RETS Resources

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RETSResources
New Topic

• Informational resources
• Developer resources
• Consultants
• RETS MLS vendors
• Bibliography

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TopicObjectives

• Provide an overview of available RETS resources
• Provide a guide for further investigation

Considerable RETS resources exist
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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

Lively discussions on the RETS-DEV list
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RETSDeveloper Resources - 1

• CRT RETS projects
• www.crt.realtors.org/projects/rets
• Falcon Technologies RETS Toolkit
• www.falcontechnologies.com
• MRIS Conduit
• www.mris.com/rets/products/conduit
• MRIS RETS Transaction
• rets.sf.net

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RETSDeveloper Resources - 2

• Open RETS Client
• home.earthlink.net/restagner/orc/open_rets_client
  .html
• Resources for RETS Developers
• www.rets.org/resources/index.html
• RETS Sandbox
• eavantia.com/sandbox
• RETS Transaction Project
• sourceforge.net/projects/rets

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RETSConsultants - 1

• Avantia
• www.eavantia.com
• Corvelle Management Consultants
• www.corvelle.com
• Falcon Technologies
• www.falcontechnologies.com

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RETSConsultants - 2

• Focus Forward Consulting
• www.kevinmcqueen.com
• Office Products Technology
• www.optc.com
• Templates for Business
• www.t4bi.com

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RETS MLS Vendors

• First source for information about your system
• Will have specific details on resources for your
  system
• RETS-Compliant Products
• www.rets.org/compliance/compliantservers.html
• Who is offering RETS capable software?
• www.rets.org/links

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RETS MLS Vendors

• FNIS Paragon, RE/Xplorer
• www.fnismls.com
• Interealty - MLXchange
• www.interealty.com
• Marketlinx - TEMPO Internet MLS
• www.marketlinx.com
• MRIS Matrix, Keystone
• www.mris.com
• Rappatoni Rappatoni MLS
• www.rapattoni.com

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Sources of Help

• Send your IT person to a RETS meeting
• Join new RETS MLS support forum
• Contact us anytime

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TopicSummary

• Numerous RETS resources are available
• Web sites
• Code libraries
• Consultants
• MLS vendors

Time for Discussion
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RETS Bibliography - 1

• Center for Realtor Technology
• www.crt.realtors.org
• CRT Newsletter Winter 2004
• www.realtor.org/CRTWeb.nsf/files/CRT20IT20newsle
  tter20Q1202004.pdf/FILE/CRT20IT20newsletter2
  0Q1202004.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/555
  6/1/1/
• Logging into a RETS Server, by Ron Goff
• www.phpbuilder.com/columns/goff20040618.php3

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RETS Bibliography - 2

• New Data Standards Will Dramatically Change Real
  Estate, Washington, DC, May 22, 1999.
• xml.coverpages.org/rets19990524.html
• Real Estate Transaction Specification FAQ RETS
  Version 1.0, November 13, 1999
• www.rmls-mn.com/systeminfo/rets.html
• RETS NAR's Unfunded Mandate, November 3, 2003
• www.callclareity.com/2003-rets.html
• What you need to know about RETS updated
  September 2004
• www.rets.org/retsoverview.pdf

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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.comAllAboutStandards/WhatareSt
  andards/Value.xalter

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