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Martha — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:06:07 -0000

PRO (Pinellas Realtors Orgnization) is a different MLS that copperates with GTAR. Cities include St Petersburg, Clearwater, Largo, DunedinTarpon Springs, etc

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A1Realtor — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:21:59 -0000

We need homebuyers for the over supply of oregon coast homes..
A1realty is looking for buyers..

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Name — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:24:00 -0000

Your scoll bar in details has gone away

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luke rummell — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:46:00 -0000

We are looking for homebuyers on the oregon coast,so many price reductions i would wish they would call??

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Derek Overbey — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:01:53 -0000

Hi Martha,

Are you speaking of Tampa itself? I show that we have 6604 listings in Tampa. What cities are we discussing? We are working with the Mid Florida MLS. Is PRO a different MLS that serves the Tampa Bay area? We do not take listings from agents. We try to get everything directly from the MLS that serves the area.

Derek Overbey
Sr. Director of Marketing and Social Media
Roost.com

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Martha Vasquez — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:49:08 -0000

You missed a lot of listings in the Tama Bay area. Are you talking to PRO or do you take individual listings from agents?

Martha Vasquez
Realty Resources

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Derek Overbey — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:04:27 -0000

Hi David,

Thanks for your comments. We have worked on the speed issue and have made huge leaps in that area over the last week. I would love to have you try again and let us know if you see any improvement. We are testing on all types of systems, operating systems and connection speeds and haven't experienced the problems you speak of but we want to make it the best experience possible. Please reach out to me here or email me directly at derek.overbey@roost.com to let me know if you are still experiencing issues.

Derek Overbey
Sr. Director of Marketing & Social Media
Roost.com
derek.overbey@roost.com

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Derek Overbey — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:53:39 -0000

Thanks Chad. We put a lot of thought and effort into this redesign and we are glad you like it. Keep us updated if you have any more thoughts.

Derek Overbey
Sr. Director of Marketing and Social Media
Roost.com

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Chad Black — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:40:05 -0000

Great new sight. The new UI you've chosen works really well. Very easy to use also. Keep up the good work.

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david — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:01:12 -0000

Not efficient .... it is too slow. I'm running windows professional 2000. I wait some minutes to just get the page unfrozen. It's a mess. I could not get results hsown. there's one window for parameters that does no close after hitting close buttom unlimited times, so results are hidden below.
why not provide two interfaces one basic for older computers and an advanced one for those who like.
wasted much time on this interface without any results.......................................................................

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Derek Overbey — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:35:31 -0000

Hi Mary,

Thanks for your comments. We are currently working on a better call out of the listing you click in your results is the one that appears in the bottom right hand corner. Thanks for the kudos on the Broker names both on the search and under the listing.

I will pass your suggestion for the private label foreclosure.com API on to our BizDev team to have them investigate. Thanks for the tip. Keep sending us feedback as we are only looking to make Roost better.

Best Regards,

Derek Overbey
Sr. Director of Marketing & Social Media
Roost.com
T: @doverbey
E: derek.overbey@roost.com

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Mary Zychowski — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:41:04 -0000

I like the new look much better, its easy on the eye, very clean. But the search is questionable. For Example, When I click on a listing I like, I tried clicking on it several times before I realized it appeared in the lower right hand corner...Something you may want to change. Also Iike the interim page that flashes through all the major Brokers names (Re/Max, Coldwell, Weichert etc.) Nice touch by adding the Broker names too on the listing page. (Rt.Side)

I would definitely recommend a Private label foreclosure.com API which they offer, with your custom Roost Header/Footer it blows away the realquest.com link your using and includes FSBO's.

Good Luck & Nice Work!

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Derek Overbey — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:55:27 -0000

Hello Alex,

We are working on a daily basis to try to make Roost the best experience possible. Would you be willing to talk with our development team on a conference call so we could get to the bottom of your troubles and make Roost a great experience in your eyes once again? Please send me an email to derek.overbey@roost.com and I will schedule something.

Derek Overbey
Sr. Director of Marketing and Social Media
Roost.com

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Alex — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:32:48 -0000

I liked the old roost better. It worked better for me. The new one forgets my search criteria and sometimes it will refuse to change. It does this with me for Opera, IE 8 and Firefox.

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Derek Overbey — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:34:40 -0000

Hello Real Estate Guy,

The zip code search is not broken. The listings in the system right now are coming out of SFAR. We are working diligently to get the East Bay, including Berkeley, up on our system. Because we form a relationship with the local MLS as well as brokers, it takes us a little longer to get areas up a running. Rest assured that we are working very hard to make this happen as soon as possible. We will be updating as soon as it goes live.

Derek Overbey
Roost.com

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Jason Sandquist — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:10:51 -0000

I like it, wasn't really a fan of the previous one to be honest. Clean & smooth interface

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real estate guy — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:32:26 -0000

Zip code search is broken ...
Just searched Berkeley and only got 9 listings.
New UI is nice, but you gotta get the basics right.

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Tony Longo — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:51:08 -0000

Congrats on the new UI guys...looks great. (now can you add me to your blog roll) :)