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Real Estate Blog 11 min

Listings on your agent website or a simple bio site: how to decide

A simple bio site is enough if most of your business comes from referrals and past clients. Add listings when you work with buyers, run ads,…

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Benjamin Levy · Oct 29, 2026
MLS / IDX Resources 14 min

Checking an IDX vendor’s support before you trust them with your brokerage site

Before an IDX vendor touches your live brokerage site, check five things about their support. How fast do they answer? Who fixes a broken feed? Do…

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laura perez · Oct 28, 2026
MLS / IDX Resources 10 min

One website or one website per office: a guide for multi-office brokerages

Got more than one office? Then someone on your team has asked whether every office should get its own website. For most brokerages the answer is…

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Benjamin Levy · Oct 26, 2026
MLS / IDX Resources 7 min

Can’t code? Just tell Claude.

How you can use MLS Import with Claude or ChatGPT to build site pages in plain words.

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Benjamin Levy · Oct 25, 2026
MLS / IDX Resources 12 min

Agent pages on your brokerage site or agents’ own websites: a guide for boutique brokerages

Sooner or later, one of your agents will ask, "Can I have my own website?" Then you have a bigger choice to make. You can give…

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laura perez · Oct 25, 2026
MLS / IDX Resources 12 min

Using your brokerage website to recruit agents: what to put on it

Your brokerage or team website can help you recruit, but only if part of it speaks to agents and not just to buyers. Agents who are…

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laura perez · Oct 24, 2026
MLS / IDX Resources 12 min

How to stop paying portals for leads on your own brokerage listings

Your office lists a house. A buyer finds it on Zillow and clicks Contact Agent. Zillow often sends that inquiry to an agent who paid for…

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laura perez · Oct 23, 2026
MLS / IDX Resources 16 min

Why buyers who find you still search on Zillow

A buyer meets you at an open house. She likes you and takes your card. Then she goes home and scrolls Zillow for weeks. Sound familiar?…

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Benjamin Levy · Oct 22, 2026
Real Estate Blog 12 min

Is a website still worth it for a boutique brokerage?

Yes, a website is still worth it for most small brokerages. Its job has changed, though. Social media and the portals help people find you. Your…

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Benjamin Levy · Oct 21, 2026
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