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Complete Guide to RETS Resources and Consultants

Explore comprehensive RETS resources, including informational websites, developer tools, consultant services, MLS vendors, and educational seminars. Find in-depth information and guidance for further exploration. Numerous resources available for real estate professionals.

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Complete Guide to RETS Resources and Consultants

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  1. RETSResources New Topic • Informational resources • Developer resources • Consultants • MLS Vendors • Education Seminars • Bibliography Kevin McQueen Yogi Schulz

  2. TopicObjectives • Provide an overview of available RETS resources • Provide a guide for further investigation Considerable RETS resources exist

  3. RETSInformational Resources • RETS workgroup - www.rets.org • Management information • Event descriptions • Marketing information • Technical documents • Developer resources • Workgroup lists • Workgroup discussion archives – on list signup pages • Links to Vendors, Consultants and MLS's • RETS information for business people • www.retsinfo.com Lively discussions on the RETS-DEV list

  4. RETSDeveloper Resources - 1 • CRT RETS projects • www.crt.realtors.org/projects/rets • Falcon Technologies – RETS Toolkit • www.falcontechnologies.com/resources.htm • MRIS – Conduit • www.mris.com/products/Conduit/index.cfm • MRIS – RETS Transaction • rets.sf.net • rets.sourceforge.net/

  5. RETSDeveloper Resources - 2 • Open RETS Client • members.ispwest.com/restagner/orc/open_rets_client.html • Resources for RETS Developers • www.rets.org/retsorg.nsf/pages/resources • RETS Sandbox • eavantia.com/sandbox • RETS Transaction Project • sourceforge.net/projects/rets

  6. RETSConsultants - 1 • Avantia • www.eavantia.com • Corvelle Management Consultants • www.corvelle.com • Falcon Technologies • www.falcontechnologies.com • Focus Forward Consulting • www.kevinmcqueen.com • Templates for Business • www.t4bi.com

  7. RETSMLS Vendors • First source for information about your system • Will have specific details on resources for your system • RETS-Compliant Products • www.rets.org/retsorg.nsf/pages/compliance • Who is offering RETS capable software? • www.rets.org/retsorg.nsf/pages/compliantservers

  8. RETSEducation Seminars • RETS Developer Seminar • www.corvelle.com/presentations/rets/developer.html • RETS MLS Support Staff Seminar • www.corvelle.com/presentations/rets/support.html • Value of RETS for Your Association • www.corvelle.com/presentations/rets/value.html Download for self-study Attend RETS or NAR event for instructor-led

  9. Sources of Help • Ask your MLS service provider • Send your IT person to a RETS meeting • Join RETS listserver • Contact us (Yogi and Kevin) anytime

  10. TopicSummary • Numerous RETS resources are available: • Web sites • Code libraries • Consultants • MLS vendors Discussion Time

  11. RETS Bibliography - 1 • Center for Realtor Technology • www.crt.realtors.org • CRT Newsletter – Winter 2004 • www.realtor.org/CRTWeb.nsf/files/CRT%20IT%20newsletter%20Q1%202004.pdf/$FILE/CRT%20IT%20newsletter%20Q1%202004.pdf • FNIS Pins Integration Hopes On Upgraded Standards, New Technologies, by Blanche Evans • realtytimes.com/rtapages/20031014_fnis.htm • FNIS Real Estate Division's MLS Systems Receives Open Standards RETS 1.5 Certification • www.rismedia.com/index.php/article/articleview/5556/1/1/ • Logging into a RETS Server, by Ron Goff • www.phpbuilder.com/columns/goff20040618.php3

  12. RETS Bibliography - 2 • MRIS RETS & Software Forums • www.mris.com/products/rets/index.cfm • forums.mris.com/forums • NAR – RETS Overview • www.realtor.org/CRTweb.nsf/pages/CRTRETS?OpenDocument • New Data Standards Will Dramatically Change Real Estate, Washington, DC, May 22, 1999. • xml.coverpages.org/rets19990524.html • Rapattoni Corporation - RETS Frequently Asked Questions • www.rapattoni.com/supp/mls/rets/faq.asp

  13. RETS Bibliography - 3 • Real Estate Transaction Markup Language (RETML) • xml.coverpages.org/rets.html • RETS: NAR's Unfunded Mandate, November 3, 2003 • www.callclareity.com/2003-rets.html • The Significance of Standards for Industry • www.corvelle.com/presentations/rets/standards.html • Transparent Technologies • www.transparent-realestate.com/rets_faq.html • What you need to know about RETS – updated September 2004 • www.rets.org/retsorg.nsf/retsoverview.pdf

  14. StandardsBibliography • The Value of Standards: A Delphi Study • www.delphigroup.com/research/whitepapers/20030728-standards.pdf • The Value of Standards in Web Design • Steven Champeon, CTO, Hesketh.com/inc. February 13, 2002 • digitalenterprise.org/seminar/champeon.html • What value are standards to my business? • www.bsi-global.comAll+About+Standards/What+are+Standards/Value.xalter

  15. Picking theWinners

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