.
(2) We’ve added express restrictions on the sale of any analytics product that: i) could result in the sale of the Licensed Content back to a Realtor, ii) could result in the marketing of services to a Realtor, or iii) could result in the marketing of services to a consumer.
(3) Made explicit that the RPR Website will be made available for free to all of the Participants and Subscribers of a Licensor’s MLS.
(4) We’ve made explicit that there is no consumer access to RPR, except through reports that can be created by an authorized user.
Tim
About not wanting to give your coients information about another area or market place – what kind of service is THAT, you still have to pass them on to a agent in that area, it just makes you look that much more professional and knowledgeable.
Tim – Problem is that our MLSs are the ones looking to sell the information to private corporations like CoreLogic who will sell it back to us members with their Realist product, so the MLS’s can revenue share. Do you think the MLSs will decrease our dues when that promised income starts streaming in? I think not. At least NAR is trying to offset costs an provide RPR as a benefit to the member and not increasing dues everytime someone at the Association wants a pay raise. RPR is a REALTOR Benefit, not a public MLS site. It Rocks if you ask me.
Tim has hit the nail squarely on the head.Under the guize of helping Realtors in their ability to earn a living, just the reverse has and is continuing to take affect. It’s all about “selling out” while collecting monies from the very folks who the various agencies are there to promote the interests of Realtors.
Excellent comment. Here’s another take on what you’re talking about. It’s not just realtor.com it’s NAR and here in California CAR that continue to mis-lead the membership.
American Airlines recently dumped Orbitz, an online travel agency information vulture that has preyed on the airlines by exploiting their data . As a result, Expedia (another online travel agency information vulture) has removed fares from its search results in a show of support for it’s competitor Orbitz.
Falsely, Orbitz and Expedia says, “this is bad for the consumer.” BS. It’s bad for Orbitz and Expedia that exploit the airlines data for profit. Why can’t American Airlines control their own data? How does a third party, that’s exploiting this data, have any say in how a company or business conducts their business?
Southwest Airlines has had no problems by NOT COOPERATING with these third parties that exploit the airlines data. In fact, it’s improved their bottom line. Guess what, this is the tip of the iceburg regarding corporate online information vultures.
What does this have to do with Real Estate?
The real estate industry has their own version of the American Airlines Orbitz debacle playing out over the last 10+ years. When local, state, and national real estate (NAR) associations gave away the real estate communities multiple listing service data online corporate giants like Expedia’s Zillow.com and many others have similarly exploited this information, that is created on the backs of realtors, without any compensation to the source.
Is that fair, or is there just a total lack of leadership from the real estate communities associations that are supposed to look after their membership’s best interest? Realtors are still outraged that the data they create continues to be given away? The local, state, and national associations say it’s too late to put the toothpaste back in the tube, and take back control of the data we create. Then, American Airlines dumps Orbitz, and now we know the truth.
Is their an attorney out there familiar with these issues that can shed some light on this subject? Is it time for a grass route campaign to TAKE BACK OUR DATA? Or, do we continue to lie down and let these third party information vultues walk all over us. Our are associations working on our behalf, or the Information Vultures?
Are our local, state, and national (NAR) representatives in bed with these third parties? Who’s looking after the real estate communiites most valuable asset: INFORMATION ? The airlines have had enough with these online corporate Information Vultures. When will Realtors say, “enough is enough!”
PERFECT POINT!!!!
You’re right. I have been licensed since the early 70′s and have seen the confiscation of our information so that we as Realtors are nearly incidental to the process. I feel threatened by technology but must embrace it to survive.
How do I beging, sign up, register? I am in Savannah, GA. Savannah Board of Realtors.
Thank you. Renee
This is a completely needless resource. This information already exists at the local level, and most savvy agents can access it already.
I guess if you thought realtor.com was a great success and a good product for agents, you will like this too.
I did LOL at whoever said Listing Book was great!
No matter what is coming from the mountain top, this product will not remain free.
When it comes to quality, just think about the bad reports that are available from Realtor.com. They provide very little data – and feature their products right in the report themselves. These reports are not fit for giving to clients. I would expect more of the same with this. Plus, didn’t I read that there is a revenue model for “analytics”
I agree, Listing Book is not worth the money…
Why would you say this product will NOT remain Free – are you NOT reading – it is NOT free – you must be a member and last I checked that was NOT free to be a member of any MLS or NAR.
