Excellent paper. I like the breakdown approach on each topic. I haven't seen a good analysis like this since ListHub and Point2 helped us take control of these issues. One of the big transgressors we are seeing in syndication is Virtual Tour websites doing syndication, UGH!

As an advisory to brokers and agents considering Syndication, they must realize Syndication is a time consuming, complicated process to undertake on their own. I think your paper does well at pointing that out. With my experience, I cannot stress the importance of ListHub as an asset to us. In order to get the attention of my MLS Steering Committee, I developed a presentation showing expired listings of theirs on competitors "syndicated" sites.

As we focus on Syndication, I am very aware and keeping my eye on the next issue, online classifieds. Craigslist being the big issue but a number of other sites are coming out that create issues which are slightly different than syndication seems to address.

OK, I could go on about syndication all day.... Thanks again for your work on this.

Ira and Mike,

Your comments are right on target. The paper was intended to serve as an alert to organized real estate that Listing Syndication, while effective as a marketing tool, needs to be refined do discover a middle ground whereby third party sites get the accurate data under terms that allow them to be effective, and brokers are only extending data rights to achieve the marketing goals of listings.

Today, the terms of licensing broker listings are all over the board. Some provide great protections for the broker, others provide little.