Homes.com and Warnock's By Owner Enter Marketing Agreement

One way Realtors(r) Can Get the Most Current FSBO Leads Every Morning

San Diego, Calif. (PRWEB) October 3, 2002 -- Homes.com, Inc., a leading provider of Internet real estate products and services to brokers and agents, announced today that it has signed an agreement with Warnocks by Owner, based in Utah.

Warnocks by Owner, in the business of researching and compiling FSBO leads, has been serving Realtors® and mortgage professionals as well as title, appraisal, insurance, and home improvement companies for twelve years. Last month, Warnocks identified more than 30,000 brand new FSBOs as a result of searching newspapers, FSBO websites and magazines in over 300 markets. There are no duplicates and the information includes the name, address, phone number and description for each property.

The information is sold on a subscription basis and delivered every morning to the subscribers e-mail address. The subscription can be canceled at any time, with no long-term contract required. The subscription fee includes a Monthly Newsletter that offers tips, ideas, and scripts from top agents across the country who are successfully prospecting FSBOs. Brent Warnock, CEO of Warnocks, says, I founded Warnocks by Owner because, as a Realtor® myself, I got tired of spending two hours a day tracking New By Owners advertising in my area. We are very pleased to be working with Homes.com as they have always focused on lead generation products for their agents and broker customers. Their website technology, customer focus, and national distribution channel is the best there is."

John Perkins, COO of Homes.com, adds, Homes.com wanted to meet the needs of two markets, the real estate professionals who are our website customers and the general public consumer group searching for homes on the www.homes.com portal. On the Realtor® side, this is a pure lead generation product aimed at providing agents and brokers timely and high quality FSBO leads for specific geographic areas. On the consumer side, consumers will be able to subscribe to the FSBO leads as a natural extension of their home search process. Keeping the consumer inside of the portal by offering the services they need to do their research is the most likely way that the consumer will ultimately become a lead for the Homes.com agents and brokers whose listings and services we spotlight in the portal. We were impressed by Warnocks approach, their product, exceptional customer service level and passion to the real estate industry. Those attributes run parallel to our own commitment to the real estate industry."

The FSBO Lead Service is nominally priced at $39 per month, on a month-to-month basis and customers can sign up by calling toll-free 1.888.329.7576. There is special pricing for adjacent and additional geographical areas. Upon request, at no additional charge, Realtors® can receive their daily leads in a comma delimited format to import directly into any software program. As an introductory offer, all new subscribers in the month of October will also receive all of the past 60-days worth of leads in one collective batch shortly after sign-up and first months payment. To find out if your geographic area is covered, go to www.wbyowner.com. Even if you area is not covered, you can fill out an interest form on the website. Bring a friend to the Homes.com or Warnocks by Owner exhibit booth at the Realtors® Conference & Expo in November in New Orleans and ask about the special rewards program for referrals.

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About Homes.com
Homes.com, Inc. (http://www.homes.com) is a premier technology enabling business solutions provider for the real estate industry. The Homes.com family of products includes the IDX-compliant BrokerAdvantage and AgentAdvantage website development and hosting solutions. Additionally, Homes.com offers e-Coaching, Advertising, and PREP Suite 4.5, a customer management software system, as well as site enhancements such as ShowingTime and WorldLingo. The Homes.com portal website receives over 500,000 unique visitors each month. Homes.com is one of the nations largest networks of participating real estate professionals.

About Warnocks by Owner
Warnocks by Owner (http://www.wbyowner.com), a Utah corporation, is a provider of For Sale by Owner" lists to real estate professionals from over 300 markets in North America. The service is sold on a month-to-month subscription basis.