To Bad all these people DON’T know how to make Lemon Aid, that comes from having a since of entitlement – and maybe not ever being served lemons (or Think you are being served Lemons) so you don’t know how to take it and make Lemon Aid more for us who do I would think,
About not wanting to give your clients information about another area or market place – what kind of service is THAT, you still have to pass them on to a agent in that area, it just makes you look that much more professional and knowledgeable
Well said. The more data I can access in one place, the less time I have to spend on it. Bring it!
Michael – I don’t know about you, but when I am working for a client, I look up the deeds, taxes, judgements etc to help them determine how to price the property they are thinking of buying or selling. I currently have to search multiple websites to gather all of this data. I for one would love having all of this information from one source saving me time. If RPR can do this for us, I welcome it.
What’s going on in the Chicagoland area. I don’t see a pin on the map!
Wow, i’m really shocked at the comments about listingbook and this new site that will be coming out soon. I have closed several deals this year due to clients being serviced through the listingbook system. It paid for itself and i’m ranked in the top 10 in sale in my area. Nothing is free but for sure the top agents are using the tools to get more listing and get information to the buyer quicker which could only lead to one thing more (closings).
If you are in the top 10 in sales in your area – you got there before Listing Book came out, it’s just a tool you used to help what you where already doing and anything could have done that for a Top 10 person I’m sure
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So glad to get started! Most valuable to in a long time.
I guess this is another good reason to be a Realtor, but I will wait and see what effect this web site will have on business.
I was searching for Kent, New York and nothing shows for that town. It has only been around for 100 years.
Hi Edward, Thanks for the comment. I’ll look into this and report back to you.
Reggie – could you check into Cincinnati (OH) MLS as well? Thanks!
Edward,
Kent is in Orleans County. It may be found under Kendall, NY since it to small to list separately. There may be a Kent mailing address but the MLS will list them under Kendall.
Leave it to Realtors to make something so great, into something so bad. To the ones talking down about this product, have you even seen what it does?? You really need to watch the 30 minute promo about it. It’s amazing and I can’t wait to get access to it. NAR wants to do something to help us make our business easier, and the naysayers just want to shoot it down. Take a look at the reports, graphs and charts this product will create. If you think they can’t help you do business more efficiently, you might wanna rethink your profession. It’s the wave of the future and I’m embracing it.
We have it in our area and I’ve been using it for nearly two months. Even though our local MLS does not support this (they use Realist), we have already found it extremely useful. As others have alluded to, this saves me having to aggregate information from 4+ public websites, and presents it in a very easy to digest professional manner. In addition it puts the AGENT and their brokerage front and center on the cover page with exactly the information you tell it to put there. (my biggest request though is that they add the option to put a byline on every page like “courtesy of Agent Name, Broker, xxx-xxx-xxxx”
When you generate a report, you have the option to either download the PDF directly from the RPR website, or send it by email directly to your client (and BCC yourself). I’ve already used this on the road when clients ask about a property we did not plan on touring. Its very impressive, even if only generating a neighborhood report on the fly.
Using existing tools (including Realist) my response was typically that I would get the client the information “once I get back to the office”. Now I can get most of what a client is looking for on the spot.
Overall makes me look VERY good.
Wow! This is a wonderful tool if you know how to use it. I think a lot of people on this blog are scared because it’s NEW and different.
Thank you NAR for giving us more tools to use.
As with most offerings from NAR, BOR, and MLS’ there is great deal of skeptisim and fear due to the uncertainty surrounding the motivation of the offerings. What agents fail to comprehend is that the consumer has different demands and an agenda different than that of the agents. It’s all about ownership of data and clients. Agents often want to circle the wagons around data and “protect” it while consumers demand “all access”. It’s like politics, both sides will always hold too firmly to their individual beliefs and progress then will be thwarted!
Daniel Kaiser
Real Estate Technology Trainer
Scottsdale, AZ
I’m looking throught the site. Are there tools we can add to our website? Looking forward to using your services.
