03 Nov Without An MLS, It’s a Mess!
As a co-founder of a company that has sold listing software in 96 different countries and simultaneously worked with 200 MLSs in the U.S. and Canada as an IDX vendor (Internet Data Exchange), I have...
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17 Oct What is IDX: Everything You Need to Know
IDX or Internet Data Exchange is why you and I are able to browse MLS listings online. More specifically, IDX is the set of rules, licenses, and technologies that allow real estate agents to access...
02 Oct How to Create an IDX Real Estate Website with Easy Property Listings
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A Guide for Easy Property Listings and Realtyna’s RF Shell Plugin Creating a real estate website using the Easy Property Listings plugin involves a few steps. The Easy Property Listings plugin is a popular tool for...
31 Jul How to Build a Real Estate IDX Website with Webflow
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Webflow has become a household name in the world of CMSs and builders in the last few years. The rise in popularity comes mostly from the conveneince in design on th front side. The flexibility...
20 Mar How to Add IDX to an Elementor Website
Elementor is a widely popular page builder for WordPress. Known for its high-level design and live front-end editing, Elementor has helped millions of WordPress users build beautiful sites faster. Now, you can add IDX to Elementor and...
26 Nov How Is IDX Different From RESO Web API?
The real estate industry is constantly growing, and data consolidation has become a major focus for the Real Estate Standard Organization. That is why they provide new technologies to address this issue and others, such...
12 Nov How to Add IDX to WordPress in 9 Easy Steps
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The real estate industry is changing rapidly and with it, the role of the real estate agent. Thanks to advanced technology, real estate agents can now access unprecedented information about property listings and their surrounding communities...
21 Sep Can Mobile App IDX Platforms Replace Real Estate Websites?
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It is no secret that the real estate business is trending toward mobile. Following years of steady growth, NAR reported for the first time this year that buyers used mobile devices as often as computers when...
05 Sep Step-by-Step Guide: How to Add IDX to your Website
Are you a real estate agent looking to take your website to the next level? Adding IDX (Internet Data Exchange) to your website can be a game-changer. IDX allows you to display up-to-date listings directly...
27 Aug What is an IDX feed? An Explainer for New Agents
The real estate industry is evolving at a rapid pace. Each year agents and brokers have more tools at their disposal than the year before. But even with all the change, one thing remains the...
11 Jul Do Agents Still Need an IDX Website When Everyone Is Searching Properties on Zillow and Trulia?
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The short answer is yes. As a real estate agent, you need a real estate website. A long answer involves many factors that influence the benefits of having your own real estate website. We will...
09 Jul IDX, WordPress, Real Estate Theme, CRM — Important Keywords for Real Estate Agents
Once you finish your training and obtain the real estate license, the question arises how to present your listings and how to obtain a good online presence? That’s when such terms like IDX, WordPress, CRM,...
01 Jul What Is the Difference Between IDX and VOW?
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IDX is an umbrella term for technologies that connect a real estate website to an MLS, including iFrames, FTP, RETS, and RESO Web API. VOW also connects a website to an MLS, but because it...
04 Jun The 9 Best YouTube and Udemy Instructors for Learning WordPress and Launching Your Real Estate Website
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Almost every company operates online by having a website. WordPress is one of the best platforms for creating websites, especially real estate websites. Since WordPress is one of the best, there are many tips, tricks...
30 Mar How to Integrate TRESTLE MLS/IDX with WordPress
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Throughout the world, among the businesses that are flourishing are real estate directories. This is becoming more widespread in countries like the USA and Canada, where the MLS rules all real estate transactions. Most often,...
14 Aug How to Protect Your IDX Real Estate Website From Theft and Scraping
Have you ever published a real estate listing only to find it word-for-word reposted on Craigslist or another site? Theft is a major problem in the real estate industry. It can create illegitimate competition and divert...
23 Jul How to Manage Passwords on Your Real Estate IDX Website?
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Inman and NAR don’t give out real estate awards for password security. Maybe they should. No one likes dealing with passwords. It takes time out of an already busy schedule for real estate agents. And the...
15 Nov How to Add IDX to a WordPress Website With Elementor
Elementor is one of the most popular page builders on WordPress. It has various professional applications and is used across industries. Now Elementor and all its features have come to real estate. With Realtyna, you can add IDX...
23 Sep What is MRMLS?
Background MRMLS or Montana Regional MLS covers an area from the heart of the Rocky Mountains down to the borders of the state of Idaho. It covers database feeds from the following sources for the purpose of...
02 Aug 3 Reasons Why You Need a WebMaster for Your Real Estate Website
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So you need a Real Estate website? You need a professional plugin. A self-made website, or some without the proper features is one of the 10 Online Real Estate Marketing Mistakes You Do Not Want...
