Breaking news about a brokerage posting reviews of listings? Redfin or FranklyMLS.com

This just in... Redfin posting reviews of active listings on the MLS. Well, that's not new. franklymls.com has had reviews of active listings for years. If you want news, how about video reviews of homes listed for sale on the MLS. These videos have close ups of defects as well as attributes of these MLS listings some of which have one or no pictures and no descriptions in the MLS at all.

These reviews can be posted by anyone who has actually viewed the listing in person. This is a great tool for agents who wish to give their customer clients more information about listings that they see online. It's also a great way for home seekers to warn other home seekers about properties that don't have pictures on the MLS because the pictures would keep buyers away.
www.franklymls.com has been posting listing reviews for years. It's nice to see others jumping on the band wagon.

I for one will not forget that Frank was the first and that he has allowed agents from other brokerages to post reviews since day one. I was an early contributer to the site even before I joined Frankly Real Estate Inc. Although I am no longer one of the top contributers on the front page of franklymls.com, there is still a section that displays the top contributer for the week which is fairly easy to attain.

If Redfin decides to allow other agents to contribute, and allows multiple pictures and video reviews, then it may have something there. In the meantime, there is always franklymls.com to give us a place to inform our customers.

OPEN HOUSE 4240 Brittany Ct. Woodbridge, VA 22192

This open house will be catered by Panera. The home is over 5,000sqft 5bdr/3.5ba with a great view of woods and the Westridge lake. The home features hardwoods, granite countertops, ceramic tile, fully finished basement with Au pair siute, master bedroom with dressing area, sitting area, fireplace, two walk-in closets, and a Master bedroom that is beyond words. Two car garage, two level deck, second floor front balcony, landscaping, and the list goes on and on. Check it out on Franklymls http://franklymls.com/matthewryan/PW7542928

New testimonial from one of my recent listings...

I would like to thank Ron Davis for taking the time to write a letter to me concerning the sale of his four bedroom single family home on Fisherman's Ln. in Springfield. Some of you may remember this listing as the one where I put several videos on youtube.com/matthewryanre while preparing the home for market. I also shot a few videos about Huntsman Lake and one video where I attempted to walk from the front door of 9100 Fisherman's Lane to a favorite fishing spot of mine on Huntsman Lake in less than five minutes. It two takes but I did do it without running. I did a lot of work on the house and had a professional stager rent furniture and add decorations to make the home look it's very best. I had a landscaping company tear out old bushes and elevate the maple tree in front of the house so that one could actually see the house. I had seasonally appropriate flowering plants put in to accent the stone finish on the front of the house. When the property was ready I hosted an open house with catering by Panera. I also shot one of my famous walk through videos of the listing which I published all over the internet.

I wrote a blog post about this as well. Enough of me talking about the listing, read Ron's letter. He put it very well...testimonial letter.pdf

Video tour of Lakeside Plaza unit 1107 Falls church, VA

OPEN HOUSE Jan 16th 2011. If you can't make it don't worry. There is a video walk through of the unit that is almost like being there in person. Using a Kodak V570 in video mode I walk from the elevator to the unit, throughout the unit and outside on the balcony showing the features of this completely renovated unit. I hope that you enjoy the video and keep an eye out for more videos as I shoot a video for each of my listings...