I am interested in comments regarding the recent Inman Newsletter regarding RPR, and that revenue from $60 to $80 million dollars per year is anticipated from “selling” the aggregate information to lenders, gov’t entities, etc. Per Nar, until the 21 million start up costs are covered, NAR members will not see any benefit from the earnings. My particular MLS doesn’t participate, so I don’t have access myself. RPR isn’t currently available to all members of NAR however, with the caveat ofbeing MLS specific, however a portion of all members dues went into the development. Take a look at the Dale & Marty Video. It is interesting and stated that this was not done on the backs of the NAR membership….Hmmmmmmm
I am able to log in and create valuable reports based on public data, even though our local MLS does not participate. I’m very happy with RPR – I just wish my MLS data was there too!
[...] Realtors Property Resource, LLC (RPR), a subsidiary of the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) is one of PolicyMap’s premiere clients. PolicyMap provides the RPR with up-to-date information on the neighborhoods where REALTORS® work. Crime, education, and employment represent just a few of the key indicators PolicyMap provides to the RPR for use by NAR’s members. [...]
[...] Realtors Property Resource, LLC (RPR), a subsidiary of the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) is one of PolicyMap’s premiere clients. PolicyMap provides the RPR with up-to-date information on the neighborhoods where REALTORS® work. Crime, education, and employment represent just a few of the key indicators PolicyMap provides to the RPR for use by NAR’s members. [...]
Since NAR cannot put the toothpaste back in the tube, what we do with the remaining 10% should be dealt with accordingly. While 90% of all information available to the consumer today is online, the consumer is doing most all the functionary tasks we used to provide asw part of our service. Wake up people! We as professionals must embrace the internet and the tools that are given us and become more expert and relied upon as the interpreters of that information. The consumer is quickly realizing that our value does not lie in performing functionary level tasks, and hold that our true value still resides at the fiduciary level. Nothing there will ever change. The consumer will always need protection and representation. The paradigm shift in real estate today is not moving away from the value we provide to the consumer as Realtors, but is in the departure from our value measured by large commissions that are contingent upon the sale of property. Those days are coming to a close faster than we all think.
[...] RPR is a parcel centric system which will aggregate all available data sets and attach them to a property, including tax assessment and public record information, notice of default, REO, foreclosure and pre-foreclosure data, MLS/CIE-provided information, zoning, liens, permits, school districts, flood plain maps, demographics and much more. [...]
I don’t know enough about RPR yet to make an opinion; but I was wondering from everyone out there…..DOES YOUR MLS ALLOW FSBO INTERNET COMPANIES TO LIST ON MLS? Ours does and so why should someone list with a realtor if they can pay $500 and still get on MLS and pay only 3% commission? We understand why they should list with a realtor but many individuals do not!!! Additionally, when their home equity has diminished and they need to save as much money as possible right now just to get the home sold; of course they will grab this option. It’s the best of both worlds to them.
get a realtor software to make everything easier. The software can hasten your tasks and spend more time on more productive tasks.
I can see were this would be a great help.nAlot of the out laying area’s it is very difficult to get all of the information quickly due to the office’s are only open part time. This sould speed things up for us. I’m looking forward to it.
This should be such a success that I can see our dues being reduced if not totally eliminated.. I cant’t think of a better use of the profits…Can you?
Gald to see this come to Fresno MLS.
[...] effect will the new NAR Realtors Property Resource TM (RPR) – an online real estate library/archive with data on every property in the [...]
How do I get included in this page or view the RPR page.
Hi Luvy – First I would ask what is your MLS? We have a map here that will let you know if you MLS is live yet: http://blog.narrpr.com/rpr-partners
Also here is information on the RPR rollout: http://blog.narrpr.com/product/when-can-i-have-rpr/
When are you coming to Chicago?
Excellent resource! I’m looking forward to incorporating this info into my buyer/seller presentations and business practices.
Properties in Arizona are presently priced at a bargain……Now is the time to buy!
Great help with real estate all over the place
Looks like a great idea.
This can be good news to have one source for all this info. While this data is available thru some of the County’s website, some counties are not up to speed with technology. However, will our MLS Data be protected from hackers? I am concerned that some of our most valuable data will be compromised and may erode the basis of our trade. We need to protect our regional data. There is already too much information given to the public.
Sounds very impressive.
Specializing in water front properties & new home construction.
Great and helpful service
Interesting information…looking forward to hearing more about RPR success stories.
Looking forward to follow up and learn how it works
Outstanding! Let us know if you have any questions
Looking forward to this
Looking forward to this information.