20 May 7 Tips to Improve Your IDX Real Estate Website Design in Seconds
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More and more leads are shopping for homes the web. This has led more and more real estate agents to build IDX real estate websites and market online. The influx of activity has led to...
15 May 9 Design Tips for a Great IDX Real Estate Website
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Good IDX real estate websites provide the information leads expect in predictable ways. Great IDX real estate websites provide features and content leads did not know they needed. To help you move your IDX real estate...
10 May How to Connect MiamiRE to WordPress and Create an IDX Website With SEO Impact
Miami is one of the most renowned real estate markets in the world. With exclusive neighborhoods like Brickell, Coconut Grove, Miami Beach and the Coral Gables, the area attracts athletes, actors and businesspeople, as well...
19 Feb How Do I Find Out Who Is Visiting My IDX Real Estate Website?
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You cannot find out individual visitors to your site, but you can use some freely available software, such as Google Analytics, to find out how many visitors come to your site, when they are most...
18 Feb What to Check If Your Real Estate IDX Website Is Down
It’s a situation no one wants. You go online, type in your url, and find your IDX real estate website won’t load. You click refresh—still nothing. The first reaction for most is to fire off a...
13 Feb Why Was My IDX Real Estate Website Delisted From Google?
Search engine ranking is massively important for a real estate IDX website. It’s how agents attract homebuyers to their sites, and it is one of the foundations of lead generation. But in rare instances, your IDX...
11 Feb Tips for Managing Comments on Your IDX Real Estate Website
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Comments are great for an IDX real estate website. They allow your readers to engage with you and with each other. This helps build a sense of community, and it keeps leads browsing. As the owner...
09 Nov What Is the Largest MLS in the U.S.?
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As of November 2018, the largest MLS in the U.S. is CRMLS, which covers large areas in southern California, the central coast, and the North Bay. CRMLS has 95,000+ members, 100,000+ active listings, and if...
08 Nov How to Build a Trend IDX Website With WordPress
TREND MLS hosts one of the largest listing databases on the East Coast. By connecting your website to TREND MLS via IDX, you can generate more traffic and capture more leads. As a TREND vendor,...
07 Nov What Is ListHub?
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ListHub is a real estate syndication service in North America that provides listings to third-party publishers and collects data on consumer traffic. Under the ListHub model, participating brokers can choose which publishers receive their listings. ListHub...
05 Nov How to Build a WordPress Website With ListHub
With Realtyna’s integration software for WordPress you can import ListHub listings and build a property search website. With content agreements with over 600 MLS, ListHub is the nation’s largest real estate syndication service. It is also...
08 Oct How to Add IDX and School Ratings Data to a WordPress Website
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[realtyna_blog_notice] To add IDX and school ratings to a WordPress website, you should download and install Realtyna’s Organic MLS Integration plugin and the School Info Add-On. Then you should add the RETS username and password from...
27 Sep What is Broker Reciprocity?
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Broker Reciprocity is the principle of cooperation that backs all Internet Data Exchange (IDX) programs. Under Broker Reciprocity, participating brokers are granted access to the listings of all other participating brokers in exchange for granting...
22 Sep How Does Organic MLS Integration Generate Leads?
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You hear a lot about needing certain MLS integration methods, but how do they actually help you generate leads? Organic MLS Integration, unique to Realtyna, gives leads the speed, accuracy, and features they want while...
31 Aug What Is an IDX Website?
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An IDX website is a website that displays listings from an MLS by way of an Internet Data Exchange or IDX. Typically maintained by a real estate agent, an IDX website is designed to help...
17 Aug 13 Steps to Build An IDX Real Estate Website With WordPress
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Whether you are a new agent or a long-time broker, this guide will show you the steps to build an IDX real estate website with WordPress and set the foundation for growth. Building an IDX website...
29 Jul How to Create a Real Estate IDX Website Using Bridge Theme
Add IDX to your Bridge Theme for a robust real estate site you’ll love. There’s a reason developers turn again and again to Bridge Theme. It’s one of the most powerful WordPress themes available. With flexible...
21 Jul What Is an IDX Search?
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What is an IDX Search? An IDX search is a real estate website feature that allows users to search active MLS property listings using keywords, locations, prices, and other parameters. Designed to help match homebuyers to...
06 Jul What is IDX Framing?
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IDX is an acronym for Internet Data Exchange, the process transferring property listings from an MLS database to an individual real estate website. This process involves several technologies, the most popular of which is framing. Are you...
13 Jun Difference between IDX and Organic MLS
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Would you like automatic MLS listings on your website? There are generally two technologies that make that possible: IDX and Organic. IDX IDX is short for Internet Data Exchange. But this title is misleading because with most...