Big new folks. All MLSs are required to have a compliant RETS server by July 2009. Yes you heard it write the RETS standard is now a mandate for every MLS. This in my opinion is probably the best thing to happen for Realtors since the IDX policy was first mandated years ago. Kudos to the everyone at NAR and the executive boards that have made data standards a real priority. As a RETS client vendor I can not wait for the day when we can work every MLS in the country using one method to retrieve the data.

Next week marks the start of The 2007 Realtors Conference & Expo in Las Vegas. I hope to meet a lot of Realtors there who are using our software. I will be speaking, along with Jaison Freed from FBS Data Systems and Andrew Tillman from the Center for Realtor Technology. We will be presenting  Friday from 11AM-12PM on the topic of  “Creating a RETS Powered Broker Website”. We hope to make this a very informative time for Realtors and show how RETS can benefit your business.  I will also be volunteering some of time to work in the RETS booth, on Tuesday from 6:30pm-8:00pm and Thursday  12:00pm-2:00pm. The RETS both is both number 2450 located in the NAR pavilion. I hope anyone attending will stop by, say hello and use the time to ask questions about RETS. If anyone would like to meet with me in Vegas please send me an email and I will make some time to meat with you individually.