@ Sunny and Gloria – Also keep in mind that RPR offers weekly training. To RSVP for a class, go here: http://blog.narrpr.com/training
Haven’t experimented with this yet, but looking forward to it.
Sign up
Looking Forward to our Thursday Meeting.
Would like updates and information
Hi Bette, I’ll follow up your comment with an email fact sheet. Also would you like to sign up for RPR email communication? We have a form off the blog homepage.
Want cemo
This is exciting- Thanks NAR.
FANTASTIC!!!
Looks like great NAR benefit, look forward to checking out this client tool, thanks!
[...] Zillow can provide to you. If you want a fancy graph of comparable properties, I can do that too. Realtor’s Property Resource, RPR, Is a tool that we use in Tallahassee, Florida and many Realtors use now across the Country. [...]
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Unfortunately unavailable for our MLS. Let them know we want this! http://t.co/uRnFlkYw
Great information resource!!
Great access to information. I look forward to using this!!!
I love my job and have been licensed since 1996 here in Califronia and previously had a R. E. license in New Mexico. I live in the country and am very familiar with country properties but also suburban properties. I try alway to listen first!!
When will this be in NJ?
Hello all, have a great day today.
35 years experience in sales and marketing, 13 years as a real estate agent. Stressing service and integrity to all clients!
First impression; Fix the login; code used is not user friendly.
This is Exciting… Can”t Wait to be able to use this Awesome Technology… Thanks NAR, lets get the Ball Rolling….
Wow…what a great resource provided by NAR. Access to RPR will provide me with a competitive edge in our market in San Diego.
I just heard that RPR intends to sell the information which they gather from the various MLS across the country to third party users. Can you please tell me if this correct. I hope not.
Hi Judy, This is NOT correct. RPR does NOT sell any of the data from a MLS to third party sites.
My understanding is RPR is for the sole use of NAR members only. It has not been marketed at least here in California to my knowledge as anything other than a great perk for NAR membership.
Residential and Commercial Real Estate
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Currently have service help request into RPR. Using an iPad, the program seems to process a request for a report, but does not produce the report for review, nor does it appear or show up in the far left column under reports. All this is iPad related. Fine on PCM or Mac in the office.
Hi Bob, So to confirm you did open a ticket?
A ticket was opened.
How about NWMLS – Seattle area? Looks like we are not signed up yet. What does it mean to local agents as far as using #RPR?
Hi @MarikaRealtor…You are correct that your MLS is not on RPR yet. However you can visit the site today and create your account. We’ll have onsite messaging to help you understand what tools you’ll still have access to. You’ll be able to access the public records data, mapping, investment analysis tools, neighborhood reporting, etc.
What is RPR five year plan – will it be similar to Realtor.com and sell this product to someone else. Then have our data out to everyone? Why do I hear that they already are selling the information? plus if they are not then how is this product making money and is going to make money for NAR.
Hi Todd,
The two products are structured very differently. Realtors Property Resource is 100% owned by NAR’s members. RPR is dues funded and there are no additional costs to the REALTOR(r). RPR is 100% a NAR member benefit. It’s also in our content licensing agreement that none of the information in RPR can be sold back to the agent. Also RPR does not have any consumer access. The only way a client will get an RPR report is through their REALTOR. Hope this answers your question.
I need more information please!
Hi Maria, You’ve found the blog. What t information are you looking for? If you are a REALTOR®, try here: http://blog.narrpr.com/agent
Just signed on with Realtors Property Resource. I am sure I will gain a lot of precise information in behalf of my clients.
Hi Bobbie, great to hear! Let us know if you have any questions.
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I would like to be able to use RPR. I have been told by Randy Jones ( a SDAR trainer) that RPR is an excellant way to compare properties values in close proxcimity to each other. With not so oviouse differences to help to creat more accurate comps. I am an agent working with KW Reality north county inland. This office is located at: 13400 Sabre Springs Parkway, suit 100 San Diego, CA, 92128
my licence is: CA DRE # 01135966
Hi William, visit the application and create your account: http://www.narrpr.com. From the homepage click the “Create a new account” button. Have your NRDS # handy along with your last name. Continue the sign up wizard. That will get you started. Then I would recommend attending one of our training’s: http://blog.narrpr.com/events