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Ron,

I have worked with HouseValues.com which has become MarketLeader for about 3 years. I like their DRIP program but the leads.....I will tell you that I have gotten at least one sale a year from the service and it pays the out of pocket costs...but I wouldn't consider it a big income source and I'm sure that when you consider the time I spend on it that I come out a loser. When my contract is up this summer I think I will probably bail - I would say I have given it a fair chance.

Hi,

I subscribed to Housevalues and Justlisted.com back in 2005-2007 and it was an aweful lot of money for the return. It does take 2-3 yrs for leads to be ready. I would only do it again if the cost per lead was very cheap and there were no contracts. I wasn't happy with the lack of results, poor leads and being locked into a contract. Very few leads turned into something. You may be better off putting money into your own website and marketing yourself and getting leads that way.

Hi everyone